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William Cronon Frederick Jackson Turner and Vilas Research Professor Emeritus of History, Geography, and Environmental Studies University of Wisconsin–Madison Toggle navigation Home Biography Biography CV Interviews Photo Contact Writing Books Articles Edited Volumes Current Projects Downloads Teaching Courses 460: American Environmental History 469: The Making of the American Landscape 932: Topics in American Environmental History Students Learning Historical Research Handouts Citizenship CHE Environmental History Colloquium Environmental History Land Conservation Academic Organizations Publishing Wisconsin and Midwest Resources Photo Galleries Favorite Quotations UW-Madison Historical Atlas Links Blog About William Cronon William Cronon studies American environmental history and the history of the American West. His research seeks to understand the history of human interactions with the natural world: how we depend on the ecosystems around us to sustain our material lives, how we modify the landscapes in which we live and work, and how our ideas of nature shape our relationships with the world around us. Follow @wcronon Favorite Quotations More favorite quotations Current Highlights The Making of the American Landscape This course, Geography / History / Environmental Studies 469 , explores how the American landscape has evolved through both natural and human transformations. Course website American Environmental History I have offered my survey course on American Environmental History for over 20 years. It is currently listed as History / Geography / Environmental Studies 460 . Course website The Center for Culture, History, and Environment CHE is a group of University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty and graduate students who are broadly interested in the changing relationships of humans and the natural world in the broad sweep of history. Center website AHA Presidential Writings and Columns Material from Cronon’s American Historical Association presidential year, including the text, video, and audio of his presidential address on "Storytelling," Richard White’s bio, and Cronon’s complete presidential columns on "The Public Practice of History in and for a Digital Age." Go to page Forest Hill Cemetery The CHE Methods Seminar built a cool new web-based field guide to Forest Hill Cemetery, a canonical 19th-century Romantic landscape in Madison. Project site Conversations With History Interview In April 2013, Cronon did an hour-long video interview with Harry Kreisler of UC-Berkeley for the "Conversations with History" series. Watch the video ↑ Jump to top of page Print Contact Page revision: 02/15/23 Copyright © William Cronon. All rights...