The Climate in Context Conference took place on April 22 & 23, 2021. To view recordings of sessions, visit our virtual conference page. Session I: Emerging Perspectives: A Graduate Student Roundtable The first panel of the conference was a roundtable composed of five graduate students from the University of Texas at Austin’s History Department. Although […]
Climate in Context: Historical Precedents and the Unprecedented Virtual Conference
April 22-23, 2021Institute for Historical Studies, University of Texas at Austin As the culmination of a year-long series of events, this conference brought together diverse scholars whose work grapples with the challenges that climate change presents to the discipline of history. Participants addressed precedents for this “unprecedented” crisis by uncovering and analyzing the historical roots and analogues of […]
IHS Climate in Context Roundtable Book Review: Future Remains: A Cabinet of Curiosities for the Anthropocene (2018)
By David Rooney and Felipe Vilo Muñoz Roundtable Review: Gregg Mitman, Marco Armiero, and Robert S. Emmett, editors. Future Remains: A Cabinet of Curiosities for the Anthropocene. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2018. *** Modern Fossils: What Objects Tell Us About the Anthropocene David Rooney is a graduate student in Communication Studies at the University […]
Climate in Context: Historical Precedents and the Unprecedented – Conference Program
April 22-23, 2021Institute for Historical Studies, University of Texas at AustinFree and open to the public. Register to attend here. This conference brings together diverse scholars whose work grapples with the challenges that climate change presents to the discipline of history. Participants will address precedents for this “unprecedented” crisis by uncovering and analyzing the historical […]
Introducing the keynote speakers for Climate in Context – Bathsheba Demuth
From the Editors: The Climate in Context: Historical Precedents and the Unprecedented conference will take place on April 22-23, 2021. It is free and open to the public. Register to attend here. In preparation for the conference, we are delighted to introduce the work of Dr Bathsheba Demuth. Dr Demuth is Assistant Professor of History […]
Introducing the keynote speakers for Climate in Context – Naomi Oreskes
From the Editors: The Climate in Context: Historical Precedents and the Unprecedented conference will take place on April 22-23, 2021. It is free and open to the public. Register to attend here. In preparation for the conference, we are delighted to present this introduction to the work of Dr. Naomi Oreskes. Dr Oreskes is the […]
IHS Climate in Context – Pioneering Geoarchaeology: A Tribute to Dr. Karl W. Butzer
From the editors: Not Even Past is honored to publish this tribute to Dr. Karl Butzer in connection with The Climate in Context: Historical Precedents and the Unprecedented conference which will take place on April 22-23, 2021. Dr. Butzer was a long-time faculty member in the Department of Geography and the Environment at UT Austin, […]
IHS Climate in Context Panel: Oil, Water, and Climate: Environmental Histories of Texas
April 12, 2021 at 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Featured Panelists: “Arroyo Flood Control in the Chihuahuan Desert” C. J. AlvarezAssistant Professor, Department of Mexican American and Latino/a StudiesFaculty Affiliate, Department of History and Center for Mexican American StudiesUniversity of Texas at Austin Abstract: Deserts are, by definition, dry places. They are implicated in global climate change […]
IHS Climate in Context: Environments and Borders: Where Do We Draw the Lines?
By Mary Huber Natural environments seldom follow political borders. While sometimes arbitrary lines on a map separate states, natural environments shape the way people live. In Texas, people raised in the Gulf Coast wetlands share a similar environment with their counterparts in Louisiana. East Texans who live in the piney woods experience ecological patterns closer […]
IHS Climate in Context – Texas Deregulation and the 2021 Ice Storm
By Christopher Sellers This article is part of the wider IHS Climate in Context Series. The Texas ice storm of February 2021 did not just knock out the power for four million people, it resuscitated a dormant debate over the wisdom of the state’s deregulated market for electricity. Should such a vital service should be […]