Session CfP for the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2009, Manchester, UK, 26-28th August 2009
“Natural” disasters are just as social as they are natural. Their impact depends heavily on social issues such as vulnerability while the work done by society to mitigate their impact is obviously social. However, social aspects of “natural” disasters have often been [...]

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[ March 14, 2008; ] The deadline for submitting paper & panel proposals for SHOT 2008 in Lisbon, Portugal is March 14. The CFP is available online: http://shotnews.net/?p=401.

The deadline for booking hotels at the conference reduced rate is April 30, so don’t wait until the last minute to book! Information can be found at http://shotlisbon2008.com/

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Sixth International Conference on the History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility (T2M)
Ottawa, Canada
September 18-21, 2008
CALL FOR PAPERS
Mobility and the Environment
The International Association for the History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility (T2M) invites proposals for papers to be presented at its Sixth International Conference to be held in Ottawa, Canada from September 18th through the 21st, [...]

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[ March 12, 2008 to March 15, 2008. ] The ASEH 2008 program is now available at: http://www.aseh.net/conferences/current-conference/conference-program

The Envirotech meeting will be held at lunch time on Thursday, 12:00 – 1:30.

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December 13-15, 2007, Stony Brook University

Though we Americans largely assume them under control, industrial hazards have quietly turned into one of the world’s foremost killers. The global burden of deaths from work-related disease and injury alone in 1999, was 1.1 million, roughly the same toll as from malaria, and not counting the millions more who [...]

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ISTAS 08 will be held July 26-28 2008 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.
ISTAS is the annual symposium of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology.
The themes for ISTAS 08 are: Citizens, Groups, Communities and Information and Communication Technologies.
The scope of ISTAS 08 will include research on:
     * How citizens, groups and communities are or [...]

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[ March 30, 2008; ] Announcing the WCEH 2009 First World Congress of Environmental History 2009 “Local Livelihoods And Global Challenges: Understanding Human Interaction With The Environment” in Copenhagen, Denmark, August 4-8, 2009.

The conference is hosted by The International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations (ICEHO) and Roskilde University.

We invite panel, paper, and poster proposals for the 1st World Congress of [...]

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[ November 30, 2007; ] Sponsored by Clemson University Restoration Institute, College of Architecture, Arts, and Humanities, School of the Environment, Rutland Institute for Ethics, and Department of Philosophy and Religion

Reports this year from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change place it beyond reasonable doubt that humans are largely responsible for global warming and that the potential consequences are [...]

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[ March 3, 2008; ] The International Committee for the History of Technology has now published its call for papers for the 2008 meeting in Victoria, British Colombia. The call for papers is included below. Because the meeting is in North America, this is a good opportunity for envirotechnies who do not normally attend ICOHTEC in Europe to participate.
Crossing [...]

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The ASEH 2008 conference will be in Boise, Idaho, March 12- 16. Envirotech will hold a special interest group meeting during the conference (date and time tbd).
The deadline for paper and panel proposals for the conference has passed. Conference registration will begin in late fall 2007. See http://www.aseh.net/conferences/current-conference for details.

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