Sixth ESEH conference: Encounters of sea and land
The conference will examine how the sea and land have encountered each other in history and how humans have interacted with marine and land environments. The Baltic Sea and its coasts provide an excellent case to study this complex relationship.
The five-day meeting will consist of the presentations of papers and posters, a key-note lecture, excursions and social events. In addition to the main theme of the conference, Encounters of Sea and Land, there will be a broad spectrum of sub-themes ranging in geographic and chronological contexts.
The conference provides an opportunity to learn to know Nordic research on environmental history and works focused on environmental changes of the Baltic Sea.
Inspired by Turku’s surroundings, which include Europe’s largest archipelago, the main theme of the meeting is “Encounters of Sea and Land”. We encourage proposals that explore the general theme from various environmental history perspectives, such as:
• The emergence of environmental crises of the seas
• Phases of conservation of inland waters, seas, and coasts
• Historical perspectives on marine biodiversity
• History of whaling, fishing and overfishing
• Exploitation of marine resources, such as water, gas, oil, seaweeds, in the past
• History of marine pollution including material flows from land to sea
• History of maritime mobility
• Development of catchment areas as environmental and socio‐economic systems
• Environmental history of urban coastal areas
• Landscapes and seascapes: changes in the environment and interpretations
• Islands and archipelagos as natural habitats and social communities
However, contributions on other topics are equally welcome. Potential fields include, but are not limited to:
• Reconstruction of historical weather and climate, and adaptation to climate changes
in the past
• Environmental history of the Arctic and polar regions
• Development of environmental movements
• Dimensions of forest history
• Urban environmental history
• History of man‐animal relationship, food supply and biodiversity
• Industrial environmental history
• Production, consumption and waste: commodity chains in environmental history
• Cultural values and economic interests: retrospective environmental analyses
• Theories and methods in environmental history