HIST 90.19 Climate, Natural Disasters, and Environmental History

This course explores the politics of natural disaster in a global historical perspective. We will begin by studying different logics under which humans have worried that 'natural' disasters might be manmade, focusing on recent scholarship that argues that social inequalities shape the impacts of disaster. We will then consider the political processes by which events have come to be recognized as environmental disasters. Finally, we will analyze the politics of disaster in our changing climate.

Cross Listed Courses

GEOG 80.12

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:SOC

Distributive and/or World Culture

Dist:SOC

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Department-Specific Course Categories

Class of 2023 and Before Major Dist: INTER; Class of 2024 and Beyond Major Dist: none.