James D. Rice, Tufts University, will speak on Tuesday, October 10 at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston,  beginning at 5:15 pm, with commentary by Christopher Parsons of Northeastern University. This presentation speaks to questions raised in a recent workshop at the Huntington on early American environmental history. How do timespan and scale change our understanding of historical relationships between people and their environments? What new light does environmental history shed on topics such as race, gender, or law? What can early Americanists contribute to the field of environmental history as a whole? Free and open to the public, but RSVP required. To RSVP: email seminars@masshist.org or call (617) 646-0579.