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Introducing the ICEHOUSE

The White Horse Press and ICEHO President Graeme Wynn are delighted to announce a new collaboration between Global Environment/ The White Horse Press and the International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations. 
 
The ICEHOUSE Society’ is a vehicle to further the reach and significance of ICEHO. Described succinctly, it is ‘a place’ for friends of ICEHO to come together, to allow us to reach out beyond our base of member organisations to individual environmental historians (and like-minded people) to better serve this important constituency. In 2020 and 2021 ICEHOUSE Society supporters will receive free online access to the current year of Global Environment. 
 
As an acronym, ICEHOUSE represents an amorphous group of friends of our field characterised as the International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations’ Underwriters, Supporters and Enthusiasts. More than this, and incidentally, ‘icehouse’ is a term that should resonate with environmental historians. In one sense it refers to the igloo – the epitome of human adaptation to a harsh environment. In another it connotes the Australian rock band whose first US single release was ‘We Can Get Together’. More generally, it offers a euphonious reminder of the vulnerable ice that surrounds the poles of our planetary home. Icehouse is similarly the term applied to structures in which winter ice was stored, before the invention of the refrigerator, to allow the chilling of food and drink during summer months. Varied and imaginative in design, icehouses were expressions of human ingenuity. They were also of the earth: generally partly subterranean; walled with local brick or stone; often covered with a ‘living’ (i.e. vegetated) roof; and making use of straw or sawdust to help insulate and keep frozen ice from lakes and rivers. In modern day terms the icehouse offers a fine example of a low-impact, highly effective, sustainable adaptation that improved the human condition. Surely we can all raise an Icehouse Edge Beer [© Miller Brewing Company] to that and our own ICEHOUSE.
 
With this initiative, ICEHO will redouble its efforts to work with and alongside our established and well-beloved membership organisations (ASEH, ESEH, SOLCHA etc.) to enhance the visibility and allure of environmental history world-wide, and to engage the global community of environmental historians while assisting our other member organisations. Please declare your support (I am tempted to say be USEful) by becoming an Underwriter or Supporter of, or Enthusiast for, our efforts as indicated in the advertisement.
 
There are many reasons to do so. ICEHO will not flourish simply by convening two meetings a decade. We aim to fill the ‘gaps’ between World Conferences by adopting a three-pronged communication strategy. The ICEHO Bulletin will continue, with tighter focus, to appear three times a year, beginning in 2020. We will revamp the ICEHO website, making it more dynamic and adding more robust intellectual content. And we will make fuller use of social media to serve our member organisations and the wider environmental history community. Finally, we plan to continue already established efforts to extend and enhance interest in environmental history, both in those parts of the world where it is less developed and more generally. All of this will require: a strong commitment from ICEHO leadership (already guaranteed); more robust financial foundations (which we will seek to bolster in various ways); and the enthusiastic support and engagement of environmental historians everywhere.
 
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CfP: Terra 2021 - 13th World Congress on Earthen Architectural Heritage (Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, June 8-11, 2021)

Terra 2021 13th World Congress on Earthen Architectural Heritage will take place in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA from June 8 – 11, 2021. This is the thirteenth international congress organized by the earthen architecture community under the aegis of ICOMOS since 1972, and the second to be held in New Mexico, thirty years after Adobe 90 in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Terra 2021 is expected to draw up to 600 specialists in the fields of conservation, anthropology, archaeology, architecture and engineering, scientific research, site management, and sustainable development of earthen architectural heritage. 
 
The four-day program will include presentations, posters and videos / digital media that reflect the latest research and best practice in the study and conservation of earthen heritage around the world. The wealth, variety and significance of earthen heritage in Santa Fe, New Mexico and the greater region of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico make it an ideal setting for the congress and will help inform and stimulate conversations around earthen heritage. The program will include sessions presenting technical information, management issues, methodology, advances in research, case studies and guidelines for best practice.
 
Key Dates
 
March 1, 2020 - Deadline for abstract submissions
June 2020 - Second announcement
June 2020 - Registration opens for congress, pre-congress workshops and post-congress tours
August 2020 - Paper / poster / digital media acceptance notice and mailing of guidelines to authors
February 2021 - Early bird registration closes
June 5 – 7, 2021 - Pre-congress workshops
June 8 – 11, 2021 - Terra 2021 13th World Congress on Earthen Architectural Heritage
June 12 – 15, 2021 - Post-congress tours
October 31, 2021 - Deadline for submission of papers for publication in the Terra 2021 Proceedings
March 2022 - Authors notified of paper acceptance
 
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CfP.: 6th Landscape Archaeology Conference (Madrid, Spain, June 2-5 2020)

The Scientific Committee welcomes the submission of abstracts for the 6th Landscape Archaeology Conference to be held in Madrid, Spain from June 2 – 5 2020. This year’s conference offers major research, information sharing, and networking opportunities for participants who will be able to present and attend paper and poster presentations in the many diverse sessions available as well as attend excursions to several excellent regional examples of Spanish cultural landscapes. LAC2020 is a conference open to contributions from researchers of any level. In order to participate, you are invited to submit a paper/poster proposal as per the guidelines established below. Please see the submission guidelines and important dates below to ensure a successful evaluation.
 
