Series - Holocene Histories: Humans, Plants, Animals
Holocene Histories adopts a holistic approach to human-ecosystem interactions in the Holocene by encouraging cooperation between the humanities and the life sciences. There is a consensus that the ecological problems we currently face (biodiversity loss, climate change, pollution) are human-induced and unprecedented. Still, this should not be taken to mean that most ecosystems were more or less ‘natural’ before the 1800s, as current debates about the start date of the Anthropocene clearly show. This series aims to provide a platform for researchers who wish to study interactions between humans and other lifeforms (animals, plants, fungi, etc.) in the past. Holocene Histories welcomes manuscripts from the humanities and life sciences that make substantial use of historical and archaeological sources and engage meaningfully with recent ecological research. Interdisciplinary studies that focus on the history of biodiversity and shifting historical baselines are especially encouraged.
Series Editors
Dr. Sander Govaerts (Ghent University and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
Dr. Claire Weeda (Leiden University)
Editorial Board
Prof. dr. Andrea Gaynor (The University of Western Australia, Environmental History).
Dr. Gertrud Haidvogl (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Environmental History and Historical Ecology of Rivers).
Prof. dr. Bila-Isia Inogwabini (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and Catholic University of Congo, Biodiversity Conservation and Human Occupation History).
Prof. dr. Thijs Lambrecht (Ghent University, Late Medieval and Early Modern Rural History).
Dr. Rob Lenders (Radboud University Nijmegen, Historical Ecology).
Dr. Loren McClenachan (University of Victoria, Historical Marine Ecology).
Dr. John K. Millhauser (North Carolina State University, Archaeology and Anthropology).
Prof. Dr. Taddeo Rusoke, (Nkumba University, Conservation Sciences).
Dr. Péter Szabó (Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Masaryk University, Environmental History and Historical Ecology).
Prof. dr. Samuel Turvey (Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London).
