This interdisciplinary workshop linked to the Centre for World Environmental History at Sussex addresses the environmental history and politics of South Asia from the early modern period. Environmental History has been described as the study of species both other and our own in terms of the interactions with the world around them. The study of long term histories of environmental change and responses to these have important implications for policy in this age of climate change and in the context of what has been termed the Anthropocene. By seeking to engage with an interdisciplinary group of scholars with specialisms in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh this training workshop will update early career researchers on developments in Environmental History, Historical Climatology and Environmental politics and build links with policy and environmental justice activism. It will help early career scholars to develop professional career pathways and provide indispensable training for a world that is rapidly being transformed by climate and environmental change.

Further details: Workshop on Environmental History and Politics of South Asia [PDF 332.42KB]

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By: Martin Wingfield
Last updated: Friday, 29 April 2016