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Call - International Meeting of Histories of Nature and Environments: Perspectives and Dialogues

The Centre of History (CH-ULisboa) of the University of Lisbon, the Portuguese Centre for Global History (CHAM) of the NOVA University of Lisbon and the Centre for Administration and Public Policies (CAPP) of the University of Lisbon are pleased to be hosting the 1st International Meeting on Histories of Nature and Environments: Perspectives and Dialogues, in Spring 2017.

See http://ihnemeeting2017.wixsite.com/imhne.

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Call for Candidates: Doctoral Program in Environment and Society at LMU Munich, Germany

The Doctoral Program in Environment and Society invites applications from graduates in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences who wish to research the complex relationships between environment and society within an interdisciplinary setting. Our program is based at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, a joint initiative of LMU Munich and the Deutsches Museum. The Rachel Carson Center is an international center for research and education in the environmental humanities and social sciences: its mission is to advance research and discussion concerning the interrelationship between humans and nature.
 
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The 2017 Turku Book Award in environmental history

The European Society for Environmental History (ESEH) and the RCC are pleased to announce the 2017 Turku Book Award in environmental history. The Turku Book Award is intended to identify and encourage innovative and well-written scholarship in the field of environmental history. It carries a prize of 3,000 Euros. The prize will be awarded at the Ninth Biennial ESEH Conference to be held in Zagreb, Croatia, 28 June - 2 July.
 
Please find more information about the award here. The deadline for submissions is 15 December 2016.
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REPORT(H)A - II Meeting Environmental Changes in Historical Perspective

May 4-6, 2017

UNIVERSITY OF LISBON and NOVA UNIVERSITY OF LISBON

The Centro de História of the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa (CH-ULisboa) / Center of History of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the Uiversity of Lisbon and the Instituto de História Contemporânea of the Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (IHC-FCSH, UNL) / Institute of Contemporary History of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of the New University of Lisbon, are pleased to be hosting the II meeting of REPORT(H)A - Portuguese Network of Environmental History, in 2017 Spring.

 

Website : http://reporthameeting.wixsite.com/2017

 

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS

The conference is open to submissions from any discipline with interests in these fields. Potential participants should submit a one-page abstract up to 300 words (Font: Calibri 11; 1,5 line spacing and double space between paragraphs) including 2 - 5 keywords. Proposals should include name of author, institutional affiliation, e-mail address and type of presentation (paper or short talk) and sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by December 1, 2016. Applicants will be notified of acceptance by February 1.

Abstracts accepted by the Scientific Committee and presented in the meeting, will be published on-line.  All papers will be given in English and each presentation will be allotted 20 minutes for papers and 10 minutes for short talks.

 

IMPORTANT DEADLINES

Abstract submission: September 25 - December 1, 2016

Acceptance notification: February 1, 2017

Registration: February 15 – March 31, 2017

Provisional Program: April 15, 2017

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Booklet: Environmental Conflicts in Mining and Metallurgical Industry: the Past and the Present

The booklet of abstracts (in English) of the book Environmental Conflicts in Mining and Metallurgical Industry: the Past and the Present published by CETEM (Center of Mineral Technology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and CICP – Research Unit for Political Science (Portugal) can be downloaded here in PDF format (2 Mb).

The book, written in Portuguese and Spanish, shall be available soon on paper and also in open access (digital format) in CETEM website.

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