Dear all,
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
- Nicolas MAUGHAN, UMR-CNRS I2M/FR ECCOREV, Aix-Marseille University, France.
- Daniel R. CURTIS, Institute for History, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
This panel – epidemics, climate & history - for European Society for Environmental History 10th Biennial Conference in Tallinn 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). Few studies grasp the full complexity of these potentially world-shaping phenomena. And, in this context, there is an important need for continuing in the historical exploration of the factors shaping past plagues and other lethal epidemics, and of their multi-faceted consequences for human societies.
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…
Even though proposals focusing on factors shaping epidemics, population dynamics and socio-economic impacts from a variety of perspectives will be considered, submissions addressing new research opportunities offered by large available digital databases that contain thousands of recorded outbreaks as well the limitations in the use of preexisting data sets , that can help shed new light on epidemics, are also welcome.
An additional aim of this panel is to lay the production for a co-authored article or a thematic issue in a journal about this topic.
Practical informations and schedule
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.
Final papers and sessions should be submitted no later than Wednesday 31 October 2018.
All accepted participants will be required to register to the conference website following the conference guidelines. https://www.tlu.ee/en/eseh2019
We are also looking for a session chair.
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
Cell : +33(0)764354739
https://univ-amu.academia.edu/NicolasMaughan
https://twitter.com/NicolasMaughan
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