1st International Workshop on the History of Environment and Global Climate Change

7th of May
D. Diogo de Sousa Museum - Braga
09:00	Documentation Delivery
09:30	Inaugural Session Isabel Silva – Portugal Director of the D. Diogo de Sousa Museum. Ranjan Chakrabarti – India History professor at the Jadavpur University, he is the Executive Director of the Association of South Asian Environmental Historians. Angela Mendonça – Portugal President of the 2nd International School Congress. Hilário Sousa – Portugal Intraining Centre of Casa do Professor
09:45	Keynote Lecture Environment History and Global Climate Changes Ranjan Chakrabarti – India History professor at the Jadavpur University, he is the Executive Director of the Association of South Asian Environmental Historians.
10:45	Keynote Lecture What does it mean to study World Environmental History? Christof Mauch – Germany Vice-President of the European Society for Environmental History.
11:45	Keynote Lecture Climate Change: A History of Environmental Knowledge Donald Hughes – USA Distinguished Professor of History at the Denver University, Colorado and Research Associate in Anthropology at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. One of the founders of the American Society for Environmental History and the European Society for Environmental History and former Editor-in-chief of the journal Environmental History.
12:45	Lunch
14:00	Business Session 1: Environmental History 1. Water, Global Climate Change and Environmental Refugees Ranjan Chakrabarti – India History professor at the Jadavpur University, He is the Executive Director of the Association of South Asian Environmental Historians. 2. Nature, Politics and the "Disorder of Water". Theories of Environmental Vulnerability in the Mediterranean (1750-1865) Stefania Barca– Portugal Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra Oral Communications Moderator: Paulo Faria (Casa do Professor) - Portugal
15:30	Business Session 2: Does History of Climate Matter? 1.Why should we be doing Environmental History? Christof Mauch – Germany Director of the Rachel Carson Centre, Munique and Vice-President of the European Society for Environmental History. 2. Erosion in the Steppe Region of the Russian Empire, c. 1768-1914: Contemporary Understandings David Moon – United Kingdom Professor of Russian History at the University of Durham and Member of the European Society for Environmental History 3. Perils of Climate Change Impacts: A Study of Some Majors Cities in Bangladesh Khan Rubayet Rahaman, Sadia Afrin, Julia M Lourenço Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho Moderator: Amélia Samarão (Casa do Professor) - Portugal
17:00	Coffee Break
17:30	Business Session 3: Flood, Rainfall, Cyclone, Tsunami, Drought and Other Environmental Disasters 1. Prevention of Natural Disasters. The importance of public participation Mário Freitas – Portugal Visiting Professor at the University of Saint Catherine State (UDESC) and Associated Professor at the University of Minho. 2. Environmental and Human Causes of Damage in the Katrina Disaster Donald Hughes – USA Distinguished Professor of History at the Denver University, Colorado and Research Associate in Anthropology at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. One of the founders of the American Society for Environmental History and the European Society for Environmental History and former Editor-in-chief of the journal Environmental History. 3. Tradicional Water System Management Among the Chin-Kuki-Lushai Group of Tribes Jagdish Lal Dawar – India Professor at the Department of History & Ethnography of the Mizoram University and author. Moderator: Zita Esteves (Casa do Professor) - Portugal
19:00	End of Session

8th of May
D. Diogo de Sousa Museum - Braga
09:30	Keynote Lecture The Media and the Politics of Climate Change Anabela Carvalho – Portugal Professor at the Department of Communication Sciences of the University of Minho and Chair of the Science and Environment Communication Section of ECREA (European Communication Research and Education Association)
10:30	Business Session 4: Conservation and Management of Nature 1. The Earth Condominium Paulo Magalhães – Portugal Author and coordinator of the Programme Earth Condominium (www.earth-condominium.com) 2. Sociological Heritage in Mediterranean Landscapes: Linking Biocultural Diversity with Sustainability in the Municipality of Olzinella (Catalonia) Iago Otero, Martí Boada and Joan David Tàbara – Spain Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 3. Naturbanization and environmental conservation in a climate change context: the case of PNPG Marta Fernández Calvache, Maria Jose Prados Velasco, Júlia M. Lourenço University of Seville, Spain Moderator: Hugo Martins (Casa do Professor) - Portugal
12:00	Lunch
14:00	Business Session 5: Local Issues in Climate Change and Climate History 1. Deforestation in the Steppe Region of the Russian Empire, c. 1768-1914: Contemporary Perceptions David Moon – United Kingdom Vice Professor of Russian History at the University of Durham and Member of the European Society for Environmental History 2. Examining climate change research in Portugal Ana Delicado Social Sciences Institute, Lisbon University 3. Climate change in Bangladesh and its adverse impacts on the livelihood of the urban poor Sadia Afrin, Júlia Maria Lourenço, Khan Rubayet Rahaman Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho Moderator: Elizabete Vilaça (Casa do Professor) - Portugal
15:30	Coffee Break
16:00	Valedictory Session followed by Roundtable Climate Change in Portugal: Contributions from Historical-Archeological Research João Luís Cardoso – Portugal Moderator: to be confirmed
17:30	End of Session