Monthly Archives: May 2010

CHESS 2010 or Eating Montreal

Posted on 31 May, 2010 by Lauren Wheeler

The plan to blog from CHESS did not turn out exactly as hoped for one reason. There was very limited internet access at the McGill residence called Solin Hall. Continue reading →

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From Montreal…with CHESS

Posted on 27 May, 2010 by Lauren Wheeler

For the past five years before the annual meeting of the CHA at Congress, NiCHE hosts CHESS – Canadian History and Environment Summer School. The theme for the 2010 Concordia edition it is “Edible Environments.” Since the environmental history/historical geography … Continue reading →

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Place and Placelessness Promotional Podcast

Posted on 27 May, 2010 by Lauren Wheeler

In a previous post I talked about the un-workshop the NiCHE New Scholar’s group is organizing for October 1-2, 2010. The organizing committee is working hard to promote the hell out of this thing because we want to see the … Continue reading →

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Place and Placelessness*

Posted on 19 May, 2010 by Lauren Wheeler

Are you a graduate student interested in environmental history? Do you worry about the size of your conference/workshop related carbon footprint? Would you like to exchange ideas with other grad students and not feel bad about contributing to the various … Continue reading →

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