Campbell, Claire E., Roger Norum, and Graeme Wynn. “Environmental History’s Usable Past: On Reviving the Scholarship of Synthesis.” Global Environment: A Journal of Transdisciplinary History 18, no. 1 (2025): 196–209.
Putting on a quinquennial conference for close to a thousand people takes years of planning, an endless supply of human energy and goodwill, and a seemingly infinite number of emails and Zoom calls. But when it all goes well, one is reminded that this form of intellectual and social engagement is one of the most rewarding aspects of being a scholar. What follows is some account of how the 2024 World Congress of Environmental History developed from idea to reality, and of what this trajectory says about environmental historical scholarship today. (From the article)
A collaboration between the International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations and The White Horse Press, “Notes from the Icehouse” is a series of reflections published in each issue of Global Environment: A Journal of Transdisciplinary History.
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