EAEH 2023

Time: June 28 - July 2 (Wednesday - Sunday), 2023
Venue: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in Daejeon, South Korea

General theme:
Multiple Crises and the Asian Anthropocene: Climatic, Ecological, and (Post)Colonial Perspectives

The EAEH2023 Program Book

Program Timetable of EAEH2023

Featured Speakers

The conference will take place in KAIST E9 Building and Institute for Basic Science. The locations are in the following map.

For more information about map and floor plans, please check the General Information.

The full paper submission is due on June 5 to the link. However, the link requires a Google account to upload the file. If you can not access via Google account, you could send your full paper via email (eaeh2023@gmail.com).

Early Registration

For those of you who submit the proposal to the conference are automatically registered in the conference. If you would like to attend the conference without presenting your work, please use the following link for the early registration (free).

The early registration (free) will be close on June 21, 2023. The on-site registration will be available at the conference venue. The on-site registration fee is ₩50,000 Korean Won (or $50).

The Conference will provide coffee and refreshments for the participants. The Conference will not provide lunches.

The Locations of the hotels in Daejeon are as the following map.
Hotel Onoma Daejeon Autograph Collection (Location 1) is in the Conference Venue, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), KAIST.
More specific information about the hotels, please check the file Daejeon Hotels.

For more information about Daejeon, please visit the website (DAEJEON Meeting Planners' Guide Book): http://www.micedaejeon.com/Eng

The Seventh Conference of East Asian Environmental History will be held at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in Daejeon, South Korea, from June 28 to July 2 in 2023. On behalf of the Association for East Asian Environmental History and the Center for Anthropocene Studies at KAIST, we are pleased to invite you to the EAEH 2023 Conference. The Program Committee seeks organized panels and individual papers on the conference theme: Multiple Crises and the Asian Anthropocene: Climatic, Ecological, and (Post)Colonial Perspectives.

The long-term climate change, the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, the increased fighting in Ukraine and global economic recession have put the lives of humans and nonhumans under existential threat. The conditions of life on earth have been severely compromised due to the multiple crises, a large part of which was caused by humanity. The recent diagnosis of the Anthropocene confirms that humanity has become the earth-changing force. Thinking of the planetary crises through the idea of the Anthropocene draws attention to the historically shaped entanglements between nature, science, and society. The history of the human species, which we have known and studied, could be one partial fulfillment of the history of the earth. The current planetary crises and the Anthropocene thus demand new ways of narrating the past, the present, and the future.

While the Anthropocene is shaped globally, local and regional places have experienced the changes of Anthropocene in different ways, reflecting their own political, cultural, and ecological specificities. In Asia and beyond, the experiences of the Anthropocene are situated with the non-Western trajectories of modernization: the leading role of the state in capitalist development, colonial histories related to the Empires, the existence of cultural heritages and traditions, and the specific material and ecological conditions. These factors have shaped the locally specific and regionally shared forms and processes of the crises in the Anthropocene.

Our goal is to develop multi-faceted understandings of environmental crises and the Anthropocene from comparative perspectives of various countries in Asia and beyond. We invite contributions not just from history, but also from fields of humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences to promote truly transdisciplinary dialogue of the predicaments of the Anthropocene. Panel proposals are preferred, but individual papers are also welcomed. Here are suggested sub-themes:

Scholars from all around the world who are interested in environmental history are welcome. We invite two types of proposals—1) individual research, or 2) pre-organized panel, preferably composed of 3 to 4 individual presenters as well as a chair and discussant(s).

~~You may submit your proposal at the following link:~~ (Online submission is closed.)

The Program Committee encourages and favors more inclusive proposals that consider the issues of gender, ethnic, institutional, and disciplinary balance in the composition of the panels. A combination of junior and senior scholars in the panel is also desirable. We encourage colleagues (whether or not a member of the AEAEH) to submit their proposals to help us to create more inclusive discussions. The proposals will be reviewed by the Program Committee and selected for the Conference.

