The summary handout from David Moon's 'York Talk' on "Interactions in Environmental History" (8/1/14) is now available from the Resources and Publicity page of the website.
Showing posts with label York. Show all posts
Showing posts with label York. Show all posts
Friday, 24 January 2014
Tuesday, 7 January 2014
Network showcased at 'York Talks'
On Wednesday 8th January the work of the Network will come under the spotlight in the University of York's inspiring public showcase - 'York Talks' http://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/public-lectures/spring-2014/york-talk/.
Styled on the highly successful ‘TED’ Talks, 'York Talks' will highlight some of the University's most innovative and challenging research in an accessible, fast paced series of 15-minute talks.The aim is to share and explain our research to a wide audience of academics, researchers and the general public.
The event, the first of its kind at the University, illuminates the work of the University's Anniversary Professors, all of whom are leading edge academics appointed in 2013 to mark York’s 50th year. It will be opened by the new Vice-Chancellor, Professor Koen Lamberts in his first public event.
As one of the Anniversary Professors, David Moon will be presenting the work of the Leverhulme International Network in a talk entitled "Interactions in environmental history".
Styled on the highly successful ‘TED’ Talks, 'York Talks' will highlight some of the University's most innovative and challenging research in an accessible, fast paced series of 15-minute talks.The aim is to share and explain our research to a wide audience of academics, researchers and the general public.
The event, the first of its kind at the University, illuminates the work of the University's Anniversary Professors, all of whom are leading edge academics appointed in 2013 to mark York’s 50th year. It will be opened by the new Vice-Chancellor, Professor Koen Lamberts in his first public event.
Thursday, 7 November 2013
University of York highlights work of Network
The University of York has published an article about the Network on their website http://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/features/russian-environmental-history/
Monday, 21 October 2013
Prof David Moon presents Network to Leverhulme Trust workshop
On Friday 18 October, David Moon made a brief presentation on the network at a
workshop on 'Leverhulme Trust research funding', addressed by Professor Gordon
Marshall, the Director of the Leverhulme Trust. This took place in the Humanities Research
Centre at York University.
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Field Trip to the Solovetskii Islands - August 2013
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| Monastery on Solovki - photo by Abi Sutton |
In August, Network partners and invited specialists participated in a field trip to the Solovetskii Islands in the White Sea. These islands have a unique flora and fauna and have been inhabited since pre-history,
hosting, among others, a fishing community, an Orthodox monastery and the first Soviet
labour camp (gulag). The islands are designated as a UNESCO
World Heritage Site and offer rich materials to investigate the relationship between state,
society, culture, religion and nature, and the role of science and
technology, in Russia’s Arctic region.The programme for the trip, together with essays and photos by participants, can be found at:
www.york.ac.uk/history/research/majorprojects/russiasenvironmentalhistory/events/#tab-2
Friday, 4 October 2013
Network website launched
The website for the network is now live at: http://www.york.ac.uk/history/research/majorprojects/russiasenvironmentalhistory/
You are welcome to leave comments on the website here.
You are welcome to leave comments on the website here.
Thursday, 22 August 2013
International Network Established
We are delighted to announce that The Leverhulme Trust has
awarded an International Network Grant to the University of York for a project
led by Professor David Moon entitled :
The network will comprise specialists from York and Glasgow universities in
the UK, Georgetown and Ohio State universities in the USA, and the European
University and Higher School of Economics in St Petersburg, Russia.
The network’s activities will revolve around a series of annual workshops/field trips to specific locations: the Solovetskii Islands in the White Sea; the Chernobyl’ exclusion zone in Ukraine; and Lake Baikal in Siberia. The project will combine field work in these locations with conventional historical research in order to enhance our understanding of the history of Russian scientific research, exploitation of natural resources, environmental disasters, and nature conservation.
By adding field work to conventional historical research we will enhance our understanding of the history of Russian scientific research, exploitation of natural resources, environmental disasters, and nature conservation.
The network will run for three years beginning July 2013.
Exploring
Russia’s Environmental History and Natural Resources
The network’s activities will revolve around a series of annual workshops/field trips to specific locations: the Solovetskii Islands in the White Sea; the Chernobyl’ exclusion zone in Ukraine; and Lake Baikal in Siberia. The project will combine field work in these locations with conventional historical research in order to enhance our understanding of the history of Russian scientific research, exploitation of natural resources, environmental disasters, and nature conservation.
By adding field work to conventional historical research we will enhance our understanding of the history of Russian scientific research, exploitation of natural resources, environmental disasters, and nature conservation.
The network will run for three years beginning July 2013.
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| Members of the network team after a preliminary meeting and workshop on the historic icebreaker Krasin (which was built on the river Tyne in 1916) in St Petersburg in March 2013. |
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