Event Details

End: May 28, 2016
Contact: waterconference@ln.edu.hk

Lingnan University, the University of Hong Kong, and the Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient (Brill Publishers) are pleased to announce a call for papers for a conference devoted to the history of water management in the arid regions in the Middle East, Maghreb, Sahel, Caucasus, Central/Inner Asia, Mongolia, and China in the early modern and modern periods and into the present day.

The conference is open to historians, social and environmental scientists contributing various areas of expertise (including but not limited to environmental history, economic history, social history, cultural history, history of science, geography, anthropology, sociology, international relations, political science).

Submissions

Paper or panel proposals should be sent to waterconference@ln.edu.hk by 15 October 2015.

Proposals should include paper abstracts of up to 500 words and a short CV (no more than 2 pages) of each presenter. Panel proposals should include 3 speakers and a discussant. Any questions or queries can be sent to waterconference@ln.edu.hk.