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SCARCE (Sustained Concerns: Administration of Mineral Resource Extraction in Central Europe, 1550-1850) is a project led by Sebastian Felten and supported by the European Research Council (ERC). It aims to better understand how early modern people conceptualised resources, and how modern approaches to the material world are rooted or not in earlier practices of resource management. Hosted by the History Department — part of the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna — the project runs from 1 November 2023 until 31 October 2028.
Cover illustration for the 1773 work "Anleitung zu der Bergbaukunst" [A Guide to the Art of Mining]
From October to November, Dejan Lukić will join us as SCARCE's first Associate Research Fellow!
Claire, Sebastian, and Sarah share impressions from the joint HSS and ESHS conference in Edinburgh, 2026.
07.08.2026
Short Reflection
February 04-06, 2027
SCARCE Workshop
University of Bologna
Deadline for Submission: July 10th 2026
![Movie poster for ‘Dr. KUPFER – Dokumentarfilm in 4 Teilen’ [Dr. Copper - a documentary movie in 4 parts]. A glowing copper background surrounds a globe; German text describes a documentary about copper’s history, with credits and sponsor logos at the bottom.](/fileadmin/_processed_/e/d/csm_12_drMed_GER1_8b04f5d28f.webp)
Film Screening
Joint event with GAM - Geschichte am Mittwoch lectures [History on Wednesday]
University of Vienna
Presentation by Sebastian Leitner
Graubünden Institute für Cultural Research
Chur, Switzerland
Presentation by Sebastian Leitner
D-A-CH-Workshop “Environment and Resources”
University of Bern
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Funded by the European Union (ERC, SCARCE, Grant number 101076422). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
