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Oxford Environmental History Seminar series jointly convened by Oxford University, Oxford Brookes University, Maison Fran&#231;aise d&#8217;Oxford, and the RUCHE (R&#233;seau Universitaire de Chercheurs en Histoire Environnementale)All sessions are on Mondays, 16:00-18:307th NovemberIntroductory sessionVenue: Maison Fran&#231;aise d'Oxford, Norham Road    Thomas Le Roux (CNRS-MFO), &#8220;Environmental History in France and Great Britain: Methodology, New Perspectives, Common Ground&#8221;23rd January&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Resources (16th-18th c.)Venue: Maison Fran&#231;aise d'Oxford, Norham Road    Gr&#233;gory Quenet (Universit&#233; de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines), &#8220;Building the Palace of Versailles: Environmental Consequences&#8221;    Paul Warde (University of East Anglia), 'Life, land and limits in the &#34;organic economy&#34;, c.1670-1840'13th February&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Chemistry and Environment (18th-early 19th c.)Venue: Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Headington    Jean-Baptiste Fressoz (Imperial college, London), &#8220;Chemistry and the Transformation of Environment, 1750-1850&#8221;    John Perkins (Oxford Brookes University), &#8220;Chemical Expertise and Industrial Pollution in Rouen, 1770-1810&#8221;5th March&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Landscape (19th-early 20th c.)Venue: tbc     Charles-Fran&#231;ois Mathis (University de Paris-Sorbonne), &#8220;Landscape and Preservation in England in the 19th c.&#8221;    Jeremy Burchardt (University of Reading), &#8220;Landscape, Preservationism and Local Interests, the Example of Berkshire, early 20th c.&#8221;23rd April&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Workplace environment (20th c.)Venue: tbc     Judith Rainhorn (Universit&#233; de Lille-Valenciennes), &#8220;Lead Poisoning and the Way of the International Acknowledgment&#8221;    Peter Bartrip (University of Oxford), &#8220;Regulating Asbestos Hazards in Mid-Twentieth Century Britain&#8221;21st May&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Climate Question (18th-19th c.)Venue: tbc     Fabien Locher (CNRS/EHESS, Paris), &#8220;Climate and &#8216;Government&#8217; (France, 18th-19th c.)&#8221;     Vladimir Jankovic (University of Manchester), &#8220;Climate as Agency&#8221;11th June&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; History of biodiversity (20th c.) Venue: tbc     Christophe Bonneuil (EHESS, Paris), &#8220;An Environmental History of Gene: Plant Breeding and Crop Biodiversity in France, 20th c.&#8221;    British colleague to be confirmedConvener: Thomas Le Roux (CNRS-MFO)For further information: reception@mfo.ac.uk, website: http://www.mfo.ac.uk/