narratives

Christof Mauch highlights that environmental history provides a distinctive perspective by treating nature as an active agent and by bridging boundaries of time, space, and discipline.

Stephen J. Pyne argues that environmental historians can offer practical value to communities, particularly in areas such as wildfire management.

Martin V. Melosi reflects on the past and future of environmental history, noting its broad scope but also its tendencies to prioritize social history and ecological concerns over certain “top-down” topics, such as the environmental politics of specific governments.

Franz Uekoetter examines the evolution of environmental history in the context of globalization, highlighting its early global focus and the more recent trend towards specialization and nuanced narratives.

Cheryl Lousley examines the role of interdisciplinarity in environmental studies, emphasizing its necessity for addressing complex ecological problems.

Anthony Carrigan reflects on his resistance to conventional academic structures and his turn towards literature and environmental humanities.

Lajos Rácz traces his development as a climate historian back to his experience growing up in rural Hungary.

Marc Elie reflects on the evolution of his research on tragic events in twentieth-century Russia and the Soviet Union—from researching Gulag ex-detainees to analyzing the history of disaster and risk management.

Timothy LeCain outlines his shift from viewing technology as a departure from nature to understanding humans as materially embedded within it.

Gijs Mom traces his path into environmental history through an initial concern with electric vehicles and the history of automobility.