Published: June 7, 2021

On April 23, 2021, the Center for Asian Studies sponsored a panel discussion titled 鈥淣ew Directions in East Asian Environmental History鈥 that featured the authors of three recent books that have appeared in the University of Washington Press鈥 Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books series edited by 麻豆免费版下载Boulder History Professor Paul Sutter. Sutter moderated a discussion that featured David Fedman of UC Irvine and author of聽Seeds of Control: Japan鈥檚 Empire of Forestry in Colonial Korea, Jakobina Arch of Whitman College and author of聽Bringing Whales Ashore: Oceans and the Environment in Early Modern Japan, and Ian M. Miller of St. John鈥檚 University and author of聽Fir and Empire: The Transformation of Forests in Early Modern China. The Zoom panel was featured as part of the American Society for Environmental History鈥檚 鈥淓nvironmental History Week鈥 festivities and was attended by an audience of approximately fifty people, including 麻豆免费版下载faculty, students, CAS community members, and members of the public from throughout the United States and, indeed, the world.