- 14 February, 2020. Deadline to submit an abstract
- 16 March, 2020. Authors notified of abstract submission outcome
- 17 April, 2020. Early registration deadline
- 5 May, 2020. Registration deadline
 
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Asclepio. Revista de Historia de la Medicina y de la Ciencia - Viagens científicas e coleccionismo no mundo ibérico (séculos XVIII-XX)

Prezados Colegas e Amigos,
 
É com grande satisfação que vimos noticiar a disponibilização on line do vol. 71 nº 2  da revista Asclepio. Revista de Historia de la Medicina y de la Ciencia, que integra o dossier temático Viagens científicas e coleccionismo no mundo ibérico (séculos XVIII-XX). O volume pode ser consultado através do seguinte link: http://asclepio.revistas.csic.es/index.php/asclepio/issue/view/66.
 
Com um abraço cordial,
Ângela Domingues e Carmen Ortiz García
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Call for Applications: Academic Editor

Call for Applications: Academic Editor

(full-time, 40.1 hours per week)


The Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society (RCC) is looking for an experienced academic editor to join the staff until 31 July 2021. The position will start ideally on 1 February 2020, or as soon as possible thereafter.

The RCC is an interdisciplinary center that hosts a number of international research fellows and coordinates graduate programs in the field of Environment and Society. The RCC was founded in 2009 in close partnership with the Deutsches Museum, and it is currently funded in part by a grant of the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Foschung (BMBF).

The editor has overall responsibility for the appraisal, editing, and production of scholarly publications, in particular the RCC Perspectives journal, and shares responsibility for the RCC’s public profile in the field of environmental humanities (website, blog, and social media). The editor plays a full part in the community of international scholars affiliated with the center as Carson fellows, and has access to university resources, including Munich’s university libraries and the Bavarian State Library, which together house over twenty million volumes.

The candidate will hold an MA or PhD in an arts or humanities subject, have an excellent (native-level) command of English and be a skilled writer of both scholarly prose and web copy. They should have experience of the production and review of academic texts, and of editing and copyediting work. Applicants should enjoy working with colleagues of diverse cultural backgrounds, be able to balance multiple assignments, and meet tight deadlines. Knowledge of German and other foreign languages, communications or social media experience, and an interest in environmental humanities and/or academic publishing would all be advantageous.

The RCC offers an attractive compensation package based on the tariff contracts for public service, level TVL 13 (commensurate with experience), and 30 days paid vacation. Working hours are flexible, and the RCC offers a family-friendly working environment. The RCC can also assist, if necessary, with work permits and visas. As the candidate will be a state employee, they are required to have German health insurance and to make contributions to the German tax and social welfare system. We especially seek applications from qualified individuals with disabilities and welcome applications from women. We especially seek applications from qualified individuals with disabilities and we welcome applications from women.

Applicants are required to submit a sample of their written work, and those who are invited to interview will be asked to complete a written test. To apply, please send your CV, cover letter, a sample of your academic writing (max. 2 pages), and the contact information of two references in one pdf file to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 18 December 2019. Interviews will be held on 3 January 2020.

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ICUR2020 - Invitation special session: risk protection for Cultural Heritage and Historical centres

The CERU – European Centre on Urban Risks – is very pleased to welcome you to the 2nd International Conference on Urban Risks (ICUR2020) that will be held in Lisbon on June 25-27, 2020. 
 
ICUR2020 intends to gather practitioners, researchers and other specialists that study or deal with different risks on urban areas, in order to share their experiences and practices, to discuss risks from diverse perspectives and to cope with the latest results of research. 
 
Among the several conference topics, which range from the concepts and methods on risk management to the risk assessment of a variety of urban risks, and also comprising topics dedicated to risk treatment and communication, there will be a session dedicated to the Risk Protection for Cultural Heritage and Historical Centres addressing a wide range of sub-topics related to this field (see the attachment and also https://www.ceru-europa.pt/icur2020/en/submission.htm).
 
The conference will be bilingual (English and Portuguese), although the use of English will be encouraged due to the selection of the best papers to be published in peer-reviewed international journals as the Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.
 
The deadline to submit an extended abstract/short paper is January 31, 2020. Short papers will be published in a proceeding book with ISBN. Additional information can be checked at the Conference website: https://www.ceru-europa.pt/icur2020/en/​
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