Environmental Exchanges: Katrin Kleemann
Seminar
Ocean History between Germany and Australia: Georg Neumayer, the Flagstaff Observatory in Melbourne and the German Maritime Observatory in Hamburg Dr Katrin Kleemann, German Maritime Museum - Leibniz Institute for Maritime History This presentation by Dr Katrin Kleemann is part of …
Environmental Exchanges: Rohan Lloyd
Seminar
‘Not a true coral island’: Understanding the presence, absence, decline and regrowth of corals on Yunbenun (Magnetic Island) since Townsville’s settlement Dr Rohan Lloyd This presentation by Dr Rohan Lloyd is part of Environmental Exchanges, a seminar series organised by the…
Deep Conversations: Space, Data, Place
Seminar
Space, Data, Place: Digital Tools for Australia's Deep Past Digital mapping is becoming an increasingly common tool for historical research in Australia, providing historians with new ways of visualising and representing the past. How can historians use the tools, methods, and outputs of digital…
Centre for Environmental History Seminar: Prof. David Blackbourn
Seminar
Nature and Environment in Modern Germany: A Difficult History Drawing on some of the themes raised by his book The Conquest of Nature, David Blackbourn will talk about the transformation of the German landscape since the late eighteenth century in an approach that seeks to combine…
Environmental Exchanges: Alessandro Antonello
Seminar
Antarctic Krill and the Temporalities of Oceanic Abundance Dr Alessandro Antonello, Flinders University This presentation by Dr Alessandro Antonello is part of Environmental Exchanges, a seminar series organised by the Centre for Environmental History to showcase innovative new…
Flood Waters: Australian Environmental Histories of the Present & Possible
Webinar/Online
Join Prof. Grace Karskens (UNSW) and Dr Margaret Cook (USC) in conversation with A/Prof Ruth Morgan on the recent and deep histories of floods in eastern Australia, reflecting on their award-winning books People of the River (2020) and A River with a City Problem (2019). This event is part of the…
Deep Conversations: Restoration, Recovery and Repair, Part II: Rehabilitation
Seminar
Amid a climate of crisis and ‘unprecedented times’, moments of destruction and devastation are intertwined with those of respite and renewal. By exploring these moments—their mechanisms and tensions—scholars can produce new insights into our past, present and potential futures. In…