Chair (President of AEAEH)
Buhm Soon Park 朴範淳 (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Co-chair (Vice President of AEAEH)
Manyong Moon 文晩龍 (Korean Research Institute of Science, Technology and Civilization, Jeonbuk National University)
Committee Members (alphabetical order by last name)
Myung-Ae Choi 崔明愛 (Center for Anthropocene Studies, KAIST)
Deokhwa Hong 洪德和 (Department of Sociology, Chungbuk National University)
Jaehwan Hyun 玄在煥 (Institute of Liberal Education, Pusan National Unversity)
June Jeon 全準 (Department of Sociology, Chungnam National University)
Sekwon Jeong 鄭世權 (The HK+ Institute for Integrated Medical Humanities, Kyung Hee University)
Yeonsil Kang 姜姸實 (National Science Museum of Korea)
Dokyun Kim 金鍍均 (Korea Environment Institute)
Soo Hyun Kim 金秀賢 (Center for Anthropocene Studies, KAIST)
Tae-Ho Kim 金兌豪 (Korean Research Institute of Science, Technology and Civilization, Jeonbuk National University)
Yongjin Kim 金容振 (Center for Anthropocene Studies, KAIST)
Hyunsook Lee 李賢淑 (Institute for Ecological and Environmental History)
Jongmin Lee 李鍾珉 (Science and Technology Management Policy, University of Science and Technology)
Jung Lee 李貞 (Ewha Institute for the Humanities, Ewha Womans University)
Jongtae Lim 林宗台 (Department of Science Studies, Seoul National University)
Eunjeong Oh 吳殷政 (Department of Anthropology, Seoul National University)
Seona Park 朴璿娥 (Center for Anthropocene Studies, KAIST)
Hanah Sung 成瀚雅 (Center for Anthropocene Studies, KAIST)
Chuyoung Won 元柱榮 (Research Institute for Convergence Civilization, POSTECH)
Doogab Yi 李斗甲 (Department of Science Studies, Seoul National University)

Abstract submission system is closed.

If you have questions, please contact Miss Hsiao-yun Liu, Academia Sinica (hsyunliu@gate.sinica.edu.tw).

The deadline for paper abstract or panel proposal submission is April 30, 2017.

Suggested sub-themes:

Spatial-temporal Process and Historical Pulsation: The Origin, Expansion and Transformation of East Asian Civilization.
Natural Environment and Social Forms: Population Behavior, Ethnic Groups and Nation-state Regimes.
Environment and Lifestyles: Economic Systems, Material Production and the Ways of Food, Clothing, Housing and Transportation.
Environment, Resource and Technology: Exploitation and Utilization of Material and Energy and Their Impacts to Eco-system.
Deep blue seas changed into Mulberry Fields: The Changing Landscape Under the Joint Action of Natural and Human Forces.
Challenge and Response: Disaster, Disease and Pollution in the Process of Human Civilization.
Cognition and Emotion: Knowledge, Values, Beliefs and Aesthetic Related to Environment.
East Asia and the Outside World: Cultural Contact and Ecologicallinkage Across Lands, Oceans and Skies.

The Fourth Conference of East Asian Environmental History will be held from October 26-31, 2017 in Tianjin, China. It is being jointly organized by the Association for East Asian Environmental History, Chinese Society for Environment Sciences along with a number of other institutions and will be hosted by Nankai University. It will provide an opportunity for multidisciplinary, international academic dialogue. Historians, archaeologists, ecologists, geographers, environmental scientists and other scholars in relevant fields are invited to gather together to reviewhumanity’s and especially the East Asian peoples’ environmental past, to explain the constantly expanding and deepening interrelationship between humans and the sky, the earth, and the seas, and their various biotic and abiotic components, and to examine the environmental challenges that human civilizations, including East Asian civilizations have faced in the past and are still facing today. Our goal is to reach a more profound understanding of the complex eco-historical process of the interaction and co-evolution between human beings and nature for this important world region, and to provide non-western perspectives for the search for a road to a harmonious and symbiotic relationship between man and nature and sustainable development. Scholars from all around the world who are interested in environmental history are welcome.

