The list of participants at the upcoming Bucharest workshop and their abstracts are online: http://www.natureandnation.eu/workshops/bucharest/participantsabstracts/

The Nature and Nation Network has always thought that the sharing of information was central in any joint academic endeavour. Therefore, one of the first things we set up on our website was a Zotero group library (https://www.zotero.org/groups/nature_and_nation_bibliography), which may accessed from the Resources tab on the navigation bar.

Until now, however the resource has [...]]]>

The Nature and Nation Network has always thought that the sharing of information was central in any joint academic endeavour. Therefore, one of the first things we set up on our website was a Zotero group library (https://www.zotero.org/groups/nature_and_nation_bibliography), which may accessed from the Resources tab on the navigation bar.

Until now, however the resource has not attracted much traffic and seems to have been stuck for ages at just 4 items… What we wanted to ask you was to suggest books about nature and nation, from a possibly wide range of disciplines, to add to our library: all you need is a Zotero account to access the group’s online interface. In case you shouldn’t, yet, have a Zotero account you can also write an e-mail with your suggestions to info@natureandnation.eu. We will be glad to add them to the library on your behalf.

The Nature&Nation network is proud to announce that it is organising a second workshop, titled “State of Nature”, to be held in Bucharest, Romania, 2-4 December 2011.

The deadline for proposals is 20 September 2011.

A full CfP is available clicking on the navigation bar on Workshops/Bucharest/Call for Papers

The application form is filed under [...]]]>

The Nature&Nation network is proud to announce that it is organising a second workshop, titled “State of Nature”, to be held in Bucharest, Romania, 2-4 December 2011.

The deadline for proposals is 20 September 2011.

A full CfP is available clicking on the navigation bar on Workshops/Bucharest/Call for Papers

The application form is filed under Workshops/Bucharest/Application Form. In case you should have problems with the application form please let us know via e-mail: info@natureandnation.eu

The CfP is obviously available also as a downloadable PDF file.

We hope to be able to meet as many of you as possible in Bucharest in early December.

The Nature&Nation network has submitted a panel proposal for the next meeting of the American Society for Environmental History, to be held in Madison, Wisconsin, from the 28th to the 31st March 2012.

The prospective panel, titled Natural Symbols and National Identity in Russia, Britain and the United Arab Emirates, will be chaired by [...]]]>

The Nature&Nation network has submitted a panel proposal for the next meeting of the American Society for Environmental History, to be held in Madison, Wisconsin, from the 28th to the 31st March 2012.

The prospective panel, titled Natural Symbols and National Identity in Russia, Britain and the United Arab Emirates, will be chaired by Wilko Graf von Hardenberg (Rachel Carson Center, Munich) and commentated by Marco Armiero (CNR, Naples & ICTA-UAB, Barcelona), organisers of the network’s first workshop in Trento and promoters of the network itself.

They will be joined by two other participants in the first workshop, Charles-François Mathis and Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted, and by a new member of the network, Victoria Penziner Hightower (North Georgia College and State University).

Once more, the aim is to discuss the role over time of natural symbols in the construction of national identities. Zeisler-Vralsted plans thus to talk about the changing interpretations of the Volga River in modern Russia and of their role in identity-building. Mathis should instead talk about associationism and class issues in respect to the environmental issue and rhetorics of identity in 19th century Britain. Penziner Hightower’s talk will instead focus on the use of natural symbols to produce diverging messages for the international and the domestic audience in the United Arab Emirates.

The panel being accepted at ASEH2012 would represent a great opportunity for the Nature&Nation network to strengthen its outreach, welcome new interested scholars, and discuss in depth topics that represent a necessary link between cultural and environmental history.

We hope to be able to greet many of you on this occasion.

Our founding member Marco Armiero has recently published two books that may be of interest to the N&N community. Click on the covers for more details.

A report of our first workshop has been published on the website of the Network in Canadian History and Environment: http://niche-canada.org/node/9651

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