The Influence and Legacies of Swain and Lane Poole
Seminar by Brett Bennett Tuesday 29th June, 5-6pm Lecture Theatre, Forestry Building (48) Linnaeus Way (comes off Daley Road) Charles Lane Poole (1885-1970) and Edward Harold Swain (1883-1970) are…
Environmental History PhD Workshop
Centre for Environmental History, Australian National University, Canberra, 25-29 October, 2010 Applications for the 2010 workshop have closed. The next workshop will be held in 2012 Are you writing…
Honouring the career of Professor Desley Deacon
The School of History recently held a very symposium to honour the career of Professor Desley Deacon upon her retirement. Entitled Gender, Biography, Modernity & Film, these multiple themes still…
Journal of Aboriginal History
The journal Aboriginal History was founded in 1977. For over thirty years, it has been a flagship of the field of Australian Aboriginal history. Earlier this year, Dr Shino Konishi and Dr Maria…
World Forest History - A New Book Series
This is a call for chapter proposals. World Forest History, a new edited book series by the Australian National University E Press, will publish individual volumes of forest history on individual…
Public Lecture and Student Prize presentation
Thursday 6 May, 5-7 pm Forestry Lecture Theatre Building 48 Australian National University Part 1: Presentation of the National Museum of Australia Student Prize for Australian Environmental…
Expertise for the future
The focus of the Expertise for the Future project is the development of environmental prediction, and the reception of predictions optimistic and pessimistic since the sixteenth century, ranging from…