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Date / time: 10 July - 11 July, 2:00 pm
Location
Department of Historical Studies, University of Turin
Forest of Numbers: A Critical Analysis of Quantitative Sources on Europe’s Forest Economy (1870–1914)
Program
14 – Greetings and Introduction
Chair: Vincenzo Colaprice (University of Turin)
- Paolo Cozzo (Head of the Department of Historical Studies, University of Turin)
- Giacomo Bonan (University of Turin)
14.30 – Session I
Chair: Cristiano La Lumia (SSM, Naples)
- Simone Gringrich (Boku University, Wien)
Reconstructing 19th Century Forest Characteristics and Forest Uses in the Alpine Provinces of the Habsburg Monarchy - Martin Bemmann (University of Freiburg)
German Forestry and Trade Journals as a Source for the Statistical Monitoring of Forest Areas and Timber Trade (1860-1914) - Jawad Daheur (CERCEC-CNRS, Paris)
An Essential Supplement to Customs Sources: Timber Trade in the Light of Transport Statistics in the German Empire (1871-1914) - Patrik Krebs, Mark Bertogliati (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research)
Shifts in Forest Cover and Wood Trade Balance in Switzerland (1870-1914): Regional Patterns, Methodological Limitations and Statistical Dilemmas - Iva Lučić (Stockholm University)
Contested Numbers of Forests: The Case of Habsburg Bosnia’s Forest Economy (1878-1918)
Friday 11 July 2025
9.30 – Session II
Chair: Kateryna Burkush (University of Turin)
- Stephane Castonguay (University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres), Jim Clifford (University of Saskatchewan)
London Timber Consumption and Its Hinterland: Using Data on Imported Timber Commodities from the Timber Trades Journal (1880-1900) - Magnus Lindmark, Fredrik Olsson Spjut (Umeå University)
Swedish Forest History by Numbers: A Survey (1870-1914) - Gaetan Levillain (Nantes University)
Public to Private, Values to Volumes, Flows to Stocks: Inferring the Unknown in French Eaux et Forêts Statistics from the Mathieu to the Daubrée Survey (1878-1912) - Elena Korchmina (University of Bologna)
The Forgotten Resource: The Role of Wood in Russia’s Industrialisation and Its Impact on Forests and Peasant Communities in European Russia (1870–1914)
14.30 – Session III
Chair: Claudio Lorenzini (University of Turin)
- Sofia Henriques (University of Porto), Amélia Branco (University of Lisbon)
Understanding the Forest Economy without Forest Statistics: The Case of Portugal (1870-1914) - Iñaki Iriarte Goñi (University of Zaragoza)
Estimating Historical Wood Consumption in Spain (1860-1935): Sources and Methods - Luca Andreoni (Università Politecnica delle Marche), Giacomo Bonan (University of Turin)
The Little Brother: Forest Statistics in Italy from the Unification to the First World War - Csongor Jánosi (University of Turin)
Rethinking Romanian Forestry: Features, Actors, Business Environment, Statistical Data (1878-1914)