2012 Minoru Hokari Scholarship Recipient Announced
The 2012 Minoru Hokari Scholarship has been awarded to Ms Shannyn Palmer. Ms Palmer is a doctoral student in the Australian Centre for Indigenous History at the Australian National University. The…
CFP: European Society for Environmental History (ESEH), 2013, Munich
The European Society for Environmental History (ESEH) is pleased to invite proposals for sessions, roundtables, papers, posters and other, more experimental forms of communicating scholarship for its…
Sverker Sörlin: 'Global Change, History and Planetary Futures'
Stories from Sweden's far northern edge Public lecture Tuesday 29 May 2012 5.30-6.30pm, followed by a reception hosted by the Swedish Embassy hosted by the Ambassador for Sweden, His Excellency…
Slow Catastrophes
Drought resilience amongst farmers and agricultural communities in Australia, 1880s-2000s ‘Slow Catastrophes’ explores the history of people’s resilience to drought in Australia. Drought is a…
Dr Gemma Betros wins Ernst Keller European Humanities Travelling Fellowship and a Visiting Fellowship at Chawton House Library
Gemma has been awarded a prestigious Ernst Keller European Humanities Travelling Fellowship by the Australian Academy of the Humanities from a very competitive field of early career researchers. The…
Documenting the Anthropocene
Documenting the Anthropocene: Historical Reflections on Global Change International Perspectives on the Environmental Humanities and Social Sciences Libby Robin March 26, 2012 4:00pm – 5:30pm…
A Wild History: Life and Death on the Victoria River Frontier
In 1883 pastoralists began to drive great herds of cattle into Victoria River District of Australia’s Northern Territory. They entered a vast tropical land of big rivers, wide plains, and rugged…