RCC Newsletter, Issue 04

Happy New Year from all of us at the RCC! 2011 already looks to be a very busy year with the planning for twenty-six workshops and conferences well underway, and a new intake of Carson Fellows bringing their enthusiasm and expertise to bear on a multitude of research projects. Here are the highlights of some past, present, and future events...

1. Call for Fellows 2011-2: We are now taking applications for Carson Fellowships. As always, we are keen to attract a diverse group of people and projects to the Center. Please help us by distributing the Call for Applications.  
   
   
2. Together with the European Society for Environmental History, the RCC is proud to be sponsoring the Second ESEH Summer School. Deadline for applications is February 11.
   
   
3. Call for Papers/Applications – Upcoming Workshops and Programs
   
   Final Frontiers: Exploring Oceans, Islands, and Coastal Environments
   
   Hazardous Chemicals: Agents of Risk and Change (1800-2000)
   
   Contested Environments: The Political Ecology of Agrarian Change and Forest Conservation
   
   Deadline extended to January 22 for the ERASMUS Intensive Program Biocultural Diversity Concepts and Interdisciplinary Methods, with special focus on Local Peoples and Migrants in Europe
   
   
4. Recent Events: The final months of 2010 kept up the typically busy pace of RCC activity.
   
   A high-profile conference, From Exploitation to Sustainability? Global Perspectives on the History and Future of Resource Depletion, held in conjunction with the Leopoldina—the German National Academy of Sciences—and the DFG Research Training Group ''Interdisciplinary Environmental History,'' was not just remarkable for its range of excellent and provocative talks, but also for the official launch of the RCC/LMU Munich PhD Program “Environment and Society.”
   
   A discussion on ''Mobilizing Nature'' mobilized members of the RCC when the Center was represented by Director Christof Mauch and Associate Marc Landry at the German Studies Association Conference in Oakland, California.
   
   A conference on the relationship between humans and animals saw the RCC once again forging links with various local organizations as they came together to consider ethical and theological perspectives on humans and animals.
   
   The Tenth Annual Münchner Wissenschaftstage (Days of Science) provided a forum for public and academic viewpoints on a range of scientific issues; the RCC was well represented, with both an exhibition and lectures on the history of energy consumption.
   
   RCC networking reached atmospheric levels in December when researchers from all over Europe met in Munich to exchange ideas as part of the DFG Research Network Atmosphere & Algorithms.
   
   
5. Upcoming Events at the RCC. Please note that registration is generally recommended.
   
   January 27 – 29: Exploring Ice and Snow in the Cold War
   
   February 17 – 19: An Environmental History of the Early Modern Period
   
   March 4 - 5: Homo Oecologicus: The Human Conception of a Lasting Development in the Twenty-First Century—Philosophical Aspects
   
   February 28, March 28, April 11: Carson Fellows Workshops at the RCC
   
   
6. Interested in learning more about the Carson Fellows?  The RCC—in addition to expanding our collection of online film portraits to include fellows Lawrence Culver, Stefan Dorondel, and Robert Gioielli—has introduced a new section on our website so that you can keep up-to-date with our current and Alumni Fellows. Check out Fellows’ News for more information—and read on for a short overview of recent and upcoming happenings:
   
   Stefania Gallini announces the launch of a new journal, HALAC: Historia Ambiental Latinoamericana y Caribeña, soon to also be available in English.
   
   Ingo Heidbrink has been elected Secretary General of the International Commission for Maritime History (ICMH) until 2015.
   
   Shane McCorristine will be giving a lecture entitled “Spirits of Place in Arctic Exploration, 1818-45” on January 31 at Cambridge University.
   
   Edmund Russell’s new book, Evolutionary History: Uniting History and Biology to Understand Life on Earth, is scheduled for publication by Cambridge University Press at the end of January 2011.

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Best wishes,

The Rachel Carson Center