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Date 2023 Events Location
August 22 -
December 16
Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum Student Response Exhibit: "It's Our World". Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum
September 7,
5:30 PM
The Gene and Carol Willeke Frontiers in Environmental Sciences Distinguished lecture, presented by the Institute for the Environment and Sustainability (IES): Jonathan Foley Shideler 152
September 12,
5:00 PM
The John W. Altman Program in the Humanities presents Sunil Amrith: Renu and Anand Dhawan Professor of History, Yale University. Why Migration Matters for Environmental Justice Armstrong Pavilion C
September 25,
5:00 PM
The John W. Altman Program in the Humanities presents David Schlosberg: Professor of Environmental Politics, University of Sydney, and Director of the Sydney Environment Institute. Meanings of Environmental Justice in Contemporary Practice Shriver Dolibois AB (online talk to a live audience)
October 11,
5:00 PM
The John W. Altman Program in the Humanities presents Julian Yates: H. Fletcher Brown Professor of English and Material Culture Studies. University of Delaware. Noah's Arkive: Stories of Survival During Climate Catastrophe Armstrong Pavilion C
October 24,
7:00 PM
The John W. Altman Program in the Humanities presents Winona LaDuke: Activist and Author. The Next Energy Economy: Grassroot Strategies and the Future of Environmental Justice Armstrong Wilks Theater
November 8,
5:00-7:00 PM
Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum Student Response Exhibit: "It's Our World" Reception and Awards Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum
November 9 The Hefner Lecture presents Dr. James W. Porter TBD
November 10,
1:00 PM
The Department of Geography Presents David Padget Shideler 152
November 14,
7:00 PM
The John W. Altman Program in the Humanities presents Sandra Steingraber: Professor of Biology and Activist. To Sin by Silence: The Legacy of Rachel Carson in an Age of Climate Emergency Armstrong Pavilion C
Date 2024 Events Location
January 30 -
June 8
Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum Exhibit: "The World in Which We Live: The Art of Environmental Awareness" Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum
January 30 -
June 8
Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum 13th Annual Capstone exhibition: Landscape in Art: An Art & Architecture History Capstone Exhibition Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum
February 6,
5:00 PM
The John W. Altman Program in the Humanities presents Elizabeth Rush: Author and Assistant Professor of Nonfiction Writing, Brown University. Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth Armstrong Pavilion C
February 29,
6:00 PM
The John W. Altman Program in the Humanities presents Latoya Ruby Frazier: Award-Winning Artist. Art as Transformation: Using Photography to Effect Change Armstrong Pavilion C
March 19,
5:00 PM
The John W. Altman Program in the Humanities presents Julie Sze: Professor of American Studies and Director of the Environmental Justice Project at the University of California, Davis. Climate Justice as Freedom Shriver Center, Heritage Room
April 18,
5:00 PM

The John W. Altman Program in the Humanities Symposium

Keynote Lecture: Jennifer James, Associate Professor of English, George Washington University: Black Eco-Feminism and Abolitionist Ecology

Shriver Center Heritage Room
April 19,
1:00 PM

The John W. Altman Program in the Humanities Symposium

Keynote Lecture: Michelle Neely, Professor of English, Connecticut College: Everything is Going to Have to Be put Back: Responsibility and Repair in the Anthropocene

Shriver Center Heritage Room
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