[Nhcoll-l] CfP: Pioneer Naturalists: Champions of Conservation and Environmental Engagement, Cambridge, 25-26th June 2020

[Jack Ashby]

Hi all

The Society for the History of Natural History conference this year may be
of interest to the SPNHC community - please see the call for papers below.

All the best

Jack

 

Museum Manager

University Museum of Zoology

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Cambridge

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+44 (0)1223 761344

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Pioneer Naturalists: Champions of Conservation and Environmental Engagement

Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK

                

We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the Society for the
History of Natural History summer meeting and AGM Pioneer Naturalists:
Champions of Conservation and Environmental Engagement to be hosted by the
Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge on 25th and 26th June 2020. The
deadline for submissions is 14th February 2020.

 

The meeting will explore the history and role of naturalists (and others) as
pioneers in biological, geological and landscape conservation, protection,
environmental advocacy and engagement in its broadest sense.

 

We welcome papers that explore, but are not restricted to the following
topics: 

*         Pioneers in environmental awareness and engagement 

*         Biological recording, environmental monitoring, its uses and
impacts

*         Naturalists' as observers of long-term environmental change

*         Collecting versus conservation

*         Biodiversity loss and extinction

*         The establishment of wildlife protection legislation, nature
reserves and wildlife conservation programmes

*         The rise of conservation movements and campaigns

*         Colonialism, industrialisation and its impact on nature
conservation

*         The value and role of Indigenous and local knowledge in conserving
nature

*         Landscapes, the sublime, and concepts of nature

*         Place-making and its role in environmental protection

*         Naturalists, the media, and the promotion of the conservation
ethic

*         The naturalist and new technologies - advancing nature
conservation

*         Undersea worlds - the emergence of marine conservation

 

Please send short abstracts in Word format (maximum 200 words) for 20 minute
papers to the SHNH Meetings Secretary, Jo Hatton, by email:
<mailto:meetings at SHNH.org.uk> meetings at SHNH.org.uk

Poster submissions are also welcome at this stage.

 

For more information about the meeting, please visit our website
https://shnh.org.uk/news/cfp-pioneer-naturalists-cambridge-june-2020/

 

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