Initial program
March 26 (Tallinn University, Institute of History)
Afternoon (time specified later) Verena Winiwarter (Alpen Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Austria) “The Anthropocene” – a useful concept to understand the present by looking at the past?
March 27 (Sagadi hostel)
9.00 Departure from Tallinn to Sagadi
10.15 Welcome coffee
10.30 Session led by Hannes Bergthaller (National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan)
Narrative Form and Social Order: Contextualizing Environmental History
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Session led by Kati Lindström (University of Tartu; KAJAK, Estonia)
Scaling Time: Different Temporalities and Time Scales in the Environment and the Meta-Level.
16.00 Coffee
16.30 Session led by Dolly Jørgensen (Umeå University, Sweden)
Is all narrative about change over time?
18.30 Dinner
20.00 Sauna
March 28 (Sagadi hostel)
8.30 Breakfast
9.00 Session led by Frank S. Zelko (University of Vermont, USA; Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Germany) & Kieko Matteson (University of Hawaii; Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society, Germany)
Big History
11.00 Coffee
11.30 Summing up
13.00 Lunch
14.00 A nature walk in Lahemaa National Park
16.00 Departure from Sagadi
17.00 Back in Tallinn