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Call for Proposals: Small Workshop Funding 2018

Call for Proposals: Small Workshop Funding 2018
For the fifth year in a row, the ESEH Board has decided to issue a Call for Proposals for Funding for small workshops and conferences to increase support for environmental history activities in Europe. The Board intends to award 500€ to up to two proposals. Environmental history workshops and conferences of no more than 100 participants which will be held in Europe during 2018 and are organized by an ESEH member are eligible.
 
A proposal of up to 2 pages should include (1) the name, date, location and theme of the conference/workshop, (2) an overview of the program, (3) a projected number and type of attendees, (4) an overview of the total budget, other financial sources, and a description of how the 500€ would benefit the activity, and (5) a short biographical paragraph about the organiser (who must be an ESEH member).
 
The deadline is March 31, 2018. Submit proposals to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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Call for Applications for the ESEH Next Generation Action Team

Call for Applications for the ESEH Next Generation Action Team
The Board of the European Society for Environmental History is seeking applications by doctoral student and post-doctoral researchers to join ESEH’s Next Generation Action Team 2018-2019 (NEXTGATe).
 
NEXTGATe’s mission is to strengthen the presence and influence of next generation scholars on the environmental history field in Europe and beyond. Successful applicants will collaborate with ESEH’s Next Generation Coordinator, Viktor Pál (University of Helsinki) and jointly plan pre-conference and on-site activities primarily for doctoral and post-doc researchers at the ESEH 2019 biennial conference in Tallinn, Estonia. Activities will include social media campaigns, virtual and live events, outreach activities, as well as career planning and publishing industry related events.
 
Depending on the strength of applications, three to five NEXTGATe members will be selected by the selection committee. Successful candidates who fill their tenure with NEXTGATe will be offered personalized travel grants to participate in the ESEH 2019 Conference in Tallinn.
 
To apply, please send the following documents to viktor(dot)paal(at)gmail(dot)com.
 
1) CV and possible list of publications
2) A short text describing the goals that you think NEXTGATe should tackle in 2018-2019 and how you could contribute to these activities.
 
Deadline for applications is 31 March, 2018
 
Questions regarding the application should be sent to viktor(dot)paal(at)gmail(dot)com
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CFP: CONCHA 1st Workshop: Crossing seas, Rising islands, Connecting people (14-16 November 2018, Lisbon)

CFP: CONCHA 1st Workshop: Crossing seas, Rising islands, Connecting people (14-16 November 2018, Lisbon)
Call for Papers
CONCHA is a project focused on “The construction of early modern global Cities and oceanic networks in the Atlantic: An approach via Ocean’s Cultural Heritage. The main goal of this 1st Workshop is to join researchers from CONCHA’s partner institutions, but not exclusively, and to highlight the ongoing scientific debate on the topic. We invite all researchers from different fields of expertise and countries to participate in this forum focusing on the understanding of how early settlements in the Atlantic Islands developed (15th to 17th century) in relation to differing regional and local ecological and economic environments. Main scientific areas are:
Atlantic History; Archaeology; Environmental History and History of Science; Ethnography and Ethnobiology; Maritime History; Oceans Imaginary; Seaports and Port Cities. 
Please submit your proposal with title, author(s), affiliation(s), e-mail for the lead author and abstract with max. 300 words to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
 
Important Dates
Deadline: April 30
Communication of results: May 31
Final programme: July 31
 
Organising Committee
Cristina Brito; Patrícia Carvalho; Nina Vieira; Catarina Garcia 
(CHAM, FCSH, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa).
 
Scientific Committee
João Paulo Oliveira e Costa (FCSH); Juan Marchena Fernandez (UPO); Cristina Brito (FCSH); José Bettencourt (FCSH); Poul Holm (TCD); Juan Martin Rincon (UNINORTE); André Teixeira (FCSH); Carla Alferes Pinto (FCSH); Inês Carvalho (APCM); Carla Dâmaso (OMA); Hamilton Jair Fernandes (IPC); Manuel Jorge do Rio (MARAPA); Gilson Rambelli (LAAA-UFS); Ingo Heidbrink (ODU); Thomas Creissen (EVEHA).
 
