Holy Ground? A conversation about religion in environmental history
Lecture
God, and gods, tend to play a muted role in Australian environmental histories. The diverse religious experiences of First Nations and settler peoples grappling with a land once denounced as the ‘most godless place under heaven’ are yet to be fully explored or historicised. Yet religious beliefs…
A Critique of Human Supremacism: Towards a New Sense of Reverence for the Planet.
Lecture
The Third Biannual Robin-Griffiths Lecture in Environmental History, ANU Centre for Environmental HistoryReception: 5.30–6.30pm | Lecture: 6.30–8pmFrom the seventeenth century on, European thinkers developed - often from religious principles - theories of human supremacism that eventually…
2nd Robin-Griffiths Environmental History Lecture: Prof. Sandra Swart
Lecture
Kinship: How to live in a more-than-human worldThis event has passed, but you can find a summary here.Our earliest roads were elephant paths. Even today, in Africa's most impenetrable undergrowth, it is the trails maintained by elephants that enable human mobility. Hacking back the overgrowth of…
Environmental History Week HDR Showcase
Workshop
Call for Papers Environmental History Week HDR Showcase Wednesday 24 April 2024 Centre for Environmental History, Australian National University, and Monash University, Clayton Campus The United Nations has designated the year 2024 as the International Year of the Camelid. Individuals…
Environmental Exchanges Seminar - Lianne Leddy
Seminar
This semester, the Centre for Environmental History's Environmental Exchanges seminar series will include four fantastic papers from a diverse group of historians on the theme 'extraction'. All seminars will be held both in person, and online (Zoom links will be provided via Eventbrite or email…
Environmental Exchanges Seminar - Rohan Howitt
Seminar
This semester, the Centre for Environmental History's Environmental Exchanges seminar series will include four fantastic papers from a diverse group of historians on the theme 'extraction'. All seminars will be held both in person, and online (Zoom links will be provided via Eventbrite closer to…
Environmental Exchanges Seminar - Devika Shankar
Seminar
This semester, the Centre for Environmental History's Environmental Exchanges seminar series will include four fantastic papers from a diverse group of historians on the theme 'extraction'. All seminars will be held both in person, and online (Zoom links will be provided via Eventbrite closer to…