Dear all,
Final Call for Papers: 10th Biennial Conference of European Society for Environmental History, Tallinn, Estonia, August 21 – 25, 2019
Session theme: “Epidemics, History and the Environment: Crossing Academic Boundaries”
Convenors
- N. MAUGHAN, UMR-CNRS I2M/FR ECCOREV, Aix-Marseille University, France.
- D.R. CURTIS, Institute for History, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
This panel – epidemics, climate & history - aims to explore specific climatic/environmental and institutional factors that shaped both the way in which plagues lato sensu and other epidemics, including cholera, yellow fever, typhus, typhoid fever, leprosy, syphilis, etc., originated and spread as well as the consecutive significant demographic and socio-economic consequences at a local or regional scale throughout history (without geographical limitation). A particular attention will be given to original interdisciplinary approaches linking natural proxy archives and written documentary sources.
Possible topics for submissions might include, but are not restricted to:
• Environmental drivers (other than climate), like famines, that might have exacerbated people’s vulnerability to epidemics, potential connection between stress and plague resistance
• Impact of short and long-term climatic fluctuations in the prevalence of infectious diseases
• Consequences of high-death rates on farming, rural economy and cultivated land abandonment at a local or regional scale
• Migrations, conflicts and violence as an outcome of epidemics
• The macro-economic consequences of demographic catastrophes following epidemics (with cross-country comparisons)
• The different regional impact of infectious diseases – difference between cities and the countryside – and the evaluation of the territorial pervasiveness
• The role of transportation, commercial and travelling networks in the propagation of infectious diseases in new, formerly disease-free territories (complex network theory)
• The role of paleomicrobiology/paleopathology in identifying and interpreting specific past human infections or particular mortality crisis in the absence of historical data
• etc…
If you are interested in participating in this proposed panel (4 to 8 papers, 15 minutes each, in one or two meetings), please contact promptly Nicolas MAUGHAN ([log in to unmask]) or Daniel R. CURTIS ([log in to unmask]) and send your proposal (title + abstract of 250 words maximum) before Tuesday 30 October 2018.
Many thanks
Nicolas Maughan
Nicolas MAUGHAN (environmental and climate history)
Lab I2M UMR-CNRS 7373/ECCOREV FR N°3098
Aix-Marseille University, centre St Charles
Case 18, 3 place Victor Hugo
13331 MARSEILLE, cedex 03, FRANCE
Tel : +33(0)413551167
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