The 4th CCHRI Intensive Introductory Workshop: Palaeosciences and Environmental history for historians and archaeologists
Logistics
Date: 16-26 January 2023
Location: Princeton University
Time: 16 January, 12:00am – 25 January 2023, 11:30pm
Introduction
This 8-day entry-level workshop will introduce participants from the fields of history and archaeology to the palaeoecological sciences and their relevance to historical and archaeological research.
Description
Beginning with an overview of palaeoecology, how it works and how it can be used, the program will offer brief surveys of a number of key ecological sciences: stable isotope analysis and sedimentary geochemistry; speleothems, ice cores, palynology and dendrochronology; C14 dating, multi-proxy data, and more.
The focus will be on pollen analysis, including data presentation, reconstruction of past vegetation, climate and land cover, and sampling strategies. The workshop will explain how such proxies are interpreted, the conceptual basis for the reconstructions derived from them, and the assumptions, uncertainties, and statistical methods for data transformation that accompany their use.
Registered participants are from Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Georgetown and Cornell as well as from research institutes in Germany.
Organizers and speakers
The course is led by Warren J Eastwood and Chris Bradley (University of Birmingham, UK) and John Haldon (History, Princeton).
Special guest speaker will be Prof. Andrew Dugmore (Edinburgh U, CUNY, NABO).
The program is organised in collaboration with Princeton’s Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies, the High Meadows Environmental Institute, the Department of History and the Center for Collaborative History.
Application process and deadlines
There is a limited number of places available. Those interested should submit a brief statement of interest (no more than 200 words), with their current position/program at Princeton, to John Haldon (show mail address) by November 30th 2022. The subject line of the email should read “Application for Palaeoscience Workshop.” Successful applicants will be notified by 15 December 2022.
Additional Information
The workshop is open in the first instance to Princeton graduate students, postdoctoral scholars and junior faculty. Undergraduates may be admitted depending on availability of places. Coffee and lunches will be provided.
The course is led by Warren J Eastwood (University of Birmingham, UK) and John Haldon (Princeton), and is presented by CCHRI in collaboration with the Department of History and the Center for Collaborative History, the Seeger center for Hellenic Studies and the High Meadows Environmental Institute.