Emotion and Anxiety in Environmental History

SEI and AANZEHN

Hear from historians as they grapple with the emotional and psychological impacts of environmental change.

Environmental historians, like others who study and write about the environment, have long worked with the emotional and psychological impact of environmental change, including grief, anxiety, rage, and despair. What do we do with that emotion? How do we write about the psychological components of human interactions with other species? Do we experience secondary effects of the trauma so often entwined around the historical experience of the environment? In what ways does emotion separate and connect us with other species? How does time make for particular emotional tolls – or discounts – for historians?Please join a diverse panel of historians who work on drought, flood, climate change and ecological anxiety, as they discuss these themes, looking for clarity, community, and relief.This event is in partnership between the <a href="https://sei.sydney.edu.au/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sydney Environment Institute</a> and the <a href="https://www.environmentalhistory-au-nz.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Australian and New Zealand Environmental History Network</a> (AANZEHN).Speakers<a href="https://www.usc.edu.au/staff/dr-margaret-cook" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Margaret Cook</a>, University of the Sunshine Coast<a href="https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/nancy-cushing" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Associate Professor Nancy Cushing</a>, University of Newcastle<a href="https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/about/our-people/academic-staff/james-dunk.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr James Dunk</a>, University of Sydney<a href="https://www.uwa.edu.au/profile/andrea-gaynor" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Associate Professor Andrea Gaynor</a> (Chair), University of Western Australia<a href="http://rebeccacjones.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Dr Rebecca Jones</a>, History Council of South Australia

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