About the Conference ...
"Nature's History: Environmental History for the Twenty-first Century," a workshop on the practice and the future of environmental history, will take place at Temple University's Department ogf History September 28-29. Twenty-four leaders in the field will assemble to discuss precirculated papers. Revised versions of the papers will eventually be published by Oxford University Press as The Oxford Handbok of Environmental History, under the editorship of Andrew isenberg.
Nature’s History: Environmental History for the Twenty-First Century
Temple University
Department of History
Weigley Room 914 Gladfelter Hall
Friday, September 28
8:30 Coffee
8:45 Welcome from Teresa Soufas, Dean, College of Liberal Arts
9:00-10:30
Science Michael Lewis, Salisbury University
Technology Sara Pritchard, Cornell University
Comment: James Turner, Wellesley College, Environmental Studies Program
10:45-12:15
Chemicals Nancy Langston, University of Wisconsin
Health Angela Gugliotta, University of Chicago
Comment: Ellen Stroud, Brn Mawr College, Growth and Structure of Cities Program
12:15-1:30 Box lunch
1:30-3:00
Restoration Marcus Hall, University of Utah
Cultural Landscape Thomas Lekan, University of South Carolina and Thomas Zeller, University of Maryland
Comment: Drew Isenberg, Temple University, Department of History
3:15-5:15
“Women, Gender. Sex, and Sexuality,” Nancy Unger, Santa Clara University
"Race and Ethnicity in Environmental History," Connie Chiang, Bowdoin College
Religion Mark Stoll, Texas Tech University
Comment: Beth Bailey, Temple University, Department of History
7:00 Dinner at the home of Beth Bailey and David Farber, 314 N. 12th Street, Philadelphia. Catered by Café Lift.
Saturday, September 29
8:30 Coffee
9:00-10:30
Water David Biggs, Univesity of California-Riverside
“Animals and the Intimacy of History,” Brett Walker, Montana State University
Comment: Jeff Featherstone, Temple University, Center for Sustainable Communities
10:45-12:45
Forests Emily Brock, Georgia State University
Climate Mark Carey, Washington and Lee University
"The Tropics" Paul Sutter, University of Georgia
Comment: Rob Mason, Temple University, Program in Environmental Studies
1:00-2:30 Box lunch
2:30-4:00
International Relations Kurk Dorsey, University of New Hampshire
Politics Frank Zelko, University of Vermont
Comment: Petra Goedde, Temple University, Department of History
7:30 Dinner at Estia’s, 1405 Locust Street, Philadelphia