CFP: Climate Research and Discourse During the 1970s

We are delighted to announce that we are now open to submissions for the upcoming duo of workshops held under the title of "Climate Change and the Beginning of the Crisis Decades: Climate Research and Discourse During the 1970s". The first will be held on September 6, 2024 at Manchester’s Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. The second will be held on November 7, 2024 at the Australian National University in Canberra. Both events are sponsored by the International Union for History and Philosophy of Science and Technology through the International Commission for the History of Meteorology.

These are intimate 1-day events that seek to assemble individuals with various research backgrounds (e.g. environmental history, HSTM, social sciences, atmospheric science) in an effort to generate critical transdisciplinary engagement around 1970s climate research and discourse. These come at a pertinent time, as many of the hallmarks of the 1970s discursive environment are being echoed and the period is becoming more easily historicizable. The Canberra workshop would especially welcome papers drawing out perspectives from the South and the Southern Hemisphere.

Please see the linked posters for further information:

Northern workshop: https://bit.ly/44mBU6D

Southern workshop: https://bit.ly/45DJ1sw

The format consists of a 20-minute presentation followed by 10-minutes of discussion at the end of each panel. This will be followed by a 50-minute roundtable to finish proceedings.

Deadline for abstracts (300 words): March 15, 2024 (Manchester); April 15, 2024 (Canberra)

Registration information for non-presenting participants will be circulated at a later date.

Please send your submissions and any queries to Robert Naylor, Elliot Honeybun-Arnolda and Ruth Morgan (conference organisers):

climate.crisis.decade@gmail.com

Please indicate which of the workshops you would like to present at. You are welcome to attend both workshops, but we request that you only present at one or the other.

A limited number of travel bursaries are available (with priority for early career researchers). Please email for details. In the first instance these are in-person events. However, if you wish to contribute but cannot travel, please contact us.

With warmest regards,

Robert Naylor, Elliot Honeybun-Arnolda and Ruth Morgan