INVITATION TO THE CYCLE SEMINAR: YOUNG PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY
Organised by CNR-ISMed with SISAm (Italian Society of Environmental History):

Enforced migration for environmental reasons
the case of the Niger Delta

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Programme cycle “Young People and Environmental History”

25 March 2024 10 a.m.

CNR-ISMed
Humanities Pole (VI floor)
Via Cardinale Guglielmo Sanfelice, 8
80134 Naples

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In the aftermath of the decolonisation processes in West Africa and Nigeria’s independence, the Niger Delta, rich in subsoil hydrocarbons, was the site of widespread mining operations by international oil companies. As has been subsequently documented, the implementation of extensive crude oil extraction operations has strongly impacted the territory from an environmental point of view and radically changed the local economic and social situation. By retracing the main stages of the entrenchment of the oil companies’ presence in the Niger Delta, the seminar proposes a specific focus on the emigrations linked to the consequences of the extraction activity in the area.

THE SPEAKERS. Donato Di Sanzo is a researcher at the National Research Council, Institute for Mediterranean Studies (CNR-ISMed) and teaches History of Migration at the University of Palermo. Giovanni Ferrarese is a research fellow at the National Research Council, Institute for Mediterranean Studies (CNR-ISMed) and teaches contemporary history at the University of Salerno.

SPEAKERS

Donato Di Sanzo
CNR-ISMed
University of Palermo

Giovanni Ferrarese
CNR-ISMed
University of Salerno

INTRODUCES AND MODERATES

Alessandro Agosta
CNR-ISMed
University of Tuscia

FINAL DISCUSSION

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Alessandro Agosta, Valerio Caruso, Gabriella Corona, Giovanni Ferrarese, Walter Palmieri
CNR-ISMed

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC subject to availability of places
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INFO AND CONTACTS
valerio.caruso@ismed.cnr.it
www.ismed.cnr.it
www.storiaambientale.it