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Environmental History Seminar Programme 2011-2012
Histoire des sciences (2011-2012)
Maison Française d'Oxford seminar cycle
Cycle de séminaires de la Maison Française d'Oxford
Published on Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Abstract
Announcement
Oxford Environmental History Seminar series jointly convened by Oxford University, Oxford Brookes University, Maison Française d’Oxford, and the RUCHE (Réseau Universitaire de Chercheurs en Histoire Environnementale)
All sessions are on Mondays, 16:00-18:30
7th November
Introductory session
Venue: Maison Française d'Oxford, Norham Road
- Thomas Le Roux (CNRS-MFO), “Environmental History in France and Great Britain: Methodology, New Perspectives, Common Ground”
23rd January
Resources (16th-18th c.)
Venue: Maison Française d'Oxford, Norham Road
- Grégory Quenet (Université de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines), “Building the Palace of Versailles: Environmental Consequences”
- Paul Warde (University of East Anglia), 'Life, land and limits in the "organic economy", c.1670-1840'
13th February
Chemistry and Environment (18th-early 19th c.)
Venue: Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Headington
- Jean-Baptiste Fressoz (Imperial college, London), “Chemistry and the Transformation of Environment, 1750-1850”
- John Perkins (Oxford Brookes University), “Chemical Expertise and Industrial Pollution in Rouen, 1770-1810”
5th March
Landscape (19th-early 20th c.)
Venue: tbc
- Charles-François Mathis (University de Paris-Sorbonne), “Landscape and Preservation in England in the 19th c.”
- Jeremy Burchardt (University of Reading), “Landscape, Preservationism and Local Interests, the Example of Berkshire, early 20th c.”
23rd April
Workplace environment (20th c.)
Venue: tbc
- Judith Rainhorn (Université de Lille-Valenciennes), “Lead Poisoning and the Way of the International Acknowledgment”
- Peter Bartrip (University of Oxford), “Regulating Asbestos Hazards in Mid-Twentieth Century Britain”
21st May
The Climate Question (18th-19th c.)
Venue: tbc
- Fabien Locher (CNRS/EHESS, Paris), “Climate and ‘Government’ (France, 18th-19th c.)”
- Vladimir Jankovic (University of Manchester), “Climate as Agency”
11th June
History of biodiversity (20th c.)
Venue: tbc
- Christophe Bonneuil (EHESS, Paris), “An Environmental History of Gene: Plant Breeding and Crop Biodiversity in France, 20th c.”
- British colleague to be confirmed
Convener: Thomas Le Roux (CNRS-MFO)
For further information: reception@mfo.ac.uk, website: http://www.mfo.ac.uk/
Subjects
- Science studies (Main category)
- Society > Science studies > History of science
- Society > Science studies > Sociology of science
- Society > History
Places
- Oxford, Britain
Date(s)
- Monday, November 07, 2011
- Monday, January 23, 2012
- Monday, February 13, 2012
- Monday, March 05, 2012
- Monday, April 23, 2012
- Monday, May 21, 2012
- Monday, June 11, 2012
Attached files
Keywords
- France, Grande-Bretagne, environnement, histoire
Contact(s)
- Florence Yvrard-Coquaz
courriel : reception [at] mfo [dot] ac [dot] uk
Reference Urls
Information source
- Florence Yvrard-Coquaz
courriel : reception [at] mfo [dot] ac [dot] uk
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Environmental History Seminar Programme 2011-2012 », Seminar, Calenda, Published on Wednesday, November 16, 2011, https://doi.org/10.58079/jjz
