HIS408H1

Advanced Topics in Environmental History

This advanced undergraduate seminar will explore themes in environmental history. Thematic focus will vary from year to year, and may include extinction, nuclear power in environmental history, empire and environment, toxicity and contamination, climate change, the Columbian exchange, the Anthropocene, agriculture, animals, and/or other themes. Time period and geographical focus will also vary in keeping with the thematic focus of this course.