Climate Histories Interdisciplinary Seminar

Alternate Wednesdays, 14.30-16.30 during term time
CRASSH, Seminar room SG2, Ground floor
Alison Richard Building, 7 West Road, CB3 9DT

 

Programme 2011-12

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Easter Term 2012

Coast and Climate
Wednesday, 25 Apr 2012
Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.
Wednesday, 9 May 2012
Chaired by Dr Barbara Bodenhorn
Climate Histories TBA
Wednesday, 6 Jun 2012
Climate Histories Interdisciplinary Seminar
 


Lent Term 2012

The Anthropocene: A Geological Age of Our Own Making?
Wednesday, 1 Feb 2012
Dr Barbara Bodenhorn (Division of Social Anthropology), Dr Ken McNamara (Director of the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences) as discussant.
Wind Turbines: Necessary Action in the Name of Climate Change?
Wednesday, 15 Feb 2012
Round table discussion involving engineer Dr Richard McMahon and anthropologists Dr Stephen Hugh-Jones and Dr Christine Hugh-Jones
Climate Histories and the Future of Investment
Wednesday, 29 Feb 2012
David Sneath (Social Anthropology), Raphael Calel (LSE)
POSTPONED /Coast and Climate
Wednesday, 14 Mar 2012
 

Michaelmas Term 2011

Climate Histories: An Introduction
Wednesday, 5 Oct 2011
Welcome meeting and reception
Climate Change and the History of Comfort and Wellbeing
Wednesday, 19 Oct 2011
Roundtable discussion: Samuel Brown (Sociology), Marcos Pelenur (CSD), Nell Crowden (UCL) tbc.
What Does Sustainability Mean in an Era When We’re All Talking About Climate Change?
Wednesday, 2 Nov 2011
Roundtable discussion: Dr Vaughan Wittorff (Computer Laboratory), Dr Heather Cruickshank (Centre for Sustainable Development), and Dr Paul Haynes (Land Economy).
Extreme Climate Events: an interdisciplinary Perspective
Wednesday, 16 Nov 2011
Dr Mark Aldenderfer (University of California, Merced)
Climate and International Relations; Past, Present, and Future
Wednesday, 30 Nov 2011
Roundtable discussion: Michael Tai (Land Economy) and Alison Cooke (Engineering).