Oxford Symposium - Population, Migration, and the Environment

Invitation to the Oxford Symposium on

Population, Migration, and the Environment 

1-2 August 2016

You are invited to participate in the Oxford Symposium on Population, Migration, and the Environment.

The symposium will be held 1 and 2 August 2016 at the Rothermere American Institute, Oxford, UK.

You are invited to present a paper that encourages the exchange of interdisciplinary ideas about the main themes of the conference: world population increase, human migration, and environmental sustainability.  Alternatively, you may wish to attend as an observer or panel member.

The Symposium seeks to cover a broad agenda that includes disciplines such as economics, education, environmental studies, agriculture, law, political science, religion, and social studies. Topics for presentation may reach beyond these areas, and our website contains an extensive list of suggested topics.

Papers presented at the meeting will be subsequently peer-reviewed by external readers for possible inclusion in Symposium Books or sponsored academic journals.

Please Email Lydia at contact@oxford-population-and-environment-symposium.com if you have questions.

David Moon to speak on Radio New Zealand

David Moon is to be interviewed on the 'Nights' programme on Radio New Zealand about the Network's on-the-ground research on Russian environmental history

The interview will be broadcast live on Wednesday 13th April, at 7.10pm New Zealand time (8.10am UK time)

The programme will then be available online at rnz.co.nz/nights.

50% discount on new book "Cycling and Recycling"

New from Berghahn Books:

CYCLING AND RECYCLING

 Histories of Sustainable Practices

Edited by Ruth Oldenziel and Helmuth Trischler

256 pages, 18 illus., bibliog., index

ISBN  978-1-78238-970-5 $95.00/£60.00

“This book’s conceptual framework is truly innovative and makes a much-needed intervention in the vast literature on sustainability. Writing against the ‘techno-fix mentality’ that dominates so many contemporary environmental discourses, the editors persuasively argue for the need to resurrect ‘older technologies for a new purpose.’” · Edward D. Melillo, Amherst College

In fascinating case studies ranging from the Early Modern secondhand trade to utopian visions of human-powered vehicles, the contributions gathered here explore the historical fortunes of two such technologies—bicycling and waste recycling—tracing their development over time and providing valuable context for the policy successes and failures of today."

To get your 50% discount use the code OLD705 when you buy the book from the website: http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=OldenzielCycling

Oxford Symposium on Population, Migration, and the Environment

Oxford Symposium on Population, Migration, and the Environment

21 and 22 March 2016 

Wadham College, Oxford, UK

We invite you to present a paper that encourages the exchange of interdisciplinary ideas about the main themes of the conference: world population increase, human migration, and environmental sustainability.  Alternatively, you may wish to attend as an observer or panel member.

The Symposium seeks to cover a broad agenda that includes disciplines such as economics, education, environmental studies, agriculture, law, political science, religion, and social studies. Topics for presentation may reach beyond these areas, and our website contains an extensive list of suggested topics.

Papers presented at the meeting will be subsequently peer-reviewed by external readers for possible inclusion in Symposium Books or sponsored academic journals.

Bilingual website on Russian Environmental History

This website is devoted to 

Environmental History in Russia and about Russia. 

It is bilingual, but oriented mostly towards the Russian public. 

It is the creation of:

Andrei Vinogradov (Senior Lecturer in the Dept of History, Elabuga Institute, Kazan’ Federal University); and 

Maxim Mostovenko (Research Associate, Lab for Historical Research, Surgut State Pedagogical University)

2016 Chernobyl Trip

The Leverhulme Network 

Exploring Russia's Environmental History and Natural Resources 

will be visiting Kiev and the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone on 

28 June - 2 July 2016 

More details

More outputs from conference "Natural Resources, Landscapes and Climate in Russia and Neighbouring Countries"

Natural Resources, Landscapes and Climate in Russia and Neighbouring Countries

26-28 November 2015

at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg

This conference was organised jointly by the National Research University Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg, and the Leverhulme Network "Exploring Russia's Environmental History and Natural Resources".

The following documents are available on the Network website:

Conference programme (final version 24.11.15) conference_programme_natural_resources_final (MS Word , 28kb)

Conference abstract (translated into English by David Moon) conference_abstract (MS Word , 14kb)

Conference Report (in Russian) http://sh.spb.hse.ru/chr/news/170851899.html

Reflections of the conference by David Moon (in English) conference_reflections (MS Word , 16kb)