地点：中山大学（中国广州）

时间：2018年5月24日-5月26日

主办单位：德国慕尼黑大学蕾切尔·卡森中心，中山大学历史学系，中国人民大学生态史研究中心

太平洋是块构造运动的古老产物，它创造了地球上最大的生态区域。虽然航海者们很早便在其水域中探险，人类在其所有的海岸上繁衍，甚至深入其中，直抵夏威夷群岛，然而直至16世纪，其水体方作为一个整体被发现，并在全球尺度的地图之上得以展示。自此，通过国际贸易、战争、文化交换、资源攫取，太平洋成为一个人与自然相互作用日趋频繁之地。我们的会议意在将此大洋更充分地带入环境史学者的话语之中。

我们邀请所有对此议题感兴趣的学者提交相关论文（请勿提交整组论文）。

主题可以涵盖以下内容：太平洋及其洋流对天气与气候类型的动态影响；人类活动对大洋生态系统不断加剧的冲击；海洋与岛屿资源在国际发展中所扮演的角色；不同文化与国家对海洋“所有权”的竞争；贸易网络与包括制图、科考在内的知识交换。我们也欢迎涉及环太平洋国家地区历史的文章，及其相关区域工农业与海洋之间关系的文章。

我们也欢迎涉及环太平洋国家地区历史的文章，及其相关区域工农业与海洋之间关系的文章。

此次会议的主旨发言人为美国历史协会主席，乔治敦大学历史系的约翰·麦克尼尔教授（John McNeill）。

这次会议向包括研究生、博士生和教授在内的所有学者开放。有意者请提交如下材料：标题，300个词左右的英文论文申请书（一页纸），以及一至二页个人简历。

请将申请材料同时发送会议秘书

中山大学历史学系费晟副教授(feish@mail.sysu.edu.cn)

与

蕾切尔·卡森中心Annka Liepold女士

 (events@rcc.lmu.de)

申请截止日期为2018年1月15日

我们将在2018年2月15日前后公布申请结果，2018年5月1日之前提交论文全文（英文5000-6000个词，中文10000-12000字，如提交中文论文，还需提交1000词左右的英文提要）。所有论文将事先在与会者中间传阅，会议中不做论文宣读。

申请评审委员会成员包括：

Christof Mauch教授，慕尼黑大学蕾切尔·卡森环境与社会中心主任

Donald Worster教授，堪萨斯大学赫尔杰出教授（荣休），中国人民大学海外高层次文教专家

夏明方教授，中国人民大学生态史研究中心主任

侯深副教授，中国人民大学生态史研究中心副主任

费晟副教授，中山大学历史学系，中山大学大洋洲研究中心副主任

会议不收取会务费。境外学者旅费（经济舱）将由蕾切尔·卡森中心承担，中国学者（包括港澳台学者）需自行支付旅费。中山大学历史学系将负责所有与会学者在穗食宿（共三晚）及茶歇。

                  慕尼黑大学蕾切尔·卡森环境与社会中心

                             中山大学历史学系

                       中国人民大学生态史研究中心

Call for Papers

An Ocean and its Peoples in Time

The Environmental History of

the Pacific World 

An international workshop to be held at

the Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou, China

 24-26 May 2018

Sponsors:

The Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich,

Department of History and The Center for Oceania Studies, Sun Yat Sen University, Guangzhou

The Center for Ecological History, Renmin University of China, Beijing

The Pacific Ocean is the ancient outcome of plate tectonic movement, creating one of the largest eco-regions on earth.  Although navigators explored those waters early on, and peoples spread to all the ocean’s shores and penetrated as far into the center as the Hawaiian archipelago, it was not until the 16th century that the great body of water was discovered as a whole and mapped at a global scale.  Since then, the Pacific has become a place of increasing human-nature interaction—through international trade, warfare, cultural interchange, and extraction of resources.  Our conference aims to bring that ocean more fully into the discourse of environmental historians.

We invite anyone interested to submit a proposal for a paper relevant to this theme (no panels please).  Topics may include the changing effects of the ocean and its currents on weather and climate patterns, the rising ecological impact by human activity on the ocean’s ecosystems, the role of its marine and island resources on international development, the competition among cultures and nations for “ownership” of the sea, and the networks of trade and knowledge exchange, including mapping and scientific exploration. We are also interested in papers that deal with Pacific Rim countries and the connection of agriculture and industry to the Pacific

Our keynote speaker will be Prof. John McNeill, President of the American Historical Association and  University Professor at Georgetown University.

This workshop is open to all ranks of scholars, from graduate students to senior professors. Paper proposals should be one-page long (or about 300 words) and include a title and a one- or two-page CV.

Send proposals to conference secretary Fei Sheng, Associate Professor , Sun Yat-sen University (feish@mail.sysu.edu.cn) and Ms. Annka Liepold (events@rcc.lmu.de)。

 The deadline for consideration is 1 January 2018.

Successful proposals will be announced around 1 February, and complete drafts of papers (5-6.000 words in English or the equivalent in Chinese characters) will be required by 1 May 2018. All papers will be circulated to the participants in advance and will not be orally presented during the conference.

The members of the selection committee include Christof Mauch, Director of the Rachel Carson Center, Munich, Germany; Mingfang Xia, Director of the Center for Ecological History and Senior Professor in the School of History, Renmin University of China; Donald Worster, Distinguished Foreign Expert, Renmin University; Associate Professor Hou Shen, Renmin University, and Associate Professor FEI SHENG, Sun Yat-sen University.

Travel expenses for scholars living outside of China will be reimbursed by the Rachel Carson Center. Scholars living within China should depend on their own universities for covering travel expenses. For all participants, hotel accommodations for four nights and all meals will be covered by Sun Yat Sen University.