Date & time
Monday, June 15, 2026 –
Friday, June 19, 2026
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Friday, June 19, 2026
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
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(Un)just Transitions? Deindustrialization and the Environment
Transitions (in)justes? : la désindustrialisation et l’environnement
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This event is free.
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J.W. McConnell Building
1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
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What can the study of deindustrialization add to our understanding of environmental history? And conversely – what can the study of environmental history contribute to deindustrialization studies? Answering these questions will be the focus of the 2026 Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time (DePOT) annual conference, whose theme is “Deindustrialization and the Environment.”
Transitions are central in both environmental and deindustrialization studies. In environmental history, these transitions include the agricultural and industrial revolutions, and changes in energy sources from wood to fossil fuels, to renewables. These have been explored in the context of the legal system, labour, culture, economy and politics.
The conference looks to explore these and other aspects of the intersection between deindustrialization and the environment. Full preliminary schedule below:
| Monday, June 15 | |
|---|---|
| 9:00am - 9:30am | Welcome & Registration |
| 9:30am - 9:45am | Words of welcome from the Summer Institute organizing committee |
| 9:45am - 11:15am | Session 1: Memories, Affects, Imaginaries with Paula Leu Fernandez Alvarez, Giuseppe Chiavaroli, Dylan Brewerton-Harper, Lois Kalb, and Andrea Negro |
| 11:15am - 11:35am | Coffee Break |
| 11:35am - 12:45pm | Session 2: Reanimating Deindustrialized Landscapes with Sarah MacDonnell, Seana Irvine, and Florence Darveau-Routhier |
| 12;45pm - 1:45pm | Lunch Break at COHDS |
| 1:45pm - 2:45pm | Key Concepts Workshop: Régulations sociales with Justin Chauvette |
| 2:45pm - 3:05pm | Coffee Break |
| 3:05 - 4:35pm | Session 3: Industrial Closure and the State with Aparna Das, Bharat Sundararajan, William Gillies, Mart Chmielewski, and Petra Dolata |
| Tuesday, June 16 | |
| 9:00am - 9:30am | Welcome & Registration |
| 9:30am - 10:45am | Paper Workshops & Peer Review with Emiliano Aguilar & Cory Haala, and Julian Rioux |
| 10:45am - 11:05am | Coffee Break |
| 11:05am - 12:00pm | DePOT Student Caucus Assembly |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Lunch Break at COHDS |
| 1:00pm - 5:00pm | Exposition Open for Viewing |
| Wednesday, June 17 | |
| 10:00am - 11:00am | Business Meeting |
| 11:00am - 11:30am | Coffee Break |
| 11:30am - 12:45pm | Trade Union Showcase |
| 12:45pm - 1:45pm | Lunch at COHDS |
| 2:00pm - 4:00pm | Expo Open |
| 4:00pm - 6:00pm | Welcome Reception & Collective Book Launch |
| Thursday, June 18 | |
| 10:00am - 10:30am | Pause Cafe & Welcome |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm | Environmental Pasts and Futures in Mining I with Turner Adornetto, Montaine Pichot, Sarah MacDonell, and Pascal Raggi |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Lunch |
| 1:00pm - 2:30pm | Deindustrialization and the Environment in Post-Socialist Europe with Ondřej Ševeček and Vítězslav Sommer, Nina Vodopivec, Emese Dobos, Juliette Ronsin and Loman-Pierre Charrier and Mathis Gronau |
| 2:30pm - 3:00pm | Break |
| 3:00pm - 4:30pm | Industrial and Energy Transitions with Séverine Misset and Anaël Marrec, Anna Bettini and Félix Giroux, Anna Calori, Petra Dolata and William Gillies, and Mircea Raianu |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm | Exhibition Vernissge with New Artists-in-Residence |
| Friday, June 19 | |
| 9:00am - 10:30am | Environmental Pasts and Futures in Mining II Eagle Glassheim, Romain Castellesi, Inès Delpuech, Melina Buns, and Phillipine D'Halleine |
| 10:30am - 11:00am | Break |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm | Worker Health and Pollution II Rebekah Chatellier, Guillaume Tremblay-Boily, Laurence Hamel-Roy et Geneviève Baril-Gingras, Amandine Tabutaud, and Lauren Laframboise |
| 1:00pm | CLOSED |
How can you participate? Join us in person or online by registering for the Zoom Meeting or watching live on YouTube.
Have questions? Send them to info.4@concordia.ca
Transitions (in)justes? : la désindustrialisation et l’environnement
La Désindustrialisation et la Politique de Notre Temps (DéPOT) est un projet de recherche de huit ans, financé par le Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada. La conférence de Montréal en juin 2026 est l'aboutissement du groupe de travail sur l'environnement de DéPOT, codirigé par Greg Wilson (Akron) et Lachlan MacKinnon (Cap-Breton), ainsi que par ceux qui ont répondu à l'appel à communications public. Elle donnera lieu à la publication d'un ouvrage collectif et d'un numéro spécial.
Cette conférence a pour objectif d'explorer les liens entre la désindustrialisation et l'environnement. Voici le programme préliminaire complet :
Comment pouvez-vous participer? Rejoignez-nous en personne ou en ligne par inscrivez-vous à la réunion Zoom ou regardez en direct sur YouTube.
Avez-vous des questions? Envoyez-les à info.4@concordia.ca