Thursday, May 23

5月23日，星期四

Welcome Address and Introduction

Venue: Mozart Theater, RUC

16:00-17:45

开幕式           地点：中国人民大学莫扎特音乐厅

Moderator: Mingfang Xia  Shen Hou

主持人：夏明方  侯深

1        Welcome Speech by the Vice President of Remin University of China (RUC)

中国人民大学副校长杨慧林教授致开幕词

2        Welcome Speech by the Dean of the School of History

中国人民大学历史学院院长孙家洲教授致欢迎词

3        Appointment of Christof Mauch (Rachel Carson Center) as visiting professor at Remin University of China

克里斯多夫•毛赫先生中国人民大学客座教授授予仪式

4        Keynote Address by Donald Worster (University of Kansas/RUC)

唐纳德•沃斯特教授主题报告：脆弱时代

5        Photographs

集体合影

18:00-20:00

Welcome Banquet

欢迎晚宴

Conference venue (May 24-26): Room 8, Conference building, the Xiaodao Resort）

会议地点（5月24日-25日）：蟹岛度假村会议楼二层第八会议室

Friday, May 24

5月24日，星期五

8:00 – 10:00

Session 1: The Yellow River in History

Chair: Christof Mauch

第一场：历史上的黄河

主持人：克里斯多夫·毛赫

1.

Ling Zhang (Boston College), with commentary by Tim Soens
Whose Water, Whose Sand, and Whose Land? The Yellow River and the Local Environmental History of Lankao County (12^th - 20^th centuries)

张玲（波士顿学院，美国）

沙之旅：兰考，沙化与黄河

评论人：Tim Soens

2.

Ruth Mostern (University of California, Merced), with commentary by Mingfang Xia
The Yellow River in Big Historical Perspective:  A New Assessment of Disaster Data

Ruth Mostern（加利福尼亚大学莫塞德校区，美国）

大历史视角下的黄河：灾害数据的新评价

评论人：夏明方

3.

Yingze Hu (Shanxi University), with commentary by Jingping Zhang
Flooding, Watercourse Shift and the Technical Strategy of the Farmland System of the Yellow River from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China

胡英泽（山西大学社会史研究中心，中国）

黄河泛滥、河道变迁和耕地体系的技术策略——基于清代至民国时期陕西和山西黄河沿岸土地相关史料的研究

评论人：张景平

4.

Kathryn Edgerton-Tarpley (San Diego State University), with commentary by Andrea Janku
Water in Wartime: Local-level Experiences of the Yellow River Flood of 1938-1947

艾志端（圣地亚哥州立大学历史系，美国）

战时的河水：1938-1947年黄河水灾的地方经验

评论人：Andrea Janku

10:00 – 10:30

Break

会间休息

10:30 – 12:15

Session 2: Droughts Around the Globe

Chair: Donald Worster

第二场：遍布全球的干旱

主持人：唐纳德•沃斯特

1.

Seth Garfield (University of Texas at Austin), with commentary by Andy Horowitz

Revisiting Drought in Northeastern Brazil:  A Case Study from World War II

Seth Garfield（德克萨斯大学奥斯丁分校历史系，美国）

重谈巴西东北部干旱问题：二战以来的一个个案研究

评论人：Andy Horowitz

2.

Ruth Morgan (Monash University), with commentary by Nicholas Breyfogle
On the Home Front: Australians and the 1914 Drought

Ruth Morgan (莫纳什大学，澳大利亚) 

家园之内：澳大利亚人与1914年旱灾

评论人：Nicholas Breyfogle

3.

Kundai Manamere (University of Zimbabwe), with commentary by Severin Hohensinner
Droughts, Floods, and Livelihoods in Zimbabwe’s South East Lowveld

Kundai Management（津巴布韦大学历史系）

津巴布韦东南部低地的干旱、洪水和人们生活

评论人：Severin Hohensinner

4.

Jingping Zhang (Tsinghua University), with commentary by Junya Ma
The Evolution of Ideas of Drought during the Modernization of Irrigation in the Hexi Corridor

张景平（清华大学历史系，中国） 

河西走廊西部地区水利现代化进程中旱灾观念演变研究

评论人：马俊亚

12:15 – 13:30

Lunch

午餐

13:30 – 15:15

Session 3: Coping with Aridity

Chair: Xinyu Cao

第三场：应对干旱

主持人：曹新宇

1.

