The Environment: A History of the Idea
Paul Warde, Libby Robin, and Sverker Sörlin Johns Hopkins University Press (2018) Is it possible for the economy to grow without the environment being destroyed? Will our lifestyles impoverish the…
An event to honour Tom Griffiths
History, nature, and nation: Tom Griffiths and Australian history symposium This symposium honoured Tom’s move from full-time academic life to a full-time writing life. Papers from eminent…
Archives of the Anthropocene
Harriet Mercer writes about the ways historians incorporate geological and natural history evidence in the Anthropocene in an article for History Workshop Journal. "By embracing the archives of the…
Daniel May at the US Forest History Society
Daniel May recently concluded a six-week research visit to Forest History Society. When asked about his visit to the FHS, he responded: "I'm here to work on my doctoral thesis on the contemporary…
Slow Catastrophes shortlisted in NSW Premier's History Awards
Slow Catastrophes: Living with Drought in Australia by Rebecca Jones (Monash University Publishing) has been shortlisted for the Australian History Prize in the 2018 NSW Premier's History Awards.…
Alexandra Roginski wins Jill Roe Prize
Congratulations to Alexandra Roginski, whose essay, ‘Talking Heads on a Murray River Mission’ won the AHA's 2018 Jill Roe Prize. The prize is awarded awarded annually for the best…
Ninth Biennial Environmental History PhD workshop
From 28 May to 1 June the Centre for Environmental History welcomed fifteen doctoral students from around the world to its ninth Biennial Environmental History PhD workshop. International…