CHE Workshops

In January of 2007, CHE began its annual series of workshops that use place to integrate transdisciplinary perspectives, both in education and research, in understanding human-environment interactions over time.

The first faculty-graduate student workshop took place through an evolving partnership with Montana State University. Approximately 12 Nelson Institute-affiliated faculty and graduate students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison participated in a workshop in January of 2007 at Chico Hot Springs, just outside Yellowstone National Park, devoted to exploring particular issues at the interdisciplinary intersection of environmental history, history of science, history of technology, and conservation biology.

In the spring of 2007, CHE faculty and students traveled to the Apostle Islands region of northern Wisconsin for 5 days to explore the many facets of the region’s rich cultural, environmental, and social history.

Future workshop sites include Chicago and the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, agricultural landscapes of southern Wisconsin, and Aldo Leopold's shack.