Speaker: Prof. Poul Holm

Host: Prof. Bao Maohong

Time: June 27, 2016

Location: Room 403, science building, Peking University

Sponsors: World environmental history research center, Peking University, Peking University Institute of Ocean Research

topics:

topics 1: 8:30-11:30 Oceans and the Anthropocene: the historical turn of science

topics 2: 14:00-16:30 The North Atlantic fish revolution1400-1800: A fishery framed by globalization, climate and war

Biography:

Professor of Environmental History, current research interest is North Atlantic fisheries c. 1400-1700, and more generally the interdisciplinary combination of marine science and history. He has studied the impact of war on everyday life in Norway, Sweden and Denmark between 1550 and 1914 and published widely on medieval and early modern marine environment, coastal communities, and maritime culture.