Conferences of Note in the Fields of Forest, Conservation, and Environmental History and Calls for Papers, Chapters, and other Collaborations

Below are listed noteworthy conferences, workshops, meetings, publications and projects underway that have come to the attention of the Forest History Society (FHS). These listings are provided for informational purposes only; please follow the appropriate links or contact the organizers for further details. If you know of similar relevant events or projects, please contact FHS president Steven Anderson at 701 William Vickers Avenue, Durham, N.C. 27701; tel. (919) 682-9319; or fax (919) 682-2349.

• "Encounters of Sea and Land: 6th European Environmental History Conference"
  European Society for Environmental History/ University of Turku and Abo Akademi University
  (Turku, Finland)
  June 28-July 2, 2011

• "On the Surface: The Heritage of Mines and Mining "
  The Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change, Leeds Metropolitan University UK, in partnership with the Department of History and European Ethnology, University of Innsbruck, Austria
  (Innsbruck, Austria)
  April 14-16, 2011

• “History and Sustainability:  Stories of Progress, Hubris, Decline, and Resilience”
  American Society for Environmental History
  (Phoenix, Arizona)
  April 12-16, 2011

• "Environmental Histories of the North: Landscapes, Voices, Traditions"
  Nordic Environmental History Network (NEHN)
  (Stockhom, Sweden)
  October 14 -15, 2010

• " Workshop for the History of Environment, Agriculture, Technology & Science "
  Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE) at the University of Wisconsin
  (Madison, Wisconsin)
  October 8-10, 2010

• "Protecting Nature and the Environment in the 19th and 20th Centuries - the French Experience."
  Association for the History of the Protection of Nature and the Environment (AHPNE) and the Universities of Paris-Sorbonne and Paris-Sud
  (Paris, France)
  September 24-25, 2010

• "The End of Tradition? Aspects of Commons and Cultural Severance in the Landscape."
  Sheffield Hallam University
  (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
  September 15-17, 2010

• "Nature and Nation in Europe since 1860."
  Università di Trento-DSUS
  (Trento, Italy)
  September 15-17,2010

• "Towards the Sustainable City? Challenges and Strategies in Urban Environmental Policies after 1950"
  European Association for Urban History
  (Ghent, Belgium)
  September 1-4, 2010

• Two special issues of Journal of Heritage Tourism
  on "Tourism and Biodiversity"
  and "Heritage Dimensions of Tourism and Forestry"
  Submission deadline June 30, 2010