The general theme of the conference is Tracing the Ecological Footprint of East Asian and World Civilizations. The phrase "ecological footprint" is used in a broad sense here. It does not mean that we must all adopt in the conference a quantitative model for investigating ecological relationships between humans and nature in history, although we appreciate and eventually will need such efforts. We use the phrase to express the goal of attempting to figure out the qualitative as well as quantitative dimensions of human impact on the natural environment for the past few thousand years—to retrace the historical footprints of East Asian and world civilizations from many perspectives.

Discussions of the long-term changes in natural systems (including climate, land, sea, and species populations and distribution) are welcome. Yet we particularly encourage attention to materials, technology, economy, social structure, political institutions, living patterns, and concepts from the perspective of environmental history. What impact or “footprint” have natural forces had on the development of variouscivilizations? How do we explain how the East Asian peoples, for their own subsistence and development, have adapted to diverse natural settings, continuously expanded the utilization of natural resources, and caused tremendous environmental changes, eventually leading to a state of ecological crisis today? We also encourage a more comprehensive and extensive comparison within the region and beyond so as to grasp the pulsations, rhythms, patterns, and cycles that human systems and natural systems have exhibited. We encourage proposals that focus on East Asian civilization's historical integrity, diversity, independence, and linkages among regions and nations, as well as their common natural origin and ecological consequences. But our interest is not confined to this specific region. We also realize that East Asia has never been ecologically and culturally isolated from the outside world. More attention should be paid to the historical connections between East Asia and other parts of the world. All in all, we hope this conference will promote a more inclusive narrative and a more holistic understanding of East Asian environmental history and the region's ecological links with the rest of the world.

Participants are encouraged to organize panels and to submit sets of coordinated proposals. Single papers and individual or group posters, however, are also welcome. The organizer will invite experts to review, make selections among the proposals, and publicize the results as soon as possible.

We sincerely welcome colleagues (whether or not a member of the AEAEH) to send us their proposals to help us create that more inclusive narrative and to suggest new avenues of research.

The working language of EAEH 2017 is English. All participants except the keynote speakers are expected to provide competent translations of their work in English, both in their proposals, presentations, and commentaries. To ensure a smooth communication and to encourage young scholars (including doctoral candidates, post doctoral researchers, etc.) to participate in the conference, we plan to recruit from around the world 5 to 10 volunteers who will serve as simultaneous interpreters during the conference. In compensation, they will be exempted from the usual registration fee and entitled to free accommodation. Applicants should declare their willingness to serve as conference interpreters when they register and provide proof of their language skill. To be chosen as an interpreter, we need evidence of proficiency in both English and Chinese (1 to 2 interpreters should also be fluent in Japanese), and of a professional-level background in environmental history or a related field. If you are interested in applying for conference interpreter, please send application to Miss Hsiao-yun Liu(hsyunliu@gate.sinica.edu.tw).

The Seventh Biennial Conference of East Asian Environmental History (EAEH 2023)

General theme:
Multiple Crises and the Asian Anthropocene: Climatic, Ecological, and (Post)Colonial Perspectives

The EAEH2023 Program Book

Program Timetable of EAEH2023

Featured Speakers

Early Registration

Copyright © Academia Sinica 2022

The Seventh Biennial Conference of East Asian Environmental History (EAEH 2023)

General theme: Multiple Crises and the Asian Anthropocene: Climatic, Ecological, and (Post)Colonial Perspectives

The EAEH2023 Program Book

Program Timetable of EAEH2023

Featured Speakers

Early Registration

Copyright © Academia Sinica 2022

General theme:
Multiple Crises and the Asian Anthropocene: Climatic, Ecological, and (Post)Colonial Perspectives