RHN 70/2025 | Event
Organisers: Giacomo Bonan (University of Turin) and Sara Amerio (University of Turin)
10 – 11 July 2025, Department of Historical Studies – University of Turin, Palazzo nuovo, via Sant'Ottavio 20, 10124 Turin, Italy
Forest of Numbers:
A Critical Analysis of Quantitative Sources on Europe’s Forest Economy (1870–1914)
Program
Thursday 10 July 2025
14 – Greetings and Introduction
Chair: Vincenzo Colaprice (University of Turin)
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Paolo Cozzo (Head of the Department of Historical Studies, University of Turin)
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Giacomo Bonan (University of Turin)
14.30 – Session I
Chair: Cristiano La Lumia (SSM, Naples)
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Simone Gingrich (Boku University, Wien)
Reconstructing 19th Century Forest Characteristics and Forest Uses in the Alpine Provinces of the Habsburg Monarchy
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Martin Bemmann (University of Freiburg)
German Forestry and Trade Journals as a Source for the Statistical Monitoring of Forest Areas and Timber Trade (1860-1914)
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Jawad Daheur (CERCEC-CNRS, Paris)
An Essential Supplement to Customs Sources: Timber Trade in the Light of Transport Statistics in the German Empire (1871-1914)
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Patrik Krebs, Mark Bertogliati (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research)
Shifts in Forest Cover and Wood Trade Balance in Switzerland (1870-1914): Regional Patterns, Methodological Limitations and Statistical Dilemmas
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Iva Lučić (Stockholm University)
Contested Numbers of Forests: The Case of Habsburg Bosnia's Forest Economy (1878-1918)
Friday 11 July 2025
9.30 – Session II
Chair: Kateryna Burkush (University of Turin)
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Stephane Castonguay (University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres), Jim Clifford (University of Saskatchewan)
London Timber Consumption and Its Hinterland: Using Data on Imported Timber Commodities from the Timber Trades Journal (1880-1900)
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Magnus Lindmark, Fredrik Olsson Spjut (Umeå University)
Swedish Forest History by Numbers: A Survey (1870-1914)
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Gaetan Levillain (Nantes University)
Public to Private, Values to Volumes, Flows to Stocks: Inferring the Unknown in French Eaux et Forêts Statistics from the Mathieu to the Daubrée Survey (1878-1912)
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Elena Korchmina (University of Bologna)
The Forgotten Resource: The Role of Wood in Russia's Industrialisation and Its Impact on Forests and Peasant Communities in European Russia (1870–1914)
14.30 – Session III
Chair: Claudio Lorenzini (University of Turin)
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Sofia Henriques (University of Porto), Amélia Branco (University of Lisbon)
Understanding the Forest Economy without Forest Statistics: The Case of Portugal (1870-1914)
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Iñaki Iriarte Goñi (University of Zaragoza)
Estimating Historical Wood Consumption in Spain (1860-1935): Sources and Methods
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Luca Andreoni (Università Politecnica delle Marche), Giacomo Bonan (University of Turin)
The Little Brother: Forest Statistics in Italy from the Unification to the First World War
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Csongor Jánosi (University of Turin)
Rethinking Romanian Forestry: Features, Actors, Business Environment, Statistical Data (1878-1914)
Seminar room, 3rd floor
Department of Historical Studies – University of Turin
Palazzo nuovo, via Sant'Ottavio 20, 10124 Turin
Scientific organization: Giacomo Bonan (University of Turin)
Administrative Office: Sara Amerio (University of Turin)
Contact
info: inwood@unito.it
Further information can be found here.
Source: https://www.dipstudistorici.unito.it/do/avvisi.pl/Show?_id=1cse