UPDATE JANUARY 2026: I am currently re-building the website this month after having completed the ‘North East Environments of Childhood’ project.
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This is the personal site of Dr Louis Lorenzo, where I showcase my current work, past projects, and other personal interests.
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Children of the Anthropocene: The Implications of the “Human Age” for the History of Childhood
Positioning the History of Childhood Within the Anthropocene Debate Across the historical discipline the concept of Anthropocene is being used to redefine how we interpret and describe the relationships between humanity and the rest of the natural world. The notion of a “human history” and a “natural history” existing as two separate streams of academic…
Dead River: An Environmental History of the Tyne Improvement Commission 1850-1968CE
For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever. – Alfred Tennyson, ‘The Brook’. Introduction The Significance of River History When searching for a location to build a home, the humans who founded the first settlements on the Tyne had several priorities in mind. First and foremost, they needed access to…
Review: Children of the Sun: A History of Humanity’s Unappeasable Appetite for Energy
Text: Children of the Sun: A History of Humanity’s Unappeasable Appetite for Energy. By Alfred W. Crosby. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2006. 208pp. The experience of reading Children of the Sun feels more akin to a fable than a history volume, even the title rings of fairy tale. As if meant to…
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