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SUMMARY:Inaugural Lecture by Prof. Dr. Corey Ross: "Water and Power in the 
 Age of Empire – and Beyond"
DESCRIPTION:During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries\, a handful of Eu
 ropean states presided over the largest trans-continental empires the worl
 d had ever known\, together covering well over a third of the global land 
 surface. Yet this epoch-making land-grab encompassed not only magnificent 
 rainforests\, parched deserts\, and teeming savannahs\, but also many of t
 he world’s largest lakes\, mightiest rivers\, greatest wetlands\, and mo
 st prolific coastal seas. This lecture highlights the importance of contro
 lling water – the single most important natural resource for human activ
 ity – in the exercise of imperial power. It recounts how new ideas and t
 echnologies transformed human engagements with water in many parts of the 
 world\, and how aquatic nature was reshaped in the process. It argues that
  the attempt to control water was both a central realm of imperial power a
 s well as a challenge to it. Finally\, it suggests that imperial approache
 s to water were by no means confined to empires\, that they persisted long
  after formal empires had ebbed away\, and that the legacies still shape o
 ur problematic dealings with this finite but indispensable resource.\\r\\n
 Please register here [https://us9.list-manage.com/survey?u=7a22561ae4b1c3b
 2b52cf292b&id=a182d1d83d&attribution=false&fbclid=IwAR0EuVVg5bn-GS7dUKutnq
 ob8J7Uv1ynxv1ZCHUPojI_MgDvLfpHHp5BPgM] to participate in the event.
X-ALT-DESC:<p>During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries\, a handful of 
 European states presided over the largest trans-continental empires the wo
 rld had ever known\, together covering well over a third of the global lan
 d surface. Yet this epoch-making land-grab encompassed not only magnificen
 t rainforests\, parched deserts\, and teeming savannahs\, but also many of
  the world’s largest lakes\, mightiest rivers\, greatest wetlands\, and 
 most prolific coastal seas. This lecture highlights the importance of cont
 rolling water – the single most important natural resource for human act
 ivity – in the exercise of imperial power. It recounts how new ideas and
  technologies transformed human engagements with water in many parts of th
 e world\, and how aquatic nature was reshaped in the process. It argues th
 at the attempt to control water was both a central realm of imperial power
  as well as a challenge to it. Finally\, it suggests that imperial approac
 hes to water were by no means confined to empires\, that they persisted lo
 ng after formal empires had ebbed away\, and that the legacies still shape
  our problematic dealings with this finite but indispensable resource.</p>
 \n<p>Please register <a href="https://us9.list-manage.com/survey?u=7a22561
 ae4b1c3b2b52cf292b&amp\;id=a182d1d83d&amp\;attribution=false&amp\;fbclid=I
 wAR0EuVVg5bn-GS7dUKutnqob8J7Uv1ynxv1ZCHUPojI_MgDvLfpHHp5BPgM">here</a> to 
 participate in the event.</p>\n\n
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