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Un/Predictable Environments: Politics, Ecology and Agency

January 10, 2021 January 10, 2001 By Jacob Remes

Submission Deadline: 01/31/2021 — The conference aims to explore how different social actors and groups frame the issue of ‘un/predictability’ in their narratives, solutions and practices, and how un/predictable are their intended outcomes? Aiming to discuss the results of ethnographically grounded research, we invite papers that address questions such as: To what extent are specific climate and ecological disasters un/predictable? What are the implications of this un/predictability for human and non-human agency? How do specific discourses of socio-ecological

Humanitarian Mobilization in Central and Eastern Europe during the Twentieth Century

January 6, 2021 January 6, 2001 By Jacob Remes

Submission Deadline: 01/15/2021 — This workshop tackles humanitarianism in Central and Eastern Europe during the twentieth century, probing the tensions stemming from engagements in nationalist and/or state socialist environments and the dilemmas or misunderstandings that arose from encounters with Western forms of providing aid. The workshop will focus on domestic forms of humanitarianism and investigate key local actors, their agendas, and practices of providing aid. It will further explore their entanglements and relationships with Western as well as

Confronting Crisis: Writing History in Uncertain Times

December 14, 2020 December 14, 1999 By Jacob Remes

Submission Deadline: 02/01/2021 — History is punctuated by periods of crisis that change the fundamental structures of society. Crises can range from a single event to multi-year, multi-level phenomena. In an age where we are confronting our own multiple crises, it is more important than ever to consider how we as historians deal with crises. This conference explores the concept of crisis in history and in historical practice. This three-day symposium is the inaugural Convergences: York-University of Toronto

At What Point Managed Retreat? Resilience, Relocation, and Climate Justice

December 11, 2020 December 11, 1999 By Jacob Remes

Submission Deadline: 01/15/2021 — The conference will address a range of scientific, social, policy and governance issues around managed retreat (also known as strategic realignment and planned relocation). The conference will bring together stakeholders from the public, private and nonprofit sectors, together with academics, scientists, and community representatives, to help develop a common understanding of this complex issue, and move the needle toward equitable solutions. A major emphasis will be on issues of environmental justice, in recognition that

COVID-19: Adaptation under Uncertainty

November 11, 2020 November 11, 1999 By Jacob Remes

Submission Deadline: 11/25/2020 — The global pandemic continues to challenge the different scales of human decision making. Governments, communities, and individuals around the world have responded in a myriad of ways and to varying degrees of success to mitigate the consequences of COVID-19. How have we attempted to address the many adverse and uncertain impacts of coronavirus — many of which only exacerbate existing inequities? How can these compounded, disproportionate health, economic, and technological effects across race, gender,

Climate Policy: Promoting a low-carbon, climate-resilient and equitable Covid-19 recovery

November 11, 2020 November 11, 1999 By Jacob Remes

Submission Deadline: 12/31/2020 — The Covid-19 pandemic has caused extensive human suffering. The death toll has risen to hundreds of thousands, and a third of the world’s population has faced some form of lockdown, leading to massive economic disruption and loss of livelihood for many. Amidst the devastation, however, the interruption of normality has created an opportunity for change: to “recover better”, including for a lower-carbon, climate-resilient, and more equitable future. Against this background, Climate Policy is calling