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Logistics
Date: 19-23 August 2024
Location: Oulu, Finland
Venue: University of Oulu
Description
The conference theme is “Transitions, Transformations and Transdisciplinarity: Histories beyond History”, emphasizing both the arc of time and the importance of bringing diverse approaches to bear on contemporary problems. WCEH2024 will illuminate the value of historical understandings that go far beyond the discipline of history in treating environmental scholarship as an evolving practice, one that is created in conversation across multiple fields, concerns, and communities – and one that can help strategize the core challenges of transitions that lie ahead.
WCEH is organized by the International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations (ICEHO), the Biodiverse Anthropocenes Research Programme and the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Oulu, and a Programme Committee appointed by ICEHO. WCEH is held every five years and is the major global gathering for scholars in environmental history, environmental humanities and all related fields.
Conference theme
Transitions, Transformations And Transdisciplinarity: Histories Beyond History
With this overarching conference theme, WCEH2024 aims to emphasize both the arc of time and the importance of bringing diverse approaches to bear on contemporary problems. The conference will illuminate the value of historical understandings that go far beyond the discipline of history. Environmental history is to be seen as an evolving practice, one that is created in conversation across multiple fields, concerns, and communities.
The theme speaks to instances of transitions (between eras and regimes of human impact, between unsustainable and sustainable practices); of transformations (of ecologies and landscapes, of practices and expectations); and of transdisciplinarity (across methods, theories, traditions, and audiences).
Call for panels
The Call for Panels is open and will close at 23:59 EET (Finnish time) on 03 April 2023.
Before proposing a panel, please read about the congress theme and the rules on the website here: https://wceh2024.com/cfpan
The panel and paper submission process has been designed to build an inclusive and robust conference programme by encouraging conversation and collaboration in framing and formulating sessions. This is a two-stage process, first a call for panels and later a call for papers. All panels must be proposed via the online form and not by email. On the form, proposers will need to enter the following information:
- the format of the proposal (panel, roundtable, or workshop - see details below);
- the panel title;
- names and email addresses of panel convenors (e.g. yourself and your co-convenor/s);
- a very short abstract (blurb), under 300 characters;
- a longer abstract (description), under 250 words.
You may also add names of any chairs/discussants, athough these can also be added subsequently to the process as and when, by emailing the admin team.
All proposed panels will be reviewed and evaluated by the Programme (e.g. Scientific) Committee, after which point the selected panels will be announced and the Call for Papers will be published (on 15 May 2023).
Registration
Registration for attending and participating in WCEH2024 will be available once the congress panels and papers have been decided on. Early Bird registration opens on 6 November 2023.
Important dates
Call for Panels: 11/01/2023-03/04/2023
Panel selection: 10/04/2023-10/05/2023
Call for Papers: 15/05/2023-14/08/2023
Papers marked up: 04/09/2023
Transfer process: 04/09/2023-02/10/2023
Early Bird registration opens: 06/11/2023
Further information
Please consult the website for more information: https://wceh2024.com/ or contact info@wceh2024.com