Recritment of 1 doctoral investigator. Thematic area: Agrarian and Environmental History
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RECRUITMENT OF 1 DOCTORAL INVESTIGATOR
Thematic area: Agrarian and Environmental History
Deadline: 18. June. 2019
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CfP: Workshop Resources, Infrastructures and the Anthropocene
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Call for Papers
Workshop Resources, Infrastructures and the Anthropocene: Dialogues between the Global-North and the Global-South Caparica Campus, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal 18 - 20 September 2019
We welcome proposals for participation in the workshop Resources, Infrastructures and the Anthropocene: Dialogues between the Global-North and the Global-South, which will take place at Caparica Campus, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal, between September 18 and 20, 2019.
Global resources and resource infrastructure play a significant role in modern societies; through a variety of ambivalent historical processes, they have come to entangle—and (re)produce tensions between and within—countries in the Global South and the Global North. In recent years discourses on geopolitical and domestic competition for natural resources have further intensified. So have associated concerns on resource security and circularity, socioecological vulnerabilities and inequalities, and a host of other issues. How could and should we (re)think and (re)write our global histories of resources and resource infrastructure in the age of the ‘Anthropocene’?
The workshop explores this question for two related topics:
· Resource Spaces in the Global South: Engineering Landscapes and Mindscapes;
· Globally Entangled Resource Chains and Socioecological Change: Sustainability and Global Justice in the Anthropocene.
In particular, we aim to mobilise research approaches and historical cases that help scrutinize/problematize these issues from Global South and South-North entanglement perspectives. The workshop will be based on a variety of empirical case studies, intellectual viewpoints, methodologies and literatures, and will focus on questions such as the following:
· Which assumptions, knowledges, and methodologies are used in the analysis of relations between the so called “Global North” and “Global South” regarding natural resources, infrastructures, and their environmental, social, economic and political implications? Which assumptions are shared, and which are not, when approaching our case studies? Do we have different notions and narratives about important keywords such as “progress”, “development”, “nature”, “human agency”, “sustainability”, resource “scarcity” and “security”?
· Which methodologies, research directions and questions are innovative, relevant and needed in current and future projects on the workshop topics? How can we encourage and help initiate and facilitate future research in these directions and questions? Which opportunities can we develop to increase productive cooperation of scholars in the Global South and Global North in research on global resources, infrastructures and their environmental, social and economic impacts?
Workshop setup
The workshop will be designed to maximize dialogue and discussion and not consist of traditional presentations by all participants. Position papers by invited scholars coming from Africa, Asia, Europe and South America and focused short pitches by the other participants will serve to spark discussions in different work formats.
Participants are expected to engage in the discussion of the main topics either by bringing intellectual view points and/or presenting empirical examples. The size of the workshop is limited to approximately 30 people, in order to allow for the exchange of ideas and the development of concrete future directions of research and collaborations.
Upon acceptance, all participants will receive further instructions and be asked to provide short preparatory texts of about 2 pages before the end of August.
Travel and accommodation arrangements
Travel and accommodation costs will be fully funded. Further information will be given upon acceptance.
How to apply
Please send a motivation letter (max. 1 page) on your interest in the topics of the workshop and how it relates to your research and a short bio note (1 page) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. before June 7, 2019, with the subject “Application to Lisbon resources workshop”. Applicants will be informed by June 20 of the result.
Organisation
The agenda and framing of the workshop reflect the three supporting research projects agendas:
- "Anthropolands - Engineering the Anthropocene: The role of colonial Science, Technology and Medicine on changing of the African landscape", coordinated by Maria Paula Diogo. The goal of this project is to contribute to the international debate and scholarship on the theme of the Anthropocene from the perspective of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, focusing on the case of the former Portuguese colonial African empire.
- “EurReS - Challenging Europe: Technology, Environment and the Quest for Resource Security”, coordinated by Matthias Heymann and “GREASE - Global Resources and Sustainability of European Modernization, 1820-2020”, coordinated by Erik van der Vleuten.
The goal of these two projects is to develop international networks for historical research on societal challenges related to natural resources, including contested issues such as global sustainability entanglements, security regimes, socioecological inequalities, governance, and so on. These projects collaborate, and are embedded in, the explorative research program "Technologies, Environment and Resources" of the Tensions of Europe research network.
