Dear ECOFEMers, I thought this might be of interest to some here. It's cross-posted from H-ASEH. Sorry about any duplicates for those subscribed to both lists. Stefanie ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 10:29:04 -0700 (PDT) From: James Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Technology and natural disasters Environmental historians: The 25th Symposium of the International Committee for the History of Technology (ICOHTEC) is scheduled to be held in Lisbon, Portugal, August 18-22, 1998. Under the conference's general theme of "European Technology in a Global Context," I am organizing a group of papers (at least one session and possible two or three) around the subject of "Technology and Natural Disasters." I would like to invite environmental historians who might be working on a topic that fits this theme to participate. I can imagine papers ranging from topics related to flooding, earthquakes, and hurricanes to wild fires, insect infestations, and disease epidemics. My contribution, for example, will focus on an aspect of earthquake engineering, a topic which takes into recognition the fact that Lisbon is the site of one of the early modern world's most devastating earthquakes in 1775. If you would be willing to participate in the ICOHTEC symposium by presenting a paper dealing with "Technology and Natural Disasters," please submit to me by email a topic and brief paragraph describing it by October 14. I will be meeting with the conference organizers a day or two later and would like to be able to report what interest there is at that time. Papers should not take longer than 30 minutes to present, 20 minutes being the ideal. I would urge you to prepare a somewhat longer, fully documented version for submission to _ICON: The Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology_. Should we have sufficient quality papers, I will work with the editor to see if we can arrange a special issue. James C. Williams De Anza College Mailing address, phone, & email: 1130 Delynn Way San Jose CA 95125-3619 (408) 269-4837 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ************************************ Stefanie S. Rixecker Department of Resource Management Lincoln University, Canterbury Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************
