The Annual Pierre du Bois Conference 2018

ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY as if the FUTURE MATTERED:

WRITING the HISTORY and the FUTURE of the ANTHROPOCENE

03 – 04 October 2018

 

The 2018 Annual Pierre du Bois Conference, organized by the Graduate Institute in partnership with the Pierre du Bois Foundation, took place at Maison de la Paix from 03 – 04 October 2018. The conference was organized by Professor Susanna B. Hecht.

Here are links to the programme, background note, and the photo gallery.

A Keynote Lecture titled Transforming the Future: Anticipation in the 21st Century was given by Riel Miller from UNESCO on Wednesday, 3 October 2018. More information including Riel Miller’s biography can be found here.

The conference was a great success thanks to the organizers, participants, and those that attended.