From: Harriet Ritvo [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 11:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Fwd: MHS Environmental History Seminar Massachusetts Historical Society Boston Environmental History Seminar Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 5:15 pm Anya Zilberstein, Concordia University: "Cold Comfort: The Benefits of Climate Change in Early North America" The perceived suitability of a region for cultivation and commerce influenced settlement patterns in the colonial era and into the 19th century. Join us to learn how early scientific climate studies and natural histories influenced the development of New England and Nova Scotia throughout this period. Comment: Brian Donahue, Brandeis University All seminars take place at the society, 1154 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02215, and commence at 5:15 PM. Each seminar consists of a discussion of a pre-circulated paper provided to our subscribers. Afterwards the Society will provide a light buffet supper. All seminars are free and open to the public. There is a charge to subscribe to the papers for the season. We encourage you to subscribe for online access to the papers via our website; this costs $15. You may pay by credit card online at: <http://www.masshist.org/events/attend.cfm> www.masshist.org/events/attend.cfm. If you pay by check please indicate the name of the seminar to which you are subscribing and mail it to the Society. For those absolutely unable to acquire the essays off the Internet we will still send seminar papers via the USPS for a higher subscription rate of $25. Please RSVP so that we know how many will attend. To RSVP, please email <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] or call 617-646-0540. You may also write, e-mail, or phone if you wish to be removed from this mailing list. We look forward to seeing you at the seminars! Kate Viens Research Coordinator Massachusetts Historical Society 1154 Boylston St. Boston, MA 02215 617-646-0568
Dear Bianca--Could you forward this announcement to the HASTS students and faculty? Anya is a recent graduate of our program. Thanks, Harriet Harriet Ritvo Arthur J. Conner Professor of History President, American Society for Environmental History E51-285 MIT Cambridge MA 02139 617/253-6960 [email protected] http://web.mit.edu/hnritvo/www/ritvo.htm ----- Forwarded message from [email protected] ----- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:16:06 -0400 From: Kate Viens <[email protected]> Reply-To: Kate Viens <[email protected]> Subject: MHS Environmental History Seminar To: Kate Viens <[email protected]> Massachusetts Historical Society Boston Environmental History Seminar Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 5:15 pm Anya Zilberstein, Concordia University: "Cold Comfort: The Benefits of Climate Change in Early North America" The perceived suitability of a region for cultivation and commerce influenced settlement patterns in the colonial era and into the 19th century. Join us to learn how early scientific climate studies and natural histories influenced the development of New England and Nova Scotia throughout this period. Comment: Brian Donahue, Brandeis University All seminars take place at the society, 1154 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02215, and commence at 5:15 PM. Each seminar consists of a discussion of a pre-circulated paper provided to our subscribers. Afterwards the Society will provide a light buffet supper. All seminars are free and open to the public. There is a charge to subscribe to the papers for the season. We encourage you to subscribe for online access to the papers via our website; this costs $15. You may pay by credit card online at: www.masshist.org/events/attend.cfm <http://www.masshist.org/events/attend.cfm> . If you pay by check please indicate the name of the seminar to which you are subscribing and mail it to the Society. For those absolutely unable to acquire the essays off the Internet we will still send seminar papers via the USPS for a higher subscription rate of $25. Please RSVP so that we know how many will attend. To RSVP, please email [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> or call 617-646-0540. You may also write, e-mail, or phone if you wish to be removed from this mailing list. We look forward to seeing you at the seminars! Kate Viens Research Coordinator Massachusetts Historical Society 1154 Boylston St. Boston, MA 02215 617-646-0568 ----- End forwarded message -----
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