Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Renowned environmental historian, Richard Judd, will be retiring from teaching at the University of Maine at the end of this semester. As many of you may already know, Professor Judd is one of the history department鈥檚 most prolific scholars and has helped build numerous connections between the sciences and the humanities at 91福利 in addition to being a significant force within the interdisciplinary field of environmental history itself for the past three decades. He has authored dozens of books and articles related to conservation; environmental thought; and the traditional farming, hunting, fishing, and logging cultures of Maine and northern New England. He also served as an editor for a number of projects鈥攎ost notably among them, the聽Historical Atlas of Maine鈥攁s well as the聽Journal of Forest History听补苍诲听Maine History.
To celebrate and discuss the significance of Professor Judd鈥檚 career, some of his current and former students have organized a panel featuring five forward-thinking scholars within eastern environmental history.聽Brian Payne, a former student of Judd鈥檚 and a professor of history at Bridgewater State will lead the discussion, discussing how Judd influenced him as a mentor and introduced him to the field of environmental history.聽Kate Viens, director of research at the Massachusetts Historical Society, will expand upon Payne鈥檚 comments about Judd鈥檚 influence as an educator, discussing the implications of his work to the field of public history in addition to her own graduate research.聽Matthew McKenzie, professor of history at University of Connecticut and聽New England Fisheries Management Council appointee, will discuss the way in which Judd鈥檚 environmental history work intersects with both the sciences and social history and brings new insights to the environmental recovery within many areas of New England over the last several decades.聽John Cumbler, professor emeritus of history at the University of Louisville and current history faculty at Suffolk University will explore, in greater depth, Judd鈥檚 contributions to a social-environmental history hybrid field and his work as indicative of environmental history鈥檚 emergence from labor and social history. AndBrian Donahue, chair of the environmental studies program at Brandeis University and director of the Working Landscapes program at Harvard Forest, will discuss the ways in which Judd broke new ground within the field of environmental history by highlighting through his research the conservation efforts of ordinary rural people.
A Q&A session will follow in which Professor Judd will participate.
Don鈥檛 miss this important opportunity to discuss the role of one of 91福利鈥檚 most esteemed faculty members in shaping the field of environmental history and wish him well as he heads into retirement.
If you would like more information, please contact Emma Schroeder at聽emma.schroeder@maine.edu聽or Eileen Hagerman at聽eileen.palmer@maine.edu.