Call For Papers – Northeast and Atlantic Region Environmental History Forum (NEAR-EH) 2026

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Northeast and Atlantic Region Environmental History Forum

Call for Papers, Twelfth Annual Workshop

Friday, July 10 and Saturday July 11, 2026

Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Deadline: April 24, 2026

The Northeast and Atlantic Region Environmental History Forum (NEAR-EH) brings together a group of scholars exploring the environmental history of eastern Canada and the northeastern United States. This group first met in 2012 at the Massachusetts Historical Society with the basic premise that the environmental history of this transnational region has its own story to tell. For several years, the group has sponsored a workshop for which participants submit pre-circulated papers that are then discussed in-depth, going well beyond the typical level of engagement authors get at a standard academic conference. Many participants have since published their papers as articles, chapters of books, or essays, or have used the feedback to advance their scholarly agenda and win competitive research grants.

The NEAR-EH group is once again happy to announce a call for papers for its 2026 workshop. This year’s workshop will be held at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia on July 10th and 11th. We will host upwards of ten to twelve scholars of any discipline working on the environmental history of the transnational Northeast, ranging geographically from Newfoundland and Labrador south to the Chesapeake Bay and west to the Appalachian Mountains and the headwaters of the St. Lawrence River. While we limit paper submissions so as to ensure a meaningful experience that includes close examination and discussion of the papers, anyone is welcome to attend the workshop by notifying the organizers in advance.

Please submit proposals of 250 words with a shortened CV (max 2 pages) to Heather Green at heather.green@smu.ca no later than April 24, 2026. Full-length papers of 15-25 pages are to be submitted no later than June 29th, 2026 to be circulated to the group in anticipation of the July 10th and 11th workshop.

For questions related to the workshop program or on-the-ground details related to Saint Mary’s University, contact Heather Green at heather.green@smu.ca.

Feature Image: Crystal Crescent Beach outside of Halifax. Photo by H. Green.

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Heather Green is an assistant professor in the Department of History at Saint Mary's University. She is interested in the intersections of environmental and Indigenous histories, histories of Indigenous and Settler Relations, and mining history, particularly in the Canadian North. You can connect with her on twitter @heathergreen21.