Thursday, November 17: 02:45 PM-04:45 PM
Dearborn 2
Mapping the Industrial and Commercial Landscape
Chair: Robert Sweeny, Memorial University of Newfoundland (History)
Mapping Hundreds of Factories in Nineteenth Century London and their Global Commodity Networks
Jim Clifford, University of Saskatchewan (History)
The Changing Industrial Structure of Britain’s Localities, 1841-2011
Humphrey Southall, University of Portsmouth (Geography)
Discussant: Robert Sweeney, Memorial University of Newfoundland (History)
Thursday, November 17, 5:00PM-7:00PM
Clark 5
Presidential Session: The Energy Economy from Agriculture to Fossil Fuels
Energy, Robert Solow’s Economics of Growth, and the Abstraction of Nature
Christopher Jones, Arizona State University (Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies
The Energy of Irrigation: Deep Wells, Cropland Production, and the Transformation of Great Plains Agroecosystems, 1950-2015
Andrew Watson, University of Saskatchewan (History)
A Multi-Scale Model of Energy Flows in Modern Canadian Agri-Forestry, 1805-2000
Joshua Macfadyen, Arizona State University (Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies)
Energy and the Regulation of the Global Human Population
John DeLong, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Biological Sciences
Discussant Amanda McMillan Lequieu, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Sociology)
Saturday, November 19, 1:30PM-3:30PM
Dearborn 2
Using GIS to Map Transformative Processes
Chair: Jim Clifford, University of Saskatchewan (History)
Medieval History and GIS: The use of Geographic Information Systems in the Study of Rural Economy of the Catalan Counties (9th to 12th Centuries)
Maria Soler Sala, University of Barcelona (History and Archaeology
The New Face of the City, Urban Transformations and New Geographies. Interpretation Models for the Organisation of Parishes in Venice (1797-1821)
Alessandra Ferright, Universita luav di Venezia (DACC
A Sort of Whirlwind: Mapping the Changing Geography of Presbyterian Religious Observance in Ireland
Niall Cunningham, University of Durham (Geography
Locating Metis Space: Mapping Stories, Kinship and Land Use in a Saskatchewan Metis Community
Cheryl Troupe, University of Saskatchewan (History)
Sunday, November 20, 8:00AM-10:00AM
Clark 5
Presidential Session: Sustaining Soil Fertility in Agricultural Systems
Chair: Vernon Burton, Clemson University (History & CyberInstitute)
Agrarian Intensification and Soil Fertility in Atlantic Spain, 1750s-1880s
Beatriz Corbacho González, University of Santiago de Compostela (Modern History)
Roc Padró Caminal, University of Barcelona (Economic History)
Agricultural History from Below: Maintaining Soil Fertility on the Harrach Estates, 1780-1940
Dino Güldner, Klagenfurt University (Social Ecology)
Agriculture and Soil Fertility in the Great Plains, 1880-1997
Geoff Cunfer, University of Saskatchewan (History)
Looking for a Yield: Soil Nitrogen in Saskatchewan Agriculture, 1916-2001
Laura Larsen, University of Saskatchewan (History)
Discussant: Vernon Burton, Clemson University (History & CyberInstitute)