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Flood Waters: Australian Environmental Histories of the Present & Possible

A conversation on new approaches to histories of rivers and floods in eastern Australia

About this event

Join Prof. Grace Karskens (UNSW) and Dr. Margaret Cook (USC) in conversation with A/Prof Ruth Morgan on the recent and deep histories of floods in eastern Australia, reflecting on their award-winning books People of the River (2020) and A River with a City Problem (2019). This event is part of the Global Conversations series of the International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations, supported by the ANU's Centre for Environmental History.


This event will be held online via Zoom.