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
The Invention of Sustainability
Abstract: Word
Keeping (Environmental) Capital Intact
Session Two: The History of Environmental Policy
4.00pm - 5.30pm
The Disappearance of an Oil Industry
The ecology of humanity: Exploring the roots of an idea
Abstract: Word
Anthony LaVopa (Modern Intellectual History, North Carolina State University)
Conclusions
5.30pm - 6.15pm