Andrea Janku (University of London), with commentary by Ellen Arnold

Drought in Northwest China: A Long‐Term Perspective

Andrea Janku (伦敦大学) 

中国西北的旱灾: 一个长时段的视角

评论人：Ellen Arnold

2.

Bradley Skopyk (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), with commentary by Dale Stahl
Rivers of Empire or Rivers of God? The Problem of Synchronic Cataclysms in Colonial Central Mexico

Bradley Skopyk (墨西哥国立自治大学) 

帝国之河抑或上帝之河？殖民时期墨西哥中部的共时性灾难问题

评论人：Dale Stahl

3.

Xiang Han (Renmin University of China), with commentary by Wei Pan

The Death of “the Little Yellow River”: The Flood and Drought of the Hutuo River and Its Ecological Transformation since the Ming Dynasty

韩祥（中国人民大学清史研究所） “小黄河”之死：明清以来滹沱河流域的水旱灾害与生态系统变迁

评论人：潘威

15:15 – 15:45

Break

会间休息

15:45 – 17:30

Session 4: Dealing with Droughts and Floods

Chair: Hao Chen

第四场：旱涝灾害及其防治

主持人：侯深

1.

Wei  Pan (Shaanxi Normal University), with commentary by Qing Zhou
The Idea of Quotas and the Shift of the Rain Belt: The Flood Crisis of Eastern China, 1766-1823

潘  威（陕西师范大学,中国）

定额理念与雨带推移：1736-1823年中国的洪涝危机

评论人：周晴

2.

Steven Serels (Harvard University), with commentary by Eric Strahorn

The Negative Consequences of Famine Prevention Policies on Pastoralist Drought Coping Strategies in Eastern Sudan

Steven Serels (哈佛大学) 

东苏丹应对牧场干旱和预防饥荒政策的消极后果

评论人：Eric Strahorn

3.

Svetlana Kovalskaya (Eurasian National University), with commentary by Emily O’Gorman

Jute in Kazakh Steppe

Svetlana Kovalskaya (欧亚国立大学，哈萨克斯坦) 

哈萨克斯坦草原的家畜大规模饿死

评论人：Emily O’Gorman

4.

Jiayan Zhang (Kennesaw State University), with commentary by Kathryn Edgerton-Tapley

Water, Dike, and Temple: Water Deity Worship and Dike Management in the Jianghan Plain, 1788-2010

张家炎（肯尼索州立大学，美国） 

水、堤与寺庙：江汉平原的水神信仰与堤防管理（1788-2010）

评论人：Kathryn Edgerton-Tarpley

From 18:30

Dinner

晚餐

Saturday, May 25

5月25日，星期六

8:00 – 9:45

Session 5: Flood Disasters—Impacts and Legacies

Chair: Ling Zhang

第五场：洪水灾害——冲击与影响

主持人：张玲

1.

Jiange Wang (Fudan University), with  commentary by Jiayan Zhang

The transformation of Wu Song river and Huangpu river and the drought sensitive in middle and lower reaches of Wu Song river in the Ming dynasty

王建革（复旦大学历史地理研究所）

江浦转换与明代吴淞江中下游的旱情敏感

评论人：张家炎

2.

Peter Coates (University of Bristol), with commentary by John Morgan

Il Mississippi Italiano: Italy’s Volatile Relationship with the Po

Peter Coates（布里斯托大学） 

意大利的密西西比河：意大利与波河不断变动的关系

评论人：John Morgan

3.

Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted (Eastern Washington University), with commentary by Seth Garfield
Living on the Mississippi:  African Americans and the Great Flood of 1927

Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted (东华盛顿大学) 

生活在密西西比河上：非洲裔美国人与1927年大洪水

评论人：Seth Garfield

4.

Andy Horowitz (Yale University), with commentary by Kundai Manamere

Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?: Katrina in Historical Perspective

Andy Horowitz (耶鲁大学) 

“你可知道思念新奥尔良的滋味”：飓风“卡特里娜”的历史

评论人：Kundai Manamere

9:45 – 10:15

Break

会间休息

10:15 – 12:00

Session 6: Managing Rivers—Controlling Floods

Chair: Yunwei Song

第六场：管理河流——控制洪水

主持人：宋云伟

1.

