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History and
Environment: European
expansion’s impact
5 t/m 9 april 1999
The Atlantic History Centre promotes
an international seminar on
the subject of History and Environment:
European expansion’s impact.
Subjects for discussion: Paradise’s
vision, Science and the search for
Noah’s Ark, History and environment
in the area of European expansion,
Sugar and environment,
Environmental history of the Atlantic
Islands.
Information:
CEHA,
Rua dos Ferreiros 165,
9000-Funchal, Madeira.
Tel. 35191-229635
Fax 35191-230341
e-mail
aviera@mail.telepac.pt
alviera@madinfo.pt
Landscapes of memory
15-16 mei 1999
Landscapes of memory: Oral history
and environment, Brighton (UK)
An interdisciplinary, international
conference which will explore the
relationships between memory and
place and the contested meanings
of diverse human and physical
landscapes.
The proposed conference themes
are as follows:
Memory and Place (place & identities,
tradition & change, urban &
rural, ownership & contested meanings,
gender & cultural differences,
‘coming in’ & staying put)
Protest (political / environmental
movements, conservation &
change, disputes & confrontations,
rights & boundaries,
contested accounts of arrival &
ownership)
Green Lifestyles (creating new
societies & communities, buildings
& camp sites, conflicting
lifestyles, alternative ecologies,
retreats & revolutions)
Heritage (preserving the past, creating
traditions, collecting & archiving,
museums & exhibitions, public and
participatory histories of place)
Oral History and Development (using
traditional knowledges in development,
oral history for change, urban
& rural, ‘North’ & ‘South’)
The conference which will include
the wide range of media in which
memories of place are represented
and explored. Conference activities
will include local tours and regional
exhibitions.
Steve Hussey, History Department,
Essex University, Colchester, CO4
3SQ, England. Email enquiries to
Steve Hussey (husss@essex.ac.uk),
Joanna Bornat (bornat@open.
ac.uk) or Al Thomson
(a.s.thomson@sussex.ac.uk).
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redactie: myriam d a r u
webversie: jan van den n o o r t
Water in History
Aberystwyth 9th-11th of July, 1999
A Conference entitled ‘Water in History:
Global Perspectives on Politics,
Economy and Culture’ will be held at
the University of Wales, Aberystwyth
on the 9th-11th of July, 1999.
Themes identified at this stage include:
Water, public health and concepts
of purity
Pollution and the environment
International or internal political
conflicts over water resources, and
historical perspectives on organised
resistance to dam projects
The funding, politics, and social
history of large dams
Water engineering and its cultural
meaning
The social and economic history of
water resources
Water and concepts of landscape
Other related topics will also be
considered.
Owen Roberts,
Water History Project,
Department of History and Welsh
History, Hugh Owen Building,
Penglais, Aberystwyth
e-mail ogr997@aber.ac.uk
Nature, Society
and History
Long Term Dynamics of Social Metabolism.
International Conference
September, 30th, - October, 2nd,
1999 Vienna, Austria
Scientific Committee: Marina
Fischer-Kowalski, IFF Vienna, Austria;
Rolf-Peter Sieferle, Mannheim
University, Germany; Eugene Rosa,
Washington State University, USA
Symposia topics and chairs
1. Population and Health:
What are the different dynamics
of population growth in different
cultures Are there universal
tendencies in demography Are
people becoming more healthy
Are there new risks for infections
due to changing conditions for
microorganisms
Invited Chairs: Alfred Crosby,
N.N.
2. Cities and Settlements:
Are there historical tendencies of
living conditions in towns as e.g.
sanitation, water supply, garbage
disposal, transport How will
transport and communication
infrastructure shape future settlement
patterns
Invited Chairs: Paul Brunner and
Clemens Zimmermann
3. Traditions in Coping with Nature:
Are the historically new patterns of
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