Category Archives: Environmental History

Climate Change and Civil Conflict

Posted on August 26, 2011 by briansandberg

For decades, historians have examined evidence of correlations between climate change and civil conflict. Bad weather and sustained droughts have often been seen as causes of  peasant revolts and revolutions, such as the French Revolution of 1789, yet these arguments … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Conflict, Environmental History, French Revolution and Napoleon, History of Violence, War, Culture, and Society, Warfare in the Early Modern World | 1 Comment

Bread Riots in Mozambique

Posted on June 8, 2011 by briansandberg

Last year, high bread prices led to bread riots across Mozambique.  This summer promises to create similar economic conditions and protests. Early modern historians are very familiar with the dynamics of bread riots in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century societies.  A number … Continue reading →

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Disasters in French History Call for Papers

Posted on May 8, 2011 by briansandberg

Call for Papers Disaster in French History The editors of French Historical Studies seek articles for a special issue on the theme of disaster in French history.  As an interdisciplinary field, disaster studies has sought to understand the political, economic, … Continue reading →

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Nuclear Disaster in Japanese Film

Posted on April 8, 2011 by briansandberg

Chicago’s Worldview featured a story today on “Nuclear Disaster in Japanese Film,” by Facets film commentator Milos Stehlik.  This piece does not really have any great new revelations, but does provide a nice introduction to nuclear nightmares in postwar Japanese … Continue reading →

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Environmental Film Festival

Posted on April 2, 2011 by briansandberg

First Annual Environmental Film Festival On April 19 and 20,  The Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability, and Energy at Northern Illinois University will host its first annual environmental film festival at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. 2nd … Continue reading →

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Remembering Japanese Earthquake Victims

Posted on March 18, 2011 by briansandberg

Remembering the victims of the recent Sendai earthquake and tsunami…. The tremendous human losses from this massive disaster are incredibly tragic.  No words can express our sorrow at such terrible devastation. Even as we remember the victims, we may wish … Continue reading →

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