Friday, October 6th, Dr. Martin Melosi will present at the CPH Research Colloquium: "The World Trade Center Disaster and Fresh Kills.”
Dr. Melosi's talk will be in reference to his current book project, The Dilemma of
Consumption, New Yorkers, Staten Island and Fresh Kills.
The presentation will focus on 9/11 and the closing of the Fresh Kills Landfill and
on the role that the landfill played in accepting the debris and human remains from
the WTC after 9/11. It also speaks to the way in which the landfill became a cemetery
for the dead from 9/11 and the subsequent controversy around that event.
The CPH Research Colloquium meeting will take place from 1:30-3:00 pm in AH 549.
Please send RSVPs to Dr. Julie Cohn: jacohn@uh.edu
The CPH Research Colloquium (formerly the UH Energy, Urban, and Environmental Group)
meets monthly, generally on the last Friday of each month, to discuss works in progress.
Students, faculty, and outside scholars share current research in fields broadly related
to the topics of history of energy, cities, environment, technology, science, and
medicine. Examples from recent meetings include our current social and eviromental
issues, policy and environmental legacy of the Santa Barbara oil spill, civil rights
and medical citizenship in America, and Apollo moon landings and American culture
in the 1970s. Each meeting includes time for announcements, a presentation of a current
project - for example a paper to be published or a book chapter, and discussion. Meetings
are friendly and informal and open to anyone interested in the topics addressed.