Thousands of villagers in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu are fighting a proposal to expand a port owned by billionaire Gautam Adani. bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…

Join us on our upcoming workshop on "Nature as Curriculum: Education and the Earth System in the Anthropocene" Tuesday 19 March 11:00 until 17:30 Room number : Fulton 208 For more info: sussex.ac.uk/cweh/newsandev… School of Media, Arts and Humanities

Please join us for CWEH Seminar: Caste, Politics and History in Contemporary India this Wednesday 13th March, 2024 For more info click the link sussex.ac.uk/cweh/newsandev… School of Media, Arts and Humanities

The Centre for World Environmental History is organising Batik Artwork Workshop from 18th May to 24th May, 2024 at Bali Island, West Bengal, India.

Some snippets from 'CWEH Mangrove School project - Batik Art workshop' at Bali Island, West Bengal. About 30 students participated along with visitors from Sunderbans Tiger Widow Welfare Society.

Join us at the University of Sussex on June 26-27, 2025, for a workshop marking the 30th anniversary of Richard Grove’s Green Imperialism (1995). A key dialogue between environmental historians & climate researchers! Stay tuned for registration updates (in-person & online)

Join the walkthrough of Science, Humanism & the Making of Modern India—an exhibition unearthing hidden colonial-era networks & indigenous narratives. sussex.figshare.com/articles/media…

A four-day natural dye & tie-dye workshop is underway at Sundarban Bijoynagar Disha, West Bengal. In collaboration with CWEH and Botanical Survey of India, it explores dye extraction from indigenous plants, focusing on mangrove species.

Kalimpong: A history of espionage & intrigue between India and China. Read this fascinating piece by Prem Poddar, Senior Associate at the Centre for World Environmental History. scroll.in/article/1080836 #Kalimpong #IndiaChina #History

Will TB ever end? On #JanEktaDay, we join hands with Ekta Niketan TB Centre to discuss the harsh reality of TB in India. Despite bold claims & new programs, anti-TB drugs remain scarce, and patients continue to suffer. Urgent action is needed! #EndTB 🔗 acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc…

“The Adivasis of eastern India and the global planetary health crisis” by Vinita Damodaran in The Lancet is a powerful call to center Indigenous voices in the fight for climate and health justice. 🔗 thelancet.com/journals/lance… #PlanetaryHealth #AdivasiVoices #ClimateJustice

I am honoured to have contributed a chapter— "The Mangrove School Project: Untold stories of children from the margins", in the book _River Delta Futures: Endangered Communities in Audiovisual Media_ , edited by Francisco-J. Hernández Adrián and Angelos Theocharis.

We’re looking forward to welcoming participants to the upcoming EASAS Academic Workshop on “Writing New Histories of Jharkhand and Central India and of Northeast India (1930–2000)”, taking place on 28 and 29 May 2025, from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM BST

Join us for an exciting Climates of Empire 2025 conference. Registration open. For more details click sussex.ac.uk/cweh/newsandev… University of Sussex Vinita Damodaran

Join us in observing International Mangrove Day on 26 July 2025 at the Indian Museum, Botanical Survey of India, Kolkata. Engage in insightful talks, exhibitions, and interactive sessions celebrating the vital role of mangroves in our ecosystem.