Forest of Numbers: A Critical Analysis of Quantitative Sources on Europe’s Forest Economy (1870–1914)

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)

  • Paolo Cozzo (Head of the Department of Historical Studies, University of Turin)

  • Giacomo Bonan (University of Turin)

14.30 – Session I

Chair: Cristiano La Lumia (SSM, Naples)

  • Simone Gingrich (Boku University, Wien)

    Reconstructing 19th Century Forest Characteristics and Forest Uses in the Alpine Provinces of the Habsburg Monarchy

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • Magnus Lindmark, Fredrik Olsson Spjut (Umeå University)

    Swedish Forest History by Numbers: A Survey (1870-1914)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • Sofia Henriques (University of Porto), Amélia Branco (University of Lisbon)

    Understanding the Forest Economy without Forest Statistics: The Case of Portugal (1870-1914)

  • Iñaki Iriarte Goñi (University of Zaragoza)

    Estimating Historical Wood Consumption in Spain (1860-1935): Sources and Methods

  • 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

  • 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

 

 

 

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