October 21 – Reading Group
Wastelands by Vittoria Di Palma
December 2 – Reading Group
Elephants and Kings by Thomas Trautmann
Guest speaker, Thomas Trautmann
January 26 – Writing Workshop
“Firebrands Versus the Forest” with Tony Andersson (PhD, History, NYU)
February 24 – Reading Group
Theme: Using the Forest
- “Building the Towns: The Interrelationship between Woodland History and Urban Life in Viking Age Ireland” by Eileen Riley, et al.
- “Woods and Warfare in World History” by J.R. McNeill
- “Forestry in Early Modern Japan, 1650-1850: A Preliminary Survey” by Conrad Totman
April 7 – Reading Group
Wandering Peoples by Cynthia Radding
Environmental History Interest Group 