Call for Papers: Environment and Society in East-Central Europe Conference (ESIEE), University of Ostrava, Czechia, 28-29 May 2026
The Environment and Society in East-Central Europe Conference 2026 invites scholars from history, environmental studies, sociology, geography, and related disciplines to explore how humans have shaped—and been shaped by—the environment in the East-Central European region. Does East-Central Europe have a distinguished environmental past? If so, how?
To answer these pressing questions, this conference provides a forum for interdisciplinary exchange, encourages collaboration, and fosters new approaches to understanding the historical and contemporary environmental challenges of the region.
The 2026 ESIEE Conference welcomes papers and panels addressing a wide range of topics, including but not limited to:
Keynote speakers: Stephen Brain, Mississippi State University, USA, and Doubravka Olšáková Charles University, Czechia
Submission Information:
Individual Papers: Submit your 300-word abstract and page-long bio by 31.1.2026 to cesh(at)osu(dot)cz
Complete Sessions, Workshops, and Interventions: Submit your 300-500 word session abstract with information on approach, goal, contributors’ role, and page-long bio by 31.1.2026 to cesh(at)osu(dot)cz
ESIEE 2026 is supported by the European Society for Environmental History, Slovak Historical Society, University of Ostrava, and the Department of History at the University of Ostrava
Keynote at the "7th workshop on business history in central and eastern Europe," Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Preparatory Workshop: "How to do Environmental history: working with local communities and actors" and Keynote: "Waste in the East. Consumerism and Trash in Communist Eastern Europe"
Keynote and Workshop at "Socialist Anthropocene in the Visual Arts, Research Week IV: Greening Socialism." Institute of Advanced Studies, University College London, UK
Keynote at "The Natural Resources and Ecosystem Potential of the Waters of Slovenia," Institute of Contemporary History, Ljubljana, Slovenia
"Waste in the East. Consumerism and Trash in Communist Eastern Europe" Keynote at 4th Annual Graduate Workshop of the Graduate School for East and Southeast European Studies, University of Regensburg ENVIRONMENTAL DISCOURSE AND PRACTICE IN EASTERN AND Southern EUROPE: Facing Challenges and Opportunities 25th May – 27th May 2023.