Dear Friends and Colleagues,<\/p>\n
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\u2019s most prolific scholars and has helped build numerous connections between the sciences and the humanities at UMaine 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\u2014most notably among them, the\u00a0Historical Atlas of Maine<\/em>\u2014as well as the\u00a0Journal of Forest History<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Maine History<\/em>.<\/p>\n To celebrate and discuss the significance of Professor Judd\u2019s career, some of his current and former students have organized a panel featuring five forward-thinking scholars within eastern environmental history.\u00a0Brian Payne<\/strong>, a former student of Judd\u2019s 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.\u00a0Kate Viens<\/strong>, director of research at the Massachusetts Historical Society, will expand upon Payne\u2019s comments about Judd\u2019s influence as an educator, discussing the implications of his work to the field of public history in addition to her own graduate research.\u00a0Matthew McKenzie<\/strong>, professor of history at University of Connecticut and\u00a0New England Fisheries Management Council appointee, will discuss the way in which Judd\u2019s 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.\u00a0John Cumbler<\/strong>, professor emeritus of history at the University of Louisville and current history faculty at Suffolk University will explore, in greater depth, Judd\u2019s contributions to a social-environmental history hybrid field and his work as indicative of environmental history\u2019s emergence from labor and social history. AndBrian Donahue<\/strong>, 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.<\/p>\n A Q&A session will follow in which Professor Judd will participate.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t miss this important opportunity to discuss the role of one of UMaine\u2019s most esteemed faculty members in shaping the field of environmental history and wish him well as he heads into retirement.<\/p>\n If you would like more information, please contact Emma Schroeder at\u00a0emma.schroeder@maine.edu<\/a>\u00a0or Eileen Hagerman at\u00a0eileen.palmer@maine.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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. 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