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The call for papers and projects for this year's Place and Placelessnessworkshop has been extended until September 18th, 2012. A short descriptionof this year's event can be found below, and visit the workshop website athttp://virtualeh.wordpress.com/ for further details.*The New Scholars &#60;http://niche-canada.org/new-scholars&#62;** group of theNetwork in Canadian History and Environment would like to invitesubmissions for the 3rd annual Place and Placelessness Online Workshop,taking place October 18-19, 2012.*This online symposium is intended for graduate students and recentlygraduated scholars from all disciplines that seek to better understand thecomplex relationships between nature and culture, with particular attentionpaid to the theme of *climate*. The workshop attempts to replicate thecollegiate atmosphere of a shared-space meeting by using a variety ofinternet tools, including WordPress, Skype, Google Maps, Youtube, Facebookand Twitter to share ideas and participate in engaged discussion. Thismodel should appeal especially to those who are eager for academicgatherings without the cost or carbon footprint of in-person meetings. Theworkshop encourages participation from students across the humanities,social sciences and physical sciences in an attempt to facilitatetrans-disciplinary and transnational dialogue for global issues such asanthropogenic climate change.Although the expectation is that most submissions will come in the form ofin-progress pieces of writing, the organizers welcome submissions ofalternative multi-media projects that utilize online tools to stimulatearguments about our relationship with local, regional, and transnationalenvironments. All interested presenters must submit a CV, as well as a 300word abstract outlining their topic, what format their contribution willtake, and how their paper or project aims to broaden, illustrate orcomplicate the notion of 'climate' by September 18th, 2012.The theme of climate is loosely defined, and may include perspectives on:- governance and policy history- environmental history and industry/industrialization- histories of activism or environmentalism- global climates, international relations and geopolitics- historical climatology- histories of ecology, geology or geophysics- primary source documents in climate history- climate regions (such as arctic or tropical)- new digital climates and virtual communitiesThe organizers would also like to invite others not submittingpapers/projects to 'attend' the workshop as participants. This two-dayevent will take place entirely online, using Skype to communicate, and thewebsite to provide access to the program, papers, presentations, blogposts, feedback, and links to relevant websites. All participants willreceive a *FREE *Skype headset. The workshop has no registration fee, butonly limited space, so sign up early.If you would like to contribute a paper or project, or would like to simplyparticipate in the discussions, *please register* by sending emails toworkshop co-chair, Mike Commito (commitma@mcmaster.ca). A full schedulewill be announced September 25th, 2012.