Past Answers to Current Concerns: Failing Strategies 2
November 3, 2020 · 1:30 pm · via Zoom
Climate Change and History Research Initiative; Program in Medieval Studies
The Climate Change and History Research Initiative, in partnership with the Environmental History Lab of the Program in Medieval Studies, and with the support of the Humanities Council, launches a new series of six online seminars entitled “Past Answers to Current Concerns: Approaches to Understanding Historical Societal Resilience.”
The presentations are open to the public. Each set of papers will be followed by a Q & A session of 30 minutes, after which the public section will close and a specialist project team discussion will follow. Registration and Zoom information for Seminar 1 is listed below.
Seminar 5
Tsunamis, El Nino, and War on Aceh, Sumatra
Emmanuel Kreike (History)
Are all unhappy systems alike? Finding Patterns in Historical Collapses
Thayer Patterson & Miguel Centeno (Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies)
