Environmental History Working Group

EHWG is a group which runs informal meetings for those interested in studying the past in ways that recognize the interactions and interconnectedness of animals, plants, humans, other beings, and the environment. We make space to talk about exciting developments in our fields, interdisciplinary conversations, and new ideas and approaches. We try to keep discussions and presentations informal, and we encourage anyone at all interested in these kinds of approaches to join our meetings, regardless of research specialism or presumed existing knowledge. Our sessions are mainly attended by graduate students and undergraduates who were considering writing a dissertation or embarking on further study in the field, but all are welcome.

For further information or to join the EHWG mailing list, please email mailto:environmentalhistoryworkinggroup-owner@maillist.ox.ac.uk

Find out more at the TORCH Environmental Humanities Research Hub here: www.torch.ox.ac.uk/environmental-humanities-research-hub
Type: None
Series organiser: Ryan Mealiffe
Web Address: https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/environmental-history
Organising department: Faculty of History

Talks:

Thursday 6 February 2025

EHWG & HSMTE Workshop Roundtable: History of Science and Environmental History at Oxford, Student Perspectives (Organized in association with the HSMTE Workshop)
Date: 6 February 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: History Faculty, George Street OX1 2RL
Venue Details: Rees Davies Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 13 February 2025

Applying for History of Science, Medicine, Technology, & Environment: An Early Career Panel (Organized in association with the HSMTE Workshop)
Date: 13 February 2025, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker s: Dr Hohee Cho (Oxford), Dr Alex Aylward (Oxford), Dr John Lidwell-Durnin (Exeter/Oxford), Dr Netta Cohen (Christ Church College, Oxford), Dr Tom Kelsey (Oxford)
Venue: History Faculty, George Street OX1 2RL
Venue Details: Common Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 20 February 2025

Back Where We Began: Cyclical conceptions of human-environment relationships
Date: 20 February 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Andrew McNey (DPhil, History)
Venue: History Faculty, George Street OX1 2RL
Venue Details: Rees Davies Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 6 March 2025

Readers, workers, beetles: the impact of Karel Klostermann’s literary canonization of the forest of Šumava/Böhmerwald on local landscape and communities in the late 19th and early 20th century
Date: 6 March 2025, 12:30 - 14:00
Speaker : Emma Nabi-Bourgois (DPhil, History)
Venue: History Faculty, George Street OX1 2RL
Venue Details: Rees Davies Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Editors: Laura Spence, Belinda Clark