Abstract
What has history to do with the climate and biodiversity crisis? How should historical practice change in light of these crises? How can we walk the talk of sustainability on a daily basis in our working environments? How can we interpret the concept of sustainability within the academic sphere and widen its scope? How can we build more sustainable careers?
In short, how can we practice sustainable history?
For this online session based on their ongoing blog series on “Sustainable Academia,” the ESEH’s Next Generation Action Team 2020-2021 (NEXTGATe) and Historians for Future (H4F) bring together graduate students and early career scholars who are representatives of various environmental history-related groups and organizations. We will reflect on the conditions of early-career environmental historians in Europe and beyond, introduce visions for the field, and suggest concrete action in order to build more inclusive and supportive academic environments.
What has history to do with the climate and biodiversity crisis? How should historical practice change in light of these crises? How can we walk the talk of sustainability on a daily basis in our working environments? How can we interpret the concept of sustainability within the academic sphere and widen its scope? How can we build more sustainable careers?
In short, how can we practice sustainable history?
For this online session based on their ongoing blog series on “Sustainable Academia,” the ESEH’s Next Generation Action Team 2020-2021 (NEXTGATe) and Historians for Future (H4F) bring together graduate students and early career scholars who are representatives of various environmental history-related groups and organizations. We will reflect on the conditions of early-career environmental historians in Europe and beyond, introduce visions for the field, and suggest concrete action in order to build more inclusive and supportive academic environments.