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Recent Discussions
CFP for Symposium - Ecologies of Justice: Wastelands, Wastewaters, and Human Disposability
Ecologies of Justice: Wasteland, Wastewater and Human Disposability Symposium
March 23-24, 2023
Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Organized by Drs. Lisa Han, Celina Osuna and Mako Fitts Ward
Sponsored by the Institute for Humanities Research at Arizona State University
Call for Submissions – Emotional Ecologies
Emotional Ecologies: Where We’re Going and Where We’ve Been
A Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE) Series
Proposal Deadline: February 28, 2023
Series Publication: June 2023
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How has environment shaped emotion?
Living with Climate Change in Northern New England: 2/16 Environmental History Seminar at the MHS
Living with Climate Change in Northern New England
Author: Emma C. Moesswilde, Georgetown University
Comment: Christopher M. Parsons, Northeastern University
Thursday, 16 February
5:00 PM
with an in-person reception at 4:30 PM
Free, Hybrid Event - hosted by the Massachusetts Historical Society
Call for Applications, PhD Position in Environmental History (University of Oslo)
Applications are invited for a fully funded, three-year PhD position, with a potential fourth year of funding, in environmental history, in the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History at the University of Oslo.
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Recent Reviews
Reviewer:
Dylan Harris
Harris on Hunt and Walker and Depoe, 'Breaking Boundaries: Innovative Practices in Environmental Communication and Public Participation'
Kathleen P. Hunt, Gregg B. Walker, Stephen P. Depoe, eds.
Breaking Boundaries: Innovative Practices in Environmental Communication and Public Participation.
SUNY Series in Environmental Governance: Local-Regional-Global Interactions. Albany: SUNY Press, 2019. Illustrations. 320 pp.
$95.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4384-7705-3. 
Reviewer:
Samantha Muka
Muka on Bohan, 'Sharkey: When Sea Lions Were Stars of Show Business'
Gary Bohan.
Sharkey: When Sea Lions Were Stars of Show Business.
Excelsior Editions. Albany: Excelsior Editions, 2022. 316 pp.
$24.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4384-8712-0.
Reviewer:
Ramya Swayamprakash
Swayamprakash on Liboiron and Lepawsky, 'Discard Studies: Wasting, Systems, and Power'
Max Liboiron, Josh Lepawsky.
Discard Studies: Wasting, Systems, and Power.
Cambridge: MIT Press, 2022. 224 pp.
$30.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-262-54365-1.
Reviewed by Ramya Swayamprakash (Grand Valley State University) Published on H-Environment (February, 2023) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)
Reviewer:
Jean de Pomereu
de Pomereu on Gornitz, 'Vanishing Ice: Glaciers, Ice Sheets, and Rising Seas'
Vivien Gornitz. Vanishing Ice: Glaciers, Ice Sheets, and Rising Seas. New York: Columbia University Press, 2019. Illustrations. 400 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-231-16824-3.
Reviewed by Jean de Pomereu (Scott Polar Research Institute) Published on H-Environment (January, 2023) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)
Reviewer:
Jonathan Hancock
Hancock on Shay, 'Under Prairie Skies: The Plants and Native Peoples of the Northern Plains'
C. Thomas Shay.
Under Prairie Skies: The Plants and Native Peoples of the Northern Plains.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2022. 312 pp.
$29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4962-2338-8.
Recent Roundtable Reviews
Zallen, "American Lucifers: The Dark History of Artificial Light, 1750-1865," H-Environment Roundtable vol. 13, no. 1 (2023)
Dear Colleagues,
Announcing a new edition of H-Environment Roundtables featuring Jeremy Zallen's American Lucifers: The Dark History of Artificial Light, 1750-1865. Please enjoy and distribute widely.
Title: American Lucifers: THe Dark History of Artificial Light, 1750-1865
Author: Jeremy Zallen
Contributors: Julie A. Cohn, Ann Daly, Nicolas Kenny, Matthew T. Huber
Editor: Melanie A. Kiechle
Strang, "Frontiers of Science: Imperialism and Natural Knowledge in the Gulf South Borderlands, 1500-1850," H-Environment Roundtable vol. 12 no. 5 (2022)
Dear Colleagues,
Announcing a new edition of H-Environment Roundtables featuring Cameron B. Strang's Frontiers of Science: Imperialism and Natural Knowledge in the Gulf South Borderlands, 1500-1850. Please enjoy and distribute widely.
Title: Frontiers of Science: Imperialism and Natural Knowledge in the Gulf South Borderlands, 1500-1850
Author: Cameron B. Strang
Contributors: Elaine LaFay, Eleanora Rohland, Dan Rood, and Christopher D.E. Willoughby
Checker, "The Sustainability Myth: Environmental Gentrification and the Politics of Justice," H-Environment Roundtable vol. 12 no. 4 (2022)
Dear Colleagues:
Announcing a new edition of H-Environment Roundtables, featuring Melissa Checker's The Sustainability Myth: Environmental Gentrification and the Politics of Justice. Please enjoy and distribute widely.
Title: The Sustainability Myth: Environmental Gentrification and the Politics of Justice
Author: Melissa Checker
Contributors: Hannah Knox, Steven H. Corey, Steven T. Moga
Editor: Kara Murphy Schlichting
Young, "Camping Grounds: Public Nature in American Life from the Civil War to the Occupy Movement," H-Environment Roundtable vol. 12, no. 3 (2022)
Dear Colleagues:
Announcing a new edition of H-Environment Roundtable Reviews, featuring Phoebe S.K. Young's Camping Grounds: Public Nature in American Life from the Civil War to the Occupy Movement. Please enjoy and distribute widely.
Title: Camping Grounds: Public Nature in American Life from the Civil War to the Occupy Movement
Author: Phoebe S.K. Young
Contributors: William P. Philpott, Marsha Weisiger, Robert Hoberman, Rachel S. Gross
Editor: Kara Murphy Schlichting
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