Elena Kochetkova is elected the Secretary of the European Society for Environmental History

Elena Kochetkova, researcher at the Laboratory and senior lecturer at the Department of History, was elected the Secretary of the European Society for Environmental History for 2019-2021.

The Secretary`s office includes the organization of communication between the Council and members of the ESEH, informational support and solution of current issues related to the operation of the Society.

The European Society for Environmental History was founded in 1999 to promote the study of environmental history in all academic disciplines.

The European Society for Environmental History promotes the study of environmental history in all academic disciplines and encourages anyone who has an interest in the field to join and become involved. ESEH aims to: encourage the study of European environmental history in a comparative perspective; foster communication among environmental historians across Europe, and with colleagues elsewhere; promote the further institutional development of environmental history within secondary and tertiary education; promote the research and use of environmental history in academic programmes; strengthen the crucial link between environmental history, all policy-making, and the general public.