The organising team
Maria Paula Diogo, CIUHCT, FCT, NOVA University of Lisbon
M. Luísa Sousa, CIUHCT, FCT, NOVA University of Lisbon
Matthias Heymann, Aarhus University
Erik van der Vleuten, Eindhoven University of Technology
Frank Veraart, Eindhoven University of Technology
CFP - In the Shadow of the Petrochemical Smokestack. Chemical Corridors and Environmental Health
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International Conference – Lyon (France), 28th and 29th November 2019
This conference endeavours to study chemical industries that use fossil fuel derivatives. It will focus on these industrial activities’ environmental and health effects on surrounding areas and local populations.
By breaking with historical scholarship that considers increased fossil energy consumption and local prosperity to be a foregone conclusion, this conference calls for participants to focus their narratives of the petrochemicals industry on the health impact of its activities. As a result, this conference will give special emphasis to papers that take a fresh look at the history of health surveys in industrial areas, and to projects that foster in-depth discussions between researchers in the social sciences and public health. Three main themes are open for debate:
- The first theme calls for studying how the petrochemical industry shapes a region’s development, factoring in the conflicts about health-related issues.
- The second theme endeavours to specify the timelines of the process whereby the petrochemical industry’s health and ecological effects become visible and are managed.
- The third theme aims to better describe the health knowledge produced, the way that this knowledge serves as a warning about one or more substances, and how this knowledge is used to transform industrial risk regulation practices.
Working languages will be English and French.
Paper proposals will include the name of the applicant, a short CV and an abstract of no more than 400 words. The deadline for the submission of paper proposals is 15th May 2019.
Paper proposals have to be sent simultaneously to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and s
Applicants will be informed shortly after 15th June 2019. The organizing committee will cover their accommodation during the conference, and applicants could ask for a cover of reasonable travel costs if required.
Successful applicants will be asked to send a working papers of about 30,000 characters before the 31st October 2019.
Conference supported by the Fondation de France.
Organizing Committee
Renaud Bécot (Post-doctoral researcher, History, LARHRA, Lyon)
Stéphane Frioux (Maître de conférences, History, University Lyon 2 and IUF, LARHRA)
Gwenola Le Naour (Maître de conférences, Political Science, Sciences Po Lyon and Triangle, Lyon)
Vincent Porhel (Maître de conférences, History, University Lyon 1 and LARHRA)
CfP: Cork FRESH Meeting 2019, ‘Environment, Natural Resources and Well-being in Historical Perspective’
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Reunião da Rede Report(h)a - resultados / Report(h)a members meeting - outcomes
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Caros membros da Rede Reporth(h)a:
Informamos que no âmbito do III Encontro da Rede Portuguesa de História Ambiental, realizado na Universidade de Évora, entre os dias 28 e 30 de Março, procedemos à reunião dos membros da rede, no dia 29 de Março, pelas 19 horas.
A reunião teve a seguinte ordem de trabalhos:
1. Balanço do impacto do site e newsletter da REPORT(H)A, nos últimos dois anos. - A análise do número de novos inscritos na rede (23), assim como o número de acessos à newsletter, deixou bem patente o grande crescimento e internacionalização da Rede Portuguesa de História Ambiental ao longo dos últimos dois anos. É importante continuar a associar novos membros.
2. Proposta de inclusão de um espaço de divulgação na mesma rede. - Foi discutida a possibilidade de criar no website da REPORT(H)A um espaço de divulgação e discussão de conceitos, metodologias e projectos no âmbito da História Ambiental. Foram apresentados alguns exemplos já existentes (e.g. Arcadia: http://www.environmentandsociety.org/arcadia). A iniciativa obteve uma ampla aceitação por parte dos diversos membros da rede, devendo ser implementada nos próximos meses, com regras bem definidas e com a colaboração de todos os membros da REPORT(H)A. A discussão continua em aberto, devendo as sugestões/propostas ser enviadas para This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
3. Proposta de candidatura portuguesa à vice-presidência da ESEH, a eleger no próximo encontro bianual, em Tallinn, Estonia, 21 a 25 Agosto de 2019 (http://eseh.org/event/next-conference/). - Todos os membros da rede presentes na reunião se pronunciaram a favor da candidatura da Professora Doutora Lígia Costa Pinto, do Departamento de Economia da Universidade do Minho (https://www.eeg.uminho.pt/pt/_layouts/15/uminho.portaisuoei.ui/pages/userinfo.aspx?p=1639), proposta por Inês Amorim, como representante regional para Portugal da European Society for Environmental History.
4. Organização do IV Encontro REPORT(H)A – Coimbra 2021 - The Natural and the human without frontiers: environments and diseases. - Ficou acordado que o próximo encontro terá lugar em 2021, em finais de Março, na cidade de Coimbra, por proposta do Centro de História da Sociedade e da Cultura (CHSC), em associação com outros centros ou laboratórios de investigação subordinado ao tema The Natural and the human without frontiers: environments and diseases.
