The European Society for Environmental History<\/strong> next meets in Turku, Finland, 28 June-2 July 2011. Posters, papers, and panels are invited. The main conference theme is \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Encounters of Sea and Land\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Organizers have suggested such topics as:<\/p>\n

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• The emergence of environmental crises of the seas<\/li>\n
• Phases of conservation of inland waters, seas, and coasts<\/li>\n
• Historical perspectives on marine biodiversity<\/li>\n
• History of whaling, fishing and overfishing<\/li>\n
• Exploitation of marine resources, such as water, gas, oil, seaweeds, in the past<\/li>\n
• History of marine pollution including material flows from land to sea<\/li>\n
• History of maritime mobility<\/li>\n
• Development of catchment areas as environmental and socio-economic systems<\/li>\n
• Environmental history of urban coastal areas<\/li>\n
• Landscapes and seascapes: changes in the environment and interpretations<\/li>\n
• Islands and archipelagos as natural habitats and social communities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  Medievalists might also consider such ideas as a set of papers relating human uses of the medieval Baltic and the medieval Mediterranean. Panels on other themes will of course also be supported. \u00c2\u00a0Organizers have mentioned:<\/p>\n

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  • Reconstruction of historical weather and climate, and adaptation to climate change in the past<\/li>\n
  • Environmental history of the polar regions<\/li>\n
  • Development of environmental movements<\/li>\n
  • Dimensions of forest history<\/li>\n
  • Urban environmental history<\/li>\n
  • History of man-animal relationship, food supply and biodiversity<\/li>\n
  • Industrial environmental history<\/li>\n
  • Production, consumption and waste: commodity chains in environmental history<\/li>\n
  • Cultural values and economic interests: retrospective environmental analyses<\/li>\n
  • Theories and methods in environmental history<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Talk to colleagues in the medieval field and people who work on other periods, too. For details on submissions and other matters see the conference web site at http:\/\/eseh2011.utu.fi\/<\/a> The deadline for submission is 2010 May 3<\/strong>, so you will have to make your arrangements before we gather in Kalamazoo. The ESEH web site is http:\/\/eseh.org
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