Philippe Foret
Biographic Data
| ID | 236219 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philippe Foret |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philippe |
| FAMILY NAME | Foret |
| SIGNATURE | FORET P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Center for Chinese Studies Department of Geography University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8567-8328 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Environmental Humanities Switzerland ‐ a decade in retrospect
Environmental crises confront humanity with challenges that reach into all areas of society ‐ from poverty and exclusion, capitalism and finance, to forced migration, global health, and artificial intelligence. This article traces the history of saguf ’s working group Environmental Humanities from 2014 to 2025 and reflects on its contributions in Switzerland and beyond
Applying the Environmental Humanities
Environmental issues require answers from science, society, and culture. How can we apply the humanities and arts to these issues while cultivating methodologies that value context-dependence, multiperspectivity, relativism, and subjectivity
Source Note: Introduction to the Climate Records of Imperial China
International audience
Mapping Chengde: The Qing Landscape Enterprise
The imperial residence of Chengde was built by two powerful and ambitious Manchu emperors between 1703 and 1780 in the mountains of Jehol. The site, which is on UNESCO's World Heritage List, combines the largest classical gardens in China with a unique series of grand monasteries in the Sino-Tibetan style. Mapping Chengde, the first scholarly publication in English on the Manchu summer capital, reveals how this unlikely architectural and landscap…
Temperature and precipitation effects on agrarian economy in late imperial China
Climate change has been statistically proven to substantially influence the economy of early modern Europe, particularly in the long term. However, a detailed analysis of climate change and the economy of historical China remains lacking, particularly from a large-scale and quantitative perspective. This study quantitatively analyzes the relationship between climate change and the economy in late imperial China (AD 1600-1840) at the national leve…
Seeing the Environment through the Humanities: A New Window on Grand Societal Challenges
The Environmental Humanities draw from insights of the human and natural sciences for proposing new concepts and solutions to society's pressing environmental problems
Developing the Environmental Humanities: A Swiss Perspective
The environmental humanities as a metadiscipline provide a new forum for enabling continuous and reciprocal conversations within the humanities and with other sciences in environmental research
The Journey of Maps and Images on the Silk Road
International audience
Journey of Maps and Images on the Silk Road
The journey of maps and images on the Silk Road
New Qing Imperial History: The Making of Inner Asian Empire at Qing Chengde
New Qing Imperial History uses the Manchu summer capital of Chengde and associated architecture, art and ritual activity as the focus for an exploration of the importance of Inner Asia and Tibet to the Qing Empire (1636-1911). Well-known contributors argue that the Qing was not simply another Chinese dynasty, but was deeply engaged in Inner Asia not only militarily, but culturally, politically and ideologically.Emphasizing the diverse range of pe…
Enquéte Sociologique sur la Chine, 1911-1949
The Manchu Landscape Enterprise: Political, Geomantic and Cosmological Readings of the Gardens of the Bishu Shanzhuang Imperial Residence At Chengde
Source Note: Introduction to the Climate Records of Imperial China
International audience
The Manchu Landscape Enterprise: Political, Geomantic and Cosmological Readings of the Gardens of the Bishu Shanzhuang Imperial Residence At Chengde
Enquéte Sociologique sur la Chine, 1911-1949
New Qing Imperial History: The Making of Inner Asian Empire at Qing Chengde
New Qing Imperial History uses the Manchu summer capital of Chengde and associated architecture, art and ritual activity as the focus for an exploration of the importance of Inner Asia and Tibet to the Qing Empire (1636-1911). Well-known contributors argue that the Qing was not simply another Chinese dynasty, but was deeply engaged in Inner Asia not only militarily, but culturally, politically and ideologically.Emphasizing the diverse range of pe…
The Journey of Maps and Images on the Silk Road
International audience
Journey of Maps and Images on the Silk Road
The journey of maps and images on the Silk Road
Developing the Environmental Humanities: A Swiss Perspective
The environmental humanities as a metadiscipline provide a new forum for enabling continuous and reciprocal conversations within the humanities and with other sciences in environmental research
Seeing the Environment through the Humanities: A New Window on Grand Societal Challenges
The Environmental Humanities draw from insights of the human and natural sciences for proposing new concepts and solutions to society's pressing environmental problems
Temperature and precipitation effects on agrarian economy in late imperial China
Climate change has been statistically proven to substantially influence the economy of early modern Europe, particularly in the long term. However, a detailed analysis of climate change and the economy of historical China remains lacking, particularly from a large-scale and quantitative perspective. This study quantitatively analyzes the relationship between climate change and the economy in late imperial China (AD 1600-1840) at the national leve…
Mapping Chengde: The Qing Landscape Enterprise
The imperial residence of Chengde was built by two powerful and ambitious Manchu emperors between 1703 and 1780 in the mountains of Jehol. The site, which is on UNESCO's World Heritage List, combines the largest classical gardens in China with a unique series of grand monasteries in the Sino-Tibetan style. Mapping Chengde, the first scholarly publication in English on the Manchu summer capital, reveals how this unlikely architectural and landscap…
Applying the Environmental Humanities
Environmental issues require answers from science, society, and culture. How can we apply the humanities and arts to these issues while cultivating methodologies that value context-dependence, multiperspectivity, relativism, and subjectivity
Source Note: Introduction to the Climate Records of Imperial China
International audience
Environmental Humanities Switzerland ‐ a decade in retrospect
Environmental crises confront humanity with challenges that reach into all areas of society ‐ from poverty and exclusion, capitalism and finance, to forced migration, global health, and artificial intelligence. This article traces the history of saguf ’s working group Environmental Humanities from 2014 to 2025 and reflects on its contributions in Switzerland and beyond
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