Cumprimentos, Report(h)a
Dear members of Report(h)a:
As previously announced, our members’ meeting took place in the 29th March, at 19 p.m., within the III Meeting of the Portuguese Network of Environmental History, hosted by the University of Évora, from 28 to 30 March.
The meeting agenda was:
1. Overview of the Report(h)a website and newsletter impact over the last two years. An overlook on the most recent memberships (23), as well as on the newsletter traffic, has shown the growth and the internationalization of the Portuguese Network of Environmental History, in the last two years. It is important to maintain the appeal for new affiliations.
2. Proposal to include a new topic in the website for scientific dissemination. It was discussed the possibility to develop, within our website, a new tool to debate and disclosure concepts, methodologies and projects about Environmental History. Some examples were presented, such as Arcadia (http://www.environmentandsociety.org/arcadia). This proposal was positively received by the attending members and should be developed in the next months, with the collaboration of all members. This discussion is still open and ideas are very welcomed at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
3. Proposal of a Portuguese application to ESEH vice-president, to be elected at the 2019 ESEH Conference, in Tallinn - Estonia (http://eseh.org/event/next-conference/). All attending members supported the application of Professor Lígia Costa Pinto, from the Department of Economics of the University of Minho (https://www.eeg.uminho.pt/pt/_layouts/15/uminho.portaisuoei.ui/pages/userinfo.aspx?p=1639), suggested by Professor Inês Amorim, Regional representative for Portugal of the European Society of Environmental History.
4. IV REPORT(H)A Meeting organization – Coimbra 2021 - The Natural and the human without frontiers: environments and diseases. It was settled that the next meeting will take place in March 2021, in Coimbra, and will be hosted by the Center for the History of Society and Culture (CHSC), under the theme: “The Natural and the human without frontiers: environments and diseases”.
Best regards, Report(h)a
[SOLCHA] Call BOHA (Biblioteca Online de Historia Ambiental)
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Dear friends, we are updating the Online Library of Latin American Environmental History (Biblioteca Online de Historia Ambiental Latino Amaricana - BOHA), an amazing initiative started by Professor Lise Sedrez, of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. We would like to feature Latin American Environmental History groups, inititatives and projects (as well as any other updates you might want to share) in the news section of the site. Those interested in sharing, please contact us via email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
III Meeting of REPORT(H)A / III Encontro REPORT(H)A
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Concluído o III Encontro Report(h)a que decorreu na Universidade de Évora sob o tema agregador "Dinâmica e Resiliência em Sistemas Sócio-ambientais", é altura de vos fazer um breve balanço dos três dias intensos de trabalho rico e estimulante que tivemos graças à vossa participação.
A nossa primeira nota realça o elevado nível de internacionalização deste encontro, com destaque para a participação de grupos de investigação espanhóis e italianos, para além dos portugueses. Assim, foram apresentadas 48 comunicações (58 autores), sendo menos de metade (22) de portugueses. Tivemos 8 comunicações subscritas por investigadores e académicos brasileiros, outras 8 por espanhóis e 8 por italianos. No conjunto, os participantes apresentaram vínculos a 23 centros de investigação e instituições diferentes, com destaque para o CITCEM – Porto, CIDEHUS – Évora, Universidade do Minho, a par de outros centros de universidades brasileiras (PUC – Rio de Janeiro, Rondônia), espanholas (Granada, Alicante, Murcia, Huelva, Extremadura) e da Suécia (KTH). Da parte portuguesa, houve ainda representação do IHC (UN Lisboa), ISCTE, ICS (U Lisboa). O encontro constituiu, por isso, uma oportunidade para reforçar laços pessoais e profissionais entre diferentes grupos de trabalho.
A nossa segunda nota, também muito positiva, prende-se com a participação de jovens investigadores, doutorandos e pós-doutorados, enquadrados em equipas de investigação em história ambiental.
Finalmente, salientemos a diversidade temática das sessões com comunicações que fizeram a ponte entre a história ambiental e os regimes políticos, a construção de novas paisagens no período moderno e contemporâneo, a construção normativa da sustentabilidade ambiental no passado, a história do clima, a legislação ambiental, as pescas, as florestas, as heranças tóxicas, os novos ambientes urbanos, os conflitos ambientais, as questões sanitárias e de saúde associados aos meios industriais, as humanidades ambientais, etc. O livro de resumos que publicámos fica como testemunho.
