Colloquium Meeting Dates for Academic Year 2007-08
Except under unusual circumstances, Colloquium meetings this year generally fall on Wednesdays from 12:00noon to 1:15pm at CHE's new home in the Bradley Memorial Building at 1225 Linden Drive.
September 19
Gregg Mitman, Introductory Session to Launch CHE and the Colloquium for 2007-08
October 3
Amrys Williams of the History of Science Department will present the results of her MA research in a talk entitled: "Head, Heart, Hands, and Health: 4-H, Ecology, and Conservation in Wisconsin, 1930-1950.
October 9 (Special Tuesday Session)
Adam Rome, Pennsylvania State University: Inspirational Stories and Cautionary Tales: An Environmental Historian Reflects on the Challenge of Global Warming
October 24
Where Content meets Intent: A Conversation about Environmental Film and Advocacy with Judith Helfand and Sarita Siegel"
November 7
Colloquium Conversation: Lessons Learned from "Tales from Planet Earth," CHE's First Environmental Film Festival"
November 28
Buddy Huffaker, Executive Director, and Jennifer Kobylecky, Education Coordinator, of the Aldo Leopold Foundation. “Interpreting Aldo Leopold’s Legacy in the 21st Century.” CANCELLED: To be rescheduled for Spring 2008
January 30
Rachel Azima, English Department, "'Weeds are Us': Weeds, Cosmopolitanism, and Biodiversity."
February 13
Jim McCann, 206 Ingraham, "Taytu's Feast: Food and Cuisine in Building the Nation" (co-sponsored with African Studies).
February 27
Steve Forman, W. W. Norton & Co., "A Conversation about Book Publishing for Prospective Authors"
March 5
Reserved for Grad Student Presentations in Preparation for American Society for Environmental History conference in Boise, Idaho.
March 26
David Mladenoff
April 9
Buddy Huffaker & Jennifer Kobylecky, "Land, Health, Ethics: Interpreting Aldo Leopold’s Legacy in the 21st Century."
April 23
Carolyn Merchant, University of California, Berkeley, "Gender and Environmental History."