Immersion Workshop: Environmental History

Abstract

This is a closed workshop designed for SESYNC Postdoctoral Fellows.

The Immersion Program centers around a series of collaborative workshops led by Immersion Distinguished Scholars. These workshops are designed to immerse participants in theories and methods foundational to understanding current environmental challenges and their underlying socio-environmental systems. 

Presenters

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Sam White has light brown hair and brown eyes, with brown classes where a button up shirt with a sweater on top

Sam White

Professor of Political History

Dr. Sam White is a professor of political history at the University of Helsinki. Prior to that he was a professor of environmental history at the Ohio State University.  His research specializes in historical climate reconstruction and impacts, combining physical and written evidence.  He has published various articles on climate, disease, and animals in human history, co-edited the first major textbook in climate history, and written two monographs: The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire (Cambridge University Press, 2011) and A Cold Welcome: The Little Ice Age and Europe...

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Sam White has light brown hair and brown eyes, with brown classes where a button up shirt with a sweater on top

Sam White

Professor of Political History

Dr. Sam White is a professor of political history at the University of Helsinki. Prior to that he was a professor of environmental history at the Ohio State University.  His research specializes in historical climate reconstruction and impacts, combining physical and written evidence.  He has published various articles on climate, disease, and animals in human history, co-edited the first major textbook in climate history, and written two monographs: The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire (Cambridge University Press, 2011) and A Cold Welcome: The Little Ice Age and Europe's Encounter with North America (Harvard University Press, in review).  With Dagomar Degroot, he is the co-founder and director of the Climate History Network.

Presenters
Sam White, University of Helsinki
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9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET
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