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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Boston Environmental History Seminar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 5:15 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">James Rice, Tufts University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Early Environmental Histories</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Comment: Chris Parsons, Northeastern University</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">This essay speaks to questions raised in a recent workshop at the Huntington on early American environmental history. How do timespan and scale change our understanding of historical relationships
between people and their environments? What new light does environmental history shed on topics such as race, gender, or law? What can early Americanists contribute to the field of environmental history as a whole?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">RSVP required.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> To respond, email
<a href="mailto:seminars@masshist.org" target="_blank" title="mailto:seminars@masshist.org">
seminars@masshist.org</a> or call 617-646-0579.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Unless stated, all seminars take place at the Society, 1154 Boylston St., Boston, and commence at 5:15 PM. After each session the Society will provide a light buffet supper. In
case of inclement weather, phone 617-536-1608 for information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">As in the past, the essays are available to subscribers as PDFs through the seminar’s webpage,
<a href="https://www.masshist.org/2012/calendar/seminars/modern-american" target="_blank">
https://www.masshist.org/2012/calendar/seminars/modern-american</a>. Subscribe to the 2017-2018 series online via this page. A $25 subscription allows access to the full series of papers for the year, as well as the papers for the Boston Area Early American
History Seminar and the Boston Environmental History Seminar. Papers are posted a few weeks before the session; the Oct. 10 paper is now online.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Questions? Email
<a href="mailto:seminars@masshist.org" target="_blank">seminars@masshist.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">We look forward to seeing you at the seminar!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i>The Irish Atlantic: A Story of Famine, Migration, & Opportunity</i> is on display at the MHS Monday through Saturday from 10 AM to 4 PM through 22 September. More information is available at www.masshist.org.<br>
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Alexis Buckley, Research Coordinator & Book Review Editor<br>
Massachusetts Historical Society<br>
1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215<br>
Phone: 617-646-0577, Fax: 617-859-0074<br>
Email: abuckley@masshist.org<br>
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