FYI.
Stefanie Rixecker
ECOFEM Coordinator
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Subject: International Conference on the Environmental History of Asia
(3rd
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Richard Grove, Australian National University and Sussex University
International Conference on the Environmental
History of Asia
4-7 December, 2002,
New Delhi, India
(This is a third and supplementary announcement: due to unexpected
demand
we have enlarged the number of delegate places available and further
submissions are invited; see date deadlines below)
The theme of the conference is "The History of Water, Health,
Forests and
Commons". The co-sponsors of the conference are the Jawarhalal Nehru
University, New Delhi (JNU), the University of Sussex and the Australian
National University. The Conference will also be the first meeting of
the
International Environmental History Association. It will be held at
JNU, a
premier academic institution of South Asia. The core fund will come from
the DSA Programme of the Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies,
JNU,
and possibilities of grants are being explored from other agencies such
as
UGC, Ministry of Environment and the Society for South Asian Studies of
the
British Academy
The conference builds on the highly successful 1992 conference on the
Environmental History of South and Southeast Asia published by Oxford
University Press India under the title Nature and the Orient; the
Environmental History of South and Southeast Asia. However the 2002
conference seeks involvement by those writing on the environmental
history
of all areas from Turkey in the west to the Western Pacific in the east
(including Australia and New Zealand), and including central and east
Asia.
It is anticipated that the bulk of papers will be on South and Southeast
Asia.
Papers are invited on theme subjects and also on subjects including or
related to the histories of:- prehistory of the environment,
pre-colonial,
colonial and post colonial forest conservation and management; river
control; flood control; national parks; ornithology; arable expansion;
climate history and change; environmentalism; management of commons;
indigenous knowledge; tribal/indigenous/adivasi/aborigine people and
environment; the natural sciences; museums; public health; the medical
profession; disease epidemiology; famines; extreme events; impact of
railway
and road building; dam-building; popular environmental movements; tourism
and the environment; the timber trade; globalisation and the Asian
environment; art and the environment; urban environmental history;
dance/drama/ artistic portrayals and the environment; film and the
environment; environmental justice issues.
This list is not intended to preclude other related subjects. All
submissions will be considered by an academic committee of experts. The
proceedings of the conference will be published by Oxford University
Press
or Manohar Press and the International Journal of Environmental History.
Accomodation at a reasonable charge will be available for delegates
to the
conference on the JNU campus and early booking is advisable if this
accomodation is required. Assistance with travel will be available for
delegates attending from within India and for selected non-Indian
delegates. Please enquire if you think you may need assistance.
Paper titles and abstracts for the conference should be submitted by
September 30th Complete papers should be submitted in BOTH electronic
and
paper form by October 15th 2002. All enquiries and submissions should be
made to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abstract submissions should copied to
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Postal enquiries and paper submissions
should be made to Professor Deepak Kumar (JNU) and Dr Richard Grove
(Australian National University and Sussex University) at this address:
c/o Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, School of Social
Sciences,
Jawarhalal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067. (Tel.91-11-6107676
Ext.2416
(Office), Residence-6198211, Dean Office Fax- 91-11-6101841).
Signed Deepak Kumar, Richard Grove.
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Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker, Director
Environment, Society and Design Division
Lincoln University, Canterbury
PO Box 84
Aotearoa New Zealand
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ph: 03-325-2811, x8643
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