Embora não esteja prevista a publicação de um livro de actas, refira-se a este respeito que o Cidehus, através da sua linha de publicações, em parceria com a Open Edition Books (http://books.openedition.org/cidehus) acolhe propostas de edição de livros no âmbito da história ambiental.
A reunião da rede, realizada no dia 29 de Março, garantiu a continuidade dos encontros Report(h)a, sendo o próximo acolhido pela Universidade de Coimbra, em 2021. Um resultado que muito deve ao esforço da Prof.ª Inês Amorim.
Para memória futura, publicámos algumas fotos no sítio do encontro, aqui: https://encontroreportha2019.weebly.com/photos.html. Façam-nos chegar as vossas fotos, caso tenham interesse em que sejam partilhadas no nosso website. Convidamos à leitura e partilha de uma pequena notícia sobre o evento, no site do CIDEHUS: https://www.cidehus.uevora.pt/atividades/noticias/(item)/27118
Os nossos agradecimentos finais aos membros da Comissão Científica que nos apoiaram na construção deste evento e ao Dr. Marco Armiero, do Laboratório de Humanidades Ambientais do Instituto Real de Tecnologia da Suécia, pela sua disponibilidade e apoio.
Agradecemos, ainda, o apoio do CIDEHUS, da Escola de Ciências Sociais e do CICP, assim como ao Rafael Vasques, Nevena Tatovic e Guilherme Vinicius pelo apoio no secretariado.
A todos vós, que desejamos tenham tido uma boa estadia em Évora e uma boa viagem de regresso, agradecemos o v/ contributo para este encontro da rede.
A comissão organizadora,
Paulo E. Guimarães
Sónia Bombico
Armando Quintas
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At the conclusion of the 3rd Meeting of REPORT(H)A held at the University of Évora under the theme "Dynamics and Resilience in Socio-Environmental Systems", it is time to take stock of the three intense days of rich and stimulating work that we have had to your participation.
Our first note highlights the high level of internationalization of this meeting, especially the participation of Spanish and Italian research groups, in addition to the Portuguese. Thus, 48 communications (58 authors) were presented, with less than half (22) of Portuguese. We had 8 communications subscribed by Brazilian researchers and academics, 8 by Spanish and 8 by Italians. On the whole, the participants presented links to 23 different research centers and institutions, in particular CITCEM - Porto, CIDEHUS - Évora, Universidade do Minho, and other centers of Brazilian universities (PUC - Rio de Janeiro, Rondônia), spanish (Granada, Alicante, Murcia, Huelva, Extremadura) and Sweden (KTH). From the Portuguese side, there was also a representations of the IHC (UN Lisboa), ISCTE, ICS (U Lisboa). The meeting was therefore an opportunity to strengthen personal and professional ties between different working groups.
Our second note, also very positive, is the participation of young researchers, phd students and post-doctorates, framed in research teams in environmental history.
Finally, we highlight the thematic diversity of the sessions with communications that bridged environmental history and political regimes, the construction of new landscapes in the modern and contemporary period, the normative construction of environmental sustainability in the past, climate history, legislation environment, fisheries, forests, toxic heritages, new urban environments, environmental conflicts, health and health issues associated with industrial environments, environmental humanities, etc. The book of abstracts we published is a testimony.
Although the publication of a book is not foreseen, it should be mentioned that the CIDEHUS, through its line of publications, in partnership with Open Edition Books (https://books.openedition.org/cidehus/) welcomes proposals for book publishing in the context of environmental history.
The meeting of the network, held on March 29, ensured the continuity of the REPORT(H)A a meetings, the next being hosted by the University of Coimbra in 2021. A result that much owes to Prof. Inês Amorim's effort.
For future memory, we have posted some photos on the meeting wesite, here: https://encontroreportha2019.weebly.com/photos.html.Please let us have your photos, if you have an interest in sharing them on our website. We invite you to read and share a little news about the event, on the CIDEHUS website: https://www.cidehus.uevora.pt/atividades/noticias/(item)/27118
Our final thanks to the members of the Scientific Committee who supported us in the construction of this event and to Dr. Marco Armiero of the Laboratory of Environmental Humanities of the Royal Institute of Technology of Sweden for their availability and support.
We are also grateful for the support of CIDEHUS, the School of Social Sciences and CICP, as well as Rafael Vasques, Nevena Tatovic and Guilherme Vinicius for their support at the secretariat.
To all of you, who wish we had a good stay in Évora and a good trip back, we thank you for your contribution to this meeting of the network.
The organizing committee,
Paulo E. Guimarães
Sónia Bombico
Armando Quintas