The Latin American and Caribbean Environmental History Association (SOLCHA), through the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, the Facultad de Estudios Superiores Acatlán (UNAM), and the Graduate Program in History of the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, announces the VIII SOLCHA Symposium to be held in Puebla, México, August 3-5, 2016. The issue of sustainability has emerged as a key concern on the national and international stage, and it occupies a central place on the agendas of governmental and non-governmental organizations, and these discussions have generated greater awareness of the irreversible harm that human activity has caused to the environment. History as a discipline that links the past with contemporary problems, has played a role in the search for alternatives and solutions to the environmental crisis that now threatens the future of human civilization. The symposia organized by SOLCHA have constituted important spaces for the analysis, discussion and reflection about environmental issues, particularly those related to the specific conditions of Latin America. We have succeeded in forming new research groups, in fostering the work of specialists in emerging disciplines, and in forging links with other disciplines in a bid to propose viable solutions to the challenge of sustainability. In this spirit of innovation and academic cooperation, we issue this call for proposals for this 2016 symposium. We seek to build upon previous reflections and to move in new directions in this privileged analytical sphere, in which the temporal dimension of analysis plays a central role. We will accept papers in the thematic clusters listed below. Please note that these themes are merely meant as guidelines for the submission of paper proposals; we welcome proposals on any subject related to the study of the evolving relationships between society and nature, on any historical scale DEADLINE: 20 December 2015 Info: solcha2016@gmail.com
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