Imaginings
stories, creative nonfiction, poetry, and other imaginative accounts of the natural world
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Welcome to the Taproom
By Pavla Å imková When I started doing research in beer history, I had no idea what I was getting into. I doubt there is a beer pun in the world I haven’t heard yet. People have wished me hoppy holidays. They can barely contain their excitement about interesting beer articles they have just read.
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Day 7. Danube Excursion: Bratislava—Munich
by Lea Wiser Bratislava †’ Munich Spending a night on a boat and waking up to views over the glimmering river is not something that happens every day. After a long night, a hearty breakfast helped us to regain our energy for the last guided tour with Peter Pisut, who specializes in the historical…
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Uses of Environmental History: Sandra Swart
This is the final post in the uses of environmental history series. The series has been adapted from contributions to a roundtable forum published in the first issue of the new Journal for Ecological History, edited by Renmin University’s Center for Ecological History. “Feral Historians?€ By Sandra Swart The greatest strength we have as historians—our secret superpower—is the ability to take…
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Day 6. Danube Excursion: Vienna—Bratislava
by Laura Kuen Vienna †’ Orth †’ GabÄÃkovo †’ Bratislava Traveling from Vienna to Bratislava, our day’s topics branched in quite different directions: water power and nature conservation. We first visited the Austrian National Park Donau-Auen in Orth and later the GabÄÃkovo Dams, Slovakia’s biggest hydroelectric plant. Conservation in the Donau-Auen The national park, which spans the distance…
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Day 5. Danube Excursion: Krems—Vienna
by Christoph Netz Krems †’ Vienna Research Channels, Sterlets, and the Danube Island of Vienna With another early start, it was lucky that the memorable apricot jam, a local specialty, provided a good incentive to get up in time for breakfast. Only five minutes behind schedule, we departed from Krems, with its beautiful historic center…
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Day 4. Danube Excursion: Linz—Krems
by Stefan Bitsch Linz †’ Hütting †’ Grein †’ Melk †’ Krems Dangers of the Danube: Floods and Rapids throughout History On the fourth day of our excursion, the group had the opportunity to learn from Christian Rohr (University of Bern) and Severin Hohensinner (University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences in Vienna), who…
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Day 3. Danube Excursion: Passau—Linz
by Lea Wiser Passau †’ Linz Our third day on the Danube excursion was both eventful and thought provoking, packed with activities covering a broad range of subjects: from environment and sustainability to modern history and the Nazi regime, to where these two subjects intersect—the city of Linz. Jochenstein Our first stops, the Donaukraftwerk in…
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Day 2. Danube Excursion: Deggendorf—Passau
Written by Leon Gomoll Deggendorf †’ Vilshofen †’ Jochenstein †’ Passau Bridge-Building and Nature Conservation on the Donau Early Modern Bridges and Politics in Bavaria On the second day of our field trip, we learned about Early Modern bridge-building in Bavaria. Martin Keßler’s talk focused on the politics of bridges, using as an example the…
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Uses of Environmental History: Lise Sedrez
This is the sixth in a series of posts exploring the uses of environmental history. The series has been adapted from contributions to a roundtable forum published in the first issue of the new Journal for Ecological History, edited by Renmin University’s Center for Ecological History. “Of Water, Narratives, and the Uses of Environmental History€ By Lise Sedrez (Universidade Federal do…