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In the year 278 BC an aristocrat and poet named Qu Yuan took his own life by throwing himself into the waters of the Milo River. Qu Yuan had once been the powerful adviser to the ruler of the Chu kingdom, specializing in legal affairs and diplomacy, but the monarch was tricked into hating Qu Yuan and rejected his advice. Driven into exile in southern Chu (south of the Yangtze,
Panelists discuss new approaches to East Asian environmental history
April 25, 2021
Paul Sutter, Professor of History hosted an event out of the Center for Asian Studies. (Alex Zyles/CU Independent)
Friday, April 23, the Center for Asian Studies held a panel discussion titled “New Approaches to East Asian Environmental Studies.” The event took place during Environmental History Week.
Paul Sutter, history professor and series editor for Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books, hosted the event which brought together three authors from across the nation to talk about their East Asian environmental history series.
Jakobina Arch, associate history professor at Witman College, introduced her 2018 book, “Bringing Whales Ashore: Oceans and the Environment in Early Modern Japan.” The book focuses on the human relationship with whales in Japan as a piece of maritime history as well as on whaling in general, which she feels that Japan’s environmental history tends to ignore.