Several Georgetown University scholars will participate in the ICEHO’s 3rd World Congress of Environmental History, taking place next week (July 22-26, 2019) at the Federal University of Santa Catarina in Florianópolis, Brazil. See below for the details on the relevant panels and roundtables.
Monday July 22
2:00-3:30 pm, Doctoral candidate Matthew Johnson presents ‘‘Itaipu or Sete Quedas’: An Environmental History of the World’s Most Productive Hydroelectric Dam,’ on the panel ‘Energy and History: Wind, Water, and Oil,’ in the Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (CFN), Sala 323 do CFN.
Tuesday July 23
2:00-3:30 pm, Professor Dagomar Degroot chairs the panel ‘Historical Human and Cetacean Cultures,’ in the Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (CFH), Auditório do Bloco E.
Wednesday July 24
11:00 am-12:30 pm Doctoral student Natascha Otoya presents ‘The Development of Oil Geology in Brazil from a Postcolonial Perspective,’ in the panel ‘Peripheral Socio-Environmental Transformations,’ in the Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (CFH), Sala 323 do CFH.
Thursday July 25
2:00-3:30 pm, Doctoral candidate Douglas McRae presents ‘The Billings Reservoir: An Artificial Lake in the Anthropocene (São Paulo, 1925-1988),’ on the panel Water and Megacities in the 20th Century: Cases from the Americas, in the Centro de Cultura e Eventos, Sala Goiabeira.
Monday July 22
2:00-3:30 pm, Doctoral candidate Matthew Johnson presents ‘‘Itaipu or Sete Quedas’: An Environmental History of the World’s Most Productive Hydroelectric Dam,’ on the panel ‘Energy and History: Wind, Water, and Oil,’ in the Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (CFN), Sala 323 do CFN.
Tuesday July 23
2:00-3:30 pm, Professor Dagomar Degroot chairs the panel ‘Historical Human and Cetacean Cultures,’ in the Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (CFH), Auditório do Bloco E.
Wednesday July 24
11:00 am-12:30 pm Doctoral student Natascha Otoya presents ‘The Development of Oil Geology in Brazil from a Postcolonial Perspective,’ in the panel ‘Peripheral Socio-Environmental Transformations,’ in the Centro de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (CFH), Sala 323 do CFH.
Thursday July 25
2:00-3:30 pm, Doctoral candidate Douglas McRae presents ‘The Billings Reservoir: An Artificial Lake in the Anthropocene (São Paulo, 1925-1988),’ on the panel Water and Megacities in the 20th Century: Cases from the Americas, in the Centro de Cultura e Eventos, Sala Goiabeira.