土地、环境与农业--第二届中英环境史学术交流研讨会述记

Land,Environment and Agriculture:An Overview of the Second China-UK Workshop on Environmental History

2023年9月21—22日,由清华大学历史系和英国埃克塞特大学(University of Exeter)历史系共同策划并联合主办的第二届“中英环境史学术交流研讨会”在线上举行。该研讨会得到英国文化教育协会(British Council)和中英高等教育人文联盟(UK-China Humanities Alliance,UKCHA)的支持。来自中英多所高校的多名学者围绕“土地、环境与农业”这一主题,就相关论题进行了深入的探讨与交流。会议伊始,埃克塞特大学历史系的亨利·弗伦奇(Henry French)教授与清华大学历史系的梅雪芹教授共致开幕辞,对大家参与此届研讨会表示欢迎与感谢。

The second China-UK Workshop on Environmental History themed“Land,Environment and Agriculture”was held on-line from September 21 to 22,2023.This workshop provided a wide range of topics such as the rise of agribusiness in Europe as an innovative organisational response to the threat of price volatility in the Western European broiler chicken industry,changing perceptions of environmental value on Exmoor,definitions of landscape amid Ottoman agrarian reform in northwestern Anatolia,the neglected history of fences in Britain,American toys on China’s farm showcasing the cooperation between the Chinese ministry of agriculture and forestry and the International Harvester Company,ecological explanation of Xinglin culture,the Multi-species entanglements behind the Bengal Delta’s cyclone disasters,the Romantic turn of Industrial rationality with a case study of landscape changes on Dartmoor in south western England,and the dispute between custom and improvement as reflected in the drainage conflict in English Fenland.After the reports,both sides exchanged comments and questions.This workshop has broadened the academic horizon of Chinese and British scholars in the fields of land,environment and agriculture,and promoted the renewal and developments on the study of environmental history for both sides.