Dale Stahl (Columbia University), with commentary by Ruth Morgan
Between the Two Rivers: Managing Disaster in British Mandate Baghdad

Dale Stahl（哥伦比亚大学） 

两河之间：英国委任统治巴格达期间的灾害治理

评论人：Ruth Morgan

2.

Eric Strahorn (Florida Gulf Coast University), with commentary by Ling Zhang

Flood Control in the Himalayas: A Preliminary History of Futility

Eric Strahorn (佛罗里达湾岸大学)

喜马拉雅地区的洪水控制：早期防洪无效的历史

评论人：张玲

3.

Li Zhang (Shaanxi Normal University), with commentary by Yingze Hu

The Dispute over the Expansion of the Dahaizi Reservoir in Xijiang Province in the 1950s

张莉（陕西师范大学） 

1950年代新疆大海子水库扩建的争议

评论人：胡英泽

4.

Nicholas Breyfogle (Ohio State University), with commentary by Steven Serels

Drowning the Sacred Waters: The Hydroelectric Flooding of the Angara River and Lake Baikal in the 1950s

Nicholas Breyfogle（俄亥俄州立大学历史系） 

溺于圣水：1950年代安加拉河和贝加尔湖水力发电所致的洪灾

评论人：Steven Serels

12:00 – 13:30

Lunch

午餐

13:30 – 15:15

Session 7: Risks and Floods since Medieval Times

Chair: Kathryn Edgerton-Tarpley

第七场：中世纪以来的风险与洪水

主持人：艾志端

1.

Ellen Arnold (Ohio Wesleyan University), with commentary by Svetlana Kovalskaya

Riverine Risk in the Environmental Imagination of Early Medieval Europe

Ellen Arnold (俄亥俄卫斯里安大学)   

中世纪早期环境想象中的河流之险

评论人：Svetlana Kovalskaya

2.

Tim Soens (University of Antwerp), with commentary by Ruth Mostern

Flood Disasters and the Rise of Rural Capitalism in Pre-Modern Europe. Test-case: the River Estuaries of the North Sea Area (1300–1800 CE)

Tim Soens (安特卫普大学，比利时) 

洪灾与欧洲近代之前乡村资本主义的兴起：以北海的河湾区为例

评论人：Ruth Mostern

3.

Severin Hohensinner (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna), with commentary by Peter Coates
The More Dikes the Higher the Floods: Vienna and its Danube Floods, 1700–1918

Severin Hohensinner (维也纳自然资源与生命科学大学)   

堤防越多，洪峰越高——维也纳和多瑙河洪水（1700-1918）

评论人：Peter Coates

4.

Qing Zhou (Southern China University of Agriculture), with commentary by Li Zhang
River Networks, Floods, and Local Knowledge System of the Pearl River Delta in the Middle and Late Qing Dynasty

周晴（华南农业大学）  清代中后期珠江三角洲的河网、洪涝和地方知识体系:以西江河口三角洲为中心

评论人: 张莉

15:15 – 15:45

Break

会间休息

15:45 – 17:30

Session 8: Too Much or Too Little—Environmental Challenges and Crises around the Globe

Chair: Jiayan Zhang

第八场：太多或太少——全球环境挑战与危机

主持人：张家炎

1.

Emily O’Gorman (Macquarie University), with commentary by Bradley Skopyk

Flood Country: Histories of Floods in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

Emily O’Gorman （麦考瑞大学） 

“泽国”：澳大利亚墨累-达令河流域的洪涝史

评论人：Bradley Skopyk

2.

Junya Ma (Nanjing University), with commentary by Jiange Wang
Sacrificing Local Interest: Central Water Control and the Social Economic Conditions of Modern Huaibei, 1580-1949

马俊亚 (南京大学)  

牺牲局部：中央洪水控制与近世淮北的社会经济状况

评论人：王建革

3.

John Morgan (University of Warwick), with commentary by Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted
The Great River Severn Flood of 1607: Responses and Legacies

John Morgan (华威大学)  

1607年赛文河大洪水：社会反应与制度影响

评论人：Dorothy Zeisler-Vralsted

18:00-19：30

Dinner

晚餐