8.0008 CFP: American Society for Environmental History (1/62)
Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Sun, 15 May 1994 20:38:56 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 8, No. 0008. Sunday, 15 May 1994.
Date: Thu, 12 May 94 09:15:31 EST
From: Lorne Hammond <LHAMMOND@UOTTAWA>
Subject: aseh call for papers
Recommended. I have attended two previous aseh conferences.
Lorne Hammond, History, University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
CALL FOR PAPERS
BIANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 8-11, 1995,
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
GAMBLING WITH THE ENVIRONMENT
The ASEH invites paper and session proposals for its next meeting at
the Alexis Park Resort in Las Vegas. While papers and sessions on all
aspects of human interaction with the physical environment over time
are encouraged, papers on the following topics are especially welcome:
-The history of arid environments
-environmental justice and equity
-reflections on the last 25 years of environmentalism in the United
States, since 1995 is the 25th anniversary of Earth Day, the founding of
the Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Environmental
Policy Act.
The program committee also welcomes papers and sessions that are
interdisciplinary, and international in scope. Complete panels are
helpful, but individual papers are also welcome.
Please include the following:
1) a cover sheet with the full name and affiliation of each panel
participant as it should appear in the program and an indication of
whether audio-visual equipment is necessary.
2) a 100-word maximum abstract that describes the purpose of the
session
3) a 250-word maximum abstract of each paper in the session
4) a one-page c.v. for each participant that includes phone numbers and
addresses.
Please feel free to contact members of the Program Committee for
more information.
Theodore Steinberg, Program Chair, New Jersey Institute of
Technology, (201) 642-4177 or steinberg@admin.njit.edu; Jeffrey Stine,
Smithsonian Institution, (202) 357-2058; Linda Lear, Smithsonian
Archives, (202) 357-2787 or (301) 229-1136; Sally Fairfax, University of
California, Berkeley, (510) 642-7627; Bill Riebsame, University of
Colorado, Boulder, (303) 492-6310
Local Arrangements: Hal Rothman, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
(702) 895-1012
Proposals should be sent to arrive no later than September 1, 1994 to:
Theodore Steinberg,
Department of Humanities,
New Jersey Institute of Technology,
University Heights, New NJ
07102-1982
U.S.A.