Segnaliamo l’imminente edizione annuale della Conferenza della American Society for Environmental History dal titolo “Forging Environments: Confluence, Resilience, Intersectionality””, in programma dal 9-12 aprile 2025 presso l’Omni William Penn Hotel di Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, Stati Uniti).
The theme, “Forging Environments: Confluence, Resilience, Intersectionality,” speaks directly to Pittsburgh’s past. Located where the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers form the Ohio, the city sits on lands historically stewarded by the Onödowá’ga:’ (Seneca), saawanwa (Shawnee) and Lenape (Delaware) peoples. These nations intersected in an environment rich with natural resources at the gateway to the continent’s heartland. Later, the extraction of the area’s coal, timber, natural gas, and limestone by colonizers forged new landscapes. But the Steel City’s industrial might came at a significant environmental and human cost, necessitating remediation and mitigation strategies in the face of deindustrialization. Now a hub for technology and finance, the Greater Pittsburgh region stands as a monument to environmental resilience and renewal.
