Centre for World Environmental History

23/07/2025

Join us in observing International Mangrove Day on 26 July 2025 at the Indian Museum, Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata.
Engage in insightful talks, exhibitions, and interactive sessions celebrating the vital role of mangroves in our ecosystem.

04/06/2025

Join us for an exciting Climates of Empire 2025 conference. Registration open. For more details click https://www.sussex.ac.uk/cweh/newsandevents/events

23/05/2025

Workshop on intersecting histories of Indigenous communities in Jharkhand, Central India & Northeast India. Exploring shared pasts of marginalization, governance & resistance. Join the conversation!

09/05/2025

Join us on Mon, 23 June (4–6 PM) at Portland Hall, University of Westminster for Seed Stories — a 42-min doc on seed conservation & indigenous farming in Odisha. Followed by a panel with filmmakers & scholars.
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Register here : https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/seed-stories-documentary-screening-and-panel-discussion-tickets-1349615870399?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl

12/04/2025

“The Adivasis of eastern India and the global planetary health crisis” by Prof Vinita Damodaran in The Lancet is a powerful call to center Indigenous voices in the fight for climate and health justice.

🔗 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00570-7/abstract

As historians we rarely predict the future since we are trained to look at the past, draw lessons from it, and identify turning points in history. The Industrial Revolution, beginning around 1800, was such a turning point with its enormous resource needs, as was the period after 1945 with the rush t...

04/04/2025

Will TB ever end? On , we join hands with Ekta Niketan TB Centre to discuss the harsh reality of TB in India. Despite bold claims & new programs, anti-TB drugs remain scarce, and patients continue to suffer. Urgent action is needed!

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04/04/2025

Kalimpong: A history of espionage & intrigue between India and China.
Read this fascinating piece by Prem Poddar, Senior Associate at the Centre for World Environmental History.

https://scroll.in/article/1080836

Prem Poddar and Lisa Lindkvist Zhang’s ‘Through the India–China Border: Kalimpong in the Himalayas’ examines the historical role of the town.

21/03/2025

A four-day natural dye & tie-dye workshop is underway at Sundarban Bijoynagar Disha, West Bengal. In collaboration with CWEH and Botanical Survey of India, it explores dye extraction from indigenous plants, focusing on mangrove species.

06/03/2025

Join the walkthrough of Science, Humanism & the Making of Modern India—an exhibition unearthing hidden colonial-era networks & indigenous narratives.

In January 2023, the University of Sussex, in collaboration with the Botanical Survey of India and the John Innes Centre, launched an exhibition in the Industrial Section of the Indian Museum in Kolkata, titled "Science, Humanism and the Making of Modern India", curated by Michael Rayner and Vinita....

07/02/2025

Join us at the University of Sussex on June 26-27, 2025, for a workshop marking the 30th anniversary of Richard Grove’s Green Imperialism (1995). A key dialogue between environmental historians & climate researchers! Stay tuned for registration updates (in-person & online)

07/09/2024

All-day event by the Centre for World Environmental History
Date: September 16, 2024
Time: 10 AM to 5 PM
The event consists of two main parts:

Exhibition: "Iconography of climate change: children's painting from Bengal Delta"

This is part of the mangrove school projected runs throughout the day

Seminar: "The earth is full of spirits as a tree is full of leaves: environmental values and oral narratives of indigenous communities in India"

Time: 3 PM to 5 PM, Arts A, Room Number A108
Speakers for the seminar include:

Dr. Anindita Saha
Dr. Amarjeet Gurumayum
Dr. Alex Aisher
Zuky Sherper
Dr. Saumya Ranjan Nath

23/05/2024

Some snippets from 'CWEH Mangrove School project - Batik Art workshop' at Bali Island, West Bengal. About 30 students participated along with visitors from Sunderbans Tiger Widow Welfare Society.