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American Society for Environmental History: Guidelines for Special Interest Groups The American Society for Environmental History (ASEH) supports the formation of special interest groups (SIGs) that foster members’ connections with peers who share research fields, other common interests, or purpose. Descriptions of current ASEH SIGs can be found on the ASEH website: https://aseh.org/Interest-Groups/ For those interested in having ASEH recognize a SIG, ASEH requests the group submit a letter to the ASEH Executive Director, who will then circulate it for review by the ASEH Council. The letter should include 1) The SIG’s name 2) Brief description of the group’s purpose (< 150 words) 3) List of other organizations the SIG liaises with, and 4) Contact information for the SIG’s leadership. ASEH Council will recognize a SIG if it determines that doing so will further ASEH’s mission. After reviewing the letter, the SIG will be informed of the council’s decision. Every two years SIGs will be asked if they want to renew their designation with ASEH. ASEH administrative support to SIGs consists of: 1) listing the SIG with a description and contact information on the ASEH website 2) arranging meeting space for the SIG at the conference hotel during ASEH’s annual conference 3) including SIG events on registration for the conference 4) administering any financial transactions related to the conference for SIGs 5) seeking sponsorships for SIG events held at the conference 6) publicizing SIG events ASEH encourages SIGs to hold an event during ASEH’s annual conference. SIGs can work with the ASEH Executive Director to reserve a space within ASEH’s meeting space at the conference hotel. Note, ASEH does not normally schedule events that conflict with the concurrent sessions. ASEH Special Interest Groups Women's Environmental History Newtwork (WEHN) queer@eh War and Environment Food, Agriculture, and the Environment Envirotech Envirotech is a special interest group (SIG) within the Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) and the American Society for Environmental History (ASEH) that focuses on the interrelationship of technology and nature. Since the early 1990s, “nature and technology” have received greater attention in conference presentations, journals, and monographs by historians of technology and environmental historians. Active since 2000, the Envirotech SIG explores ways to investigate this intersection and support researchers in this inquiry. We look forward to welcoming any scholar interested in nature and technology from any disciplinary backgrounds. We especially encourage participation from graduate students, early-career scholars, and scholars outside North America. To find out more about ways to participate in the Envirotech SIG, please visit our website: https://www.envirotechhistory.org/ Affiliate Groups Animal History Health & the Urban Environment Working Group is a monthly, virtual working group that brings together scholars from the subfields of urban history, environmental history, and history of medicine/public health to consider the deep interconnections between health and urban environments. Our goal is to create conversations in a space dedicated to sharing methodologies and works-in-progress. We welcome scholars working on any geography or time period with a commitment to engaging with new ideas and questions that will advance our understanding about how the health of populations, and the urban environments in which they live, have been historically co-produced. You can join here: https://www.chstm.org/group/health-and-urban-environment or contact one of the conveners: Melanie Kiechle (mkiechle@vt.edu), Kristin Brig-Ortiz (krisinb@wustl.edu) or Evan Roberts (eroberts@umn.edu). |