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IGU thematic conference dedicated to the centennial of the Institute of Geography of Russian Academy of Sciences "Practical geography and XXI century challenges" (Moscow, Russia, 4-6 June)

IGU thematic conference dedicated to the centennial of the Institute of Geography of Russian Academy of Sciences "Practical geography and XXI century challenges" (Moscow, Russia, 4-6 June)
The conference which will be held under the auspices of the International Geographical Union (IGU) is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) - the largest world-renowned geographical research organization in Russia. This occasion provides an opportunity to make an overview of the domestic and international trends in geography’s development to analyze the growing impact of scientific research internationalization, the aggravation of global problems, changing theoretical paradigms, radical renewal of research methods and predictions’ validity, as well as to strengthen the integration between social and environmental branches of geography. The main task of the conference is to consolidate the Russian and international experience in practically oriented studies in the field of social and environmental geography meeting the diverse and critical challenges of the XXI century.
 
Program of the Conference:
- 100 years of Russian geography
- Environmental challenges
- Socio-environmental challenges
- Social challenges
- Geopolitical challenges
- Technological challenges
- Informational challenges
- Challenges to geographical education
 
The section of “Environmental challenges” includes follow topics:
- Climate change: environmental security, vulnerability and adaptability of territorial systems.
- Water use and the reducing of hazardous hydrological phenomena risks.
- Geochemical processes of natural and anthropogenic substances transfer.
- The geographical basis for the creation of the territorial environmental framework: multi-scale analysis and harmonization.
 
All information about the Conference is available on the web-site: http://100igras.ru/en/.

 

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École d'été 2018 - Une histoire environnementale de la Grande Guerre (2-7 juil. 2018)

École d'été 2018 - Une histoire environnementale de la Grande Guerre (2-7 juil. 2018)
Le Centre international de recherche de l’Historial de la Grande Guerre (CIRHGG, Péronne) en partenariat avec l’EHESS (Paris), l’université d’Heidelberg, le Centre for Contemporary and Digital History de l’université du Luxembourg, et l’Université de Picardie Jules Verne (Amiens), sollicite des candidatures pour sa troisième université d’été de jeunes chercheurs (master et doctorat) travaillant sur la Première Guerre mondiale.
 
Nous comptons réunir du 2 au 7 juillet 2018 un groupe international de 20 à 30 jeunes chercheurs, travaillant sur l’histoire militaire, culturelle, sociale et environnementale de la guerre. Au cours de la semaine passée ensemble, ils auront l’occasion d’échanger entre eux, mais également avec un grand nombre de chercheurs de renommée internationale. Des visites guidées et des excursions en France et en Belgique font partie intégrante du programme et enrichissent l’expérience des participants.
 
Pour plus d'informations, visitez https://environment1418.sciencesconf.org/.
 

 

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CFP: Northeast & Atlantic Region Environmental History Forum, June 2018, Ottawa

CFP: Northeast & Atlantic Region Environmental History Forum, June 2018, Ottawa
Northeast and Atlantic Region Environmental History Forum
Call for Papers Seventh Annual Workshop
 
Friday, June 15 and Saturday June 16, 2018
 
Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, Ottawa, Ontario
 
Deadline: March 3, 2018
 
The Northeast and Atlantic Region Environmental History Forum (NEAR-EH) is a group of scholars exploring the environmental history of the northeastern United States and northeastern Canada. This group first met in 2012 at the Massachusetts Historical Society with the basic premise that the environmental history of this region has a different story to tell than the more dominant narrative generated from the West. For six 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, essays, or have used the feedback to advance their scholarly agenda and win competitive research grants.
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Seminário Permanente de História Agrária e Ambiental - Indústria mineira e conflitos ambientais na Península Ibérica

Seminário Permanente de História Agrária e Ambiental - Indústria mineira e conflitos ambientais na Península Ibérica

Realizar-se-á, no dia 28 de Fevereiro de 2018, sessão do Seminário Permanente de História Agrária e Ambiental do CIDEHUS, sobre o tema "Indústria mineira e conflitos ambientais na Península Ibérica".

PROGRAMA:

Conflitos ambientais e progresso técnico na indústria mineira e metalúrgica em Portugal (1858-1938)

PAULO E. GUIMARÃES (CICP, UNIVERSIDADE DE ÉVORA)

Conflictos de contaminación mineira en España 

JUAN DIEGO PÉREZ CEBADA (UNIVERSIDAD DE HUELVA)

 

ORGANIZAÇÂO: Jesús-Ángel Redondo Cardeñoso (CIDEHUS - Universidade de Évora)

Organização: CIDEHUS - UÉvora
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