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RCC Newsletter, Issue 19

March 2014

10.03.2014

Dear Friends of the RCC,

We are pleased to announce our next call for fellows for 2014–15. Please share it with your friends and colleagues who might be interested. This will be the last fellowship cohort in phase I of the Carson Center; please note that all successful candidates will need to complete their fellowships by 31 July 2015. We look forward to once again receiving many outstanding applications!

1. Interested in experiencing the RCC up close and personal? Attending the American Society for Environmental History conference, “Crossing Divides”? Then, check out the RCC-sponsored Plenary Session “Lost in Translation: Environmental History in a Global Context” bright and early on Thursday, 13 March. The session will feature four Carson fellows and one RCC Director hailing from five different continents. And yes, coffee will be provided! For more info on this panel and other RCC-sponsored activities at the ASEH 2014, please visit our events listing.

2. Lunchtime Colloquium is available online! We now video and then post all of our LC talks on our YouTube channel.

3. The Environment and Society Portal has now had more than 87,000 unique visits from 193 countries since its launch in 2012. And, the Portal added its 100th environmental film profile to its Multimedia Library, which includes videos, trailers, and stills; film descriptions; and related resources. Finally, the Portal will be sponsoring a pre-conference workshop on digital environmental history at the 2014 ASEH conference. You can get even more updates by liking the Portal on Facebook, or by following the Portal on Twitter @env_and_society.

4. RCC Perspectives has published three new volumes, including two which are multi-lingual:

  • “Notes From the Greenhouse: Making the Case for Environmental History” is adapted from a lecture given at the Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) of LMU Munich in 2009 by RCC Director Christof Mauch. Mauch highlights the importance of environmental history in helping humans understand their place in the world and their possible futures. This volume is available in both English and German.
  • “New Environmental Histories of Latin America and the Caribbean,” edited by Claudia Leal, José Augusto Pádua, and John Soluri, brings together leading scholars on the environments of Latin America and the Carribean to give us new and alternative narratives of the postcolonial history of the continent. This volume is available in both English and Spanish.
  • “The Edges of Environmental History: Honouring Jane Carruthers,” edited by Christof Mauch and Libby Robin, is a tribute to the wonderful career of RCC board member Professor Jane Carruthers. The volume explores some of the partnerships between environmental history and other intellectual endeavors, particularly those where Jane Carruthers’ work has been inspirational: animal studies, natural resource management, the history of biology, and the broader environmental humanities.

5. The RCC congratulates Advisory Board Member Verena Winiwarter on being named the 2013 Austrian Academic of the Year by the Austrian Cultural and Academic Journalists Group.

6. Recent Events:

7. Alumni News: Vipul Singh and Chris Pastore have taken up new positions; Ingo Heidbrink, Alexa Weik von Mossner, and Frank Zelko all have new publications; and Manuel Arias-Maldonado’s newest book was awarded the Best Book 2012–2013 by the Spanish Political Science Association.

8. Staff News: Managing Editor Katie Ritson received a research grant from the Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education (SIU) to spend two months researching her dissertation in Norway. In addition, the RCC administration has two new faces—Arielle Helmick has returned from leave and is now serving as the Managing Director and Cynthia Brittner joins the RCC from the Humboldt University in Berlin as the new Office Manager. And, Christof Mauch will be giving a keynote "Why Is There So Little Green in Czech and Slovak History?" in Brno in March.

9. Calls for Papers:

10. Upcoming Events:

As always, to stay up to date on the RCC, check out our website, our Facebook page, our blog, or follow us on Twitter.

Best wishes,

The Rachel Carson Center