
Several Georgetown University scholars will participate in the annual conference of the American Society for Environmental History, taking place this week at the Westin Hotel in Seattle, Washington. See below for details on the relevant panels, roundtables and events.
Thursday March 31:
Professor Dagomar Degroot chairs the informal Climate History Network lunch at 11:30 a.m. at Icon Grill.
Doctoral candidate Adrienne Kates presents 'Capitalism and Maya Autonomy in Mexico's Forest Frontier, 1902-1945', on the panel 'Landscapes and Peoples in the Yucatán, 1500-Present' from 1 to 2:30 p.m., in the Adams room.
Dr. Andrea Williams (PhD 2013) presents 'French Foresters Abroad: French Empire and the Nineteenth-Century Evolution of Forest Science', on the panel 'Trees Crossing Borders - Towards a Transnational History of Forestry' from 3 to 4:30 p.m., in the Olympic room.
Thursday March 31:
Professor Dagomar Degroot chairs the informal Climate History Network lunch at 11:30 a.m. at Icon Grill.
Doctoral candidate Adrienne Kates presents 'Capitalism and Maya Autonomy in Mexico's Forest Frontier, 1902-1945', on the panel 'Landscapes and Peoples in the Yucatán, 1500-Present' from 1 to 2:30 p.m., in the Adams room.
Dr. Andrea Williams (PhD 2013) presents 'French Foresters Abroad: French Empire and the Nineteenth-Century Evolution of Forest Science', on the panel 'Trees Crossing Borders - Towards a Transnational History of Forestry' from 3 to 4:30 p.m., in the Olympic room.
Friday April 1:
Dr. Alan Roe (PhD 2016) presents 'Shattered Visions: Beringia International Park and the Limits of Transnational Environmental Cooperation' on the panel 'Conceptions of National Parks and Nature Reserves under Socialism and in Post-Socialist Societies' from 8:30 to 10 a.m., in the Grand Crescent room.
Professor John McNeill moderates the roundtable 'New Histories of Extraction: Mines, communities, and the environment'. Dr. George Vrtis (PhD 2004) will also participate in this roundtable, from 8:30 to 10 a.m. in the Vashon room.
Professor McNeill also chairs the panel on 'What Next's in Environmental History' from 10:30 a.m. to noon, in the Olympic room.
Professors Degroot and McNeill participate in the ICEHO General Assembly, where the umbrella association of environmental history organizations will select board members for the term 2016-19, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Grand 2 room (on Level 4).
Saturday April 2:
Dr. Ryan Tucker Jones (MS Georgetown) presents 'Soviet Whaling and the Ecology of Revenge Socialism' on the panel 'Capitalist and Communist Oceans' from 8:30 to 10 a.m., in the Cascade 2 room.
Dr. Jones also moderates 'Integrating Whaling Studies through Environmental History, A Roundtable' from 10:30 a.m. to noon, in the Cascade 1C room.
Professor Degroot participates in the roundtable, Reading the Lay of the Land: Advice and Tips for the EH Job Market from 1 to 2:30 p.m., in the Grand Crescent room.
Professor Degroot also presents 'Climate Change and the Eighty Years’ War, 1568-1648', on the panel 'A Climate History of the Causes and Conduct of War' from 3 to 4:30 p.m., in the Adams room.
Dr. Alan Roe (PhD 2016) presents 'Shattered Visions: Beringia International Park and the Limits of Transnational Environmental Cooperation' on the panel 'Conceptions of National Parks and Nature Reserves under Socialism and in Post-Socialist Societies' from 8:30 to 10 a.m., in the Grand Crescent room.
Professor John McNeill moderates the roundtable 'New Histories of Extraction: Mines, communities, and the environment'. Dr. George Vrtis (PhD 2004) will also participate in this roundtable, from 8:30 to 10 a.m. in the Vashon room.
Professor McNeill also chairs the panel on 'What Next's in Environmental History' from 10:30 a.m. to noon, in the Olympic room.
Professors Degroot and McNeill participate in the ICEHO General Assembly, where the umbrella association of environmental history organizations will select board members for the term 2016-19, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Grand 2 room (on Level 4).
Saturday April 2:
Dr. Ryan Tucker Jones (MS Georgetown) presents 'Soviet Whaling and the Ecology of Revenge Socialism' on the panel 'Capitalist and Communist Oceans' from 8:30 to 10 a.m., in the Cascade 2 room.
Dr. Jones also moderates 'Integrating Whaling Studies through Environmental History, A Roundtable' from 10:30 a.m. to noon, in the Cascade 1C room.
Professor Degroot participates in the roundtable, Reading the Lay of the Land: Advice and Tips for the EH Job Market from 1 to 2:30 p.m., in the Grand Crescent room.
Professor Degroot also presents 'Climate Change and the Eighty Years’ War, 1568-1648', on the panel 'A Climate History of the Causes and Conduct of War' from 3 to 4:30 p.m., in the Adams room.