Zentrum für Umweltgeschichte

8:00– 08:05
VR Assoc.Prof. DI Dr. Doris DAMYANOVIC 
(Head of the selection committee)
Welcome and Introduction

08:05 – 08:35
Dr. Rolf Bauer
Making Disasters. Socio‑Ecological Perspectives on Drought and Famine in Nineteenth-Century India

08:35 – 09:05
Dr. John Brolin
From Organic Economies to the Anthropocene: An Earth-System Approach to Long-Term Socio-Ecological Transformation

09:05 – 09:35
Dr. Siegfried Evens
Disasters Fast and Slow: Integrating Socio-Ecological and Socio-Technical Perspectives

09:35 – 09:45
Break

09:45 – 10:15
Dr. Martin Meiske
Intersections: Environmental History in the Age of the Anthropocene

10:15 – 10:45 
Dr. Anna Varga
Towards our Common Pasturelands: Environmental Historical Research and Teaching Inspired by Nature Conservation

10:45 – 11:15 
Dr. Monica Vasile
Socio-Ecological Transformations and the Making of an Endangered Species - The Vancouver Island Marmot in an Industrial Forest Landscape

Time: 30.04.2026, 8:00 – 11:15
Online link: https://bokuvienna.zoom.us/j/68889490789

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Invitation to the Environmental History Today Webinar:

Between the Industrialization and the Green Transformation: The Long Environmental History of Polish-Czech Coal in Cultural Perspective 

Presenters: 
Prof. dr hab. Marta Tomczok (University of Silesia)
Prof. dr hab. Jan Malura (University of Ostrava)
Dr. Jakub Ivanek (University of Ostrava)
Dr. hab. Paweł Tomczok (University of Silesia)

Abstract:
Speakers will discuss two Polish-Czech research projects devoted to the environmental history of coal: “Mapping the Culture of Europe’s Last Coal Basin” (NCN&GACR) and “Images and Histories of Black Towns” (GACR&NCN). These are large-scale team projects aimed at developing a network of connections between two centuries of hard coal mining and the coal industry, and culture. One project resulted in the first environmental map of its kind, the other is a literary and visual anthology.

They will discuss the environmental history of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, the impact of industry and pollution on culture, particularly from the late nineteenth century until the fall of communism. They will also explore how decarbonization and energy transition impact culture, and whether the shift away from coal is reflected in Polish-Czech culture. Two sites that will receive special attention are industrial waste dumps and rivers

Zeit / Time: 30.04.2026, 10.00 - 12.00 pm (CET)
Ort /  Place: Zoom https://universiteitleiden.zoom.us/j/66317440653?pwd=ap2CUxzKbag2aIAaCg66jCPpNHnXEI.1

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Verena Winiwarter Prize

The International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations (ICEHO) is proud to announce the Verena Winiwarter Prize for the best article that contributes to global environmental history, focusing on comparisons and connections between different parts of the world or on areas outside mainstream scholarship in the field. The prize is named in the honor of former ICEHO president Verena Winiwarter, who has not only contributed greatly to environmental history through her scholarship, but who also has been a driving force in the creation and success of ICEHO.

The prize will be awarded every two and a half years: at the World Congress (held every five years) and once in between congresses. The first prize will be awarded in February 2027. Deadline for submissions is August 15, 2026.

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Umweltgeschichte im Anthropozän

Antrittsvorlesung von Univ.Prof.ⁱⁿ Dr.ⁱⁿ Simone Gingrich jetzt online verfügbar!

Die historischen Entwicklungen von landwirtschaftlicher Intensivierung, Wiederbewaldung und der Expansion tierischer Produktion haben nicht nur die Ernährungsgrundlagen für wachsende Bevölkerungen geschaffen, sondern auch erhebliche ökologische Konsequenzen nach sich gezogen – von steigenden Treibhausgasemissionen bis hin zu Veränderungen in globalen Stoffkreisläufen.

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Schreibaufruf zu Energiegewinnung, Energienutzung und Protesten gegen Kraftwerke in Österreich in den 1970er und 1980er Jahren

Im Dezember 2024 jährt sich die Aubesetzung von Hainburg und damit der spektakuläre Höhepunkt einer Protestbewegung gegen ein Donaukraftwerk in Niederösterreich zum 40. Mal.

Im Rahmen ihres PhD Projekts "Kämpfe gegen Kraftwerke. Ökologiebewegung und Energiesystem in Österreichs langen 1970er Jahren" startet Sophia Rut mit Anfang Dezember 2024 gemeinsam mit der "Doku Lebnsgeschichte" einen Schreibaufruf.

Wer Energiekrisen der 1970er Jahre und Proteste gegen Kraftwerke selbst miterlebt hat, ist herzlich eingeladen diese lebensgeschichtlichen Erinnerungen aufzuschreiben und an Sophia Rut oder die "Doku Lebensgeschichten" an der Uni Wien zu schicken.

Den Schreibaufruf gerne weiterleiten!

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