Gepubliceerd op 04-07-2019

Call for Papers Environment and Resource Management in Early Modern Europe

For the next Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting (Philadelphia, 2-4 April 2020), we are seeking to organize a series of panels on the environment and what may, perhaps anachronistically, be called “resource management” in the early modern world, from 1300-1700. We envision panels that deal with several possible interpretive and thematic issues; the list of topics below, however, is not meant to be exclusive. We welcome all topics that fit the general theme from scholars in art, art history, history, literature, music, and philosophy and, in particular, submissions that are interdisciplinary in nature.

the Anthropocene
infrastructures
environment and daily life
planning, surveying
local histories, chronicles, chorographical, topographical, and geographical works, maps
crisis management
management of critical resources, including but not limited to wood, peat, and water
animal-human interactions
war and the environment
“state” and local (city, village, rural, manorial) initiatives
impact of the Little Ice Age and revisions of this historiography
oceans, mountains, plains, forests, rivers, and lakes
“conservation,” “sustainability,” and concerns about “posterity”
landscapes, wildernesses, and wastelands
environmental impact of early modern “industries”
“waste,” waste management, and pollution

Submit abstracts of approximately 300-500 words that clearly state the approach and argument of the contribution and a short c.v. (no longer, please, than two pages) to mlindemann@miami.edu by no later than 26 July 2019.

The deadline for panel submissions to the RSA is 15 August 2019. All presenters must be, or become, members of the RSA before panels/papers can be submitted. See https://www.rsa.org/page/2020SubmissionsGuide

Contact Info: Organizers: Mary Lindemann (University of Miami), W. David Myers (Fordham University), Alexander Schunka (Freie Universitaet Berlin)

Contact Email: mlindemann@miami.edu