Workshop organized by the Center for History and Economics
with the support of the Harvard University Center for the Environment
October 31 2008
Robinson Hall, Lower Library
Prologue: The Environment and the United Nations
11.30am - 12.30pm
A Conversation with Gro Harlem Brundtland
(UN History Project, South Asia Initiative)
Introduction
2.00pm - 2.15pm
Session One: Histories of Sustainability
2.15pm - 3.45pm
Paul Warde (University of East Anglia)
The Invention of Sustainability
Abstract: Word | PDF
Emma Rothschild (Harvard University)
Keeping (Environmental) Capital Intact
Session Two: The History of Environmental Policy
4.00pm - 5.30pm
Alison Frank (Harvard University)
The Disappearance of an Oil Industry
Sverker Sörlin (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden)
The ecology of humanity: Exploring the roots of an idea
Abstract: Word | PDF
Comments:
Anthony LaVopa (Modern Intellectual History, North Carolina State University)
Conclusions
5.30pm - 6.15pm