[Sci-tech-public] MIT Seminar on Environmental and Agricultural History

[Margo Collett]

MIT Seminar on Environmental and Agricultural History 

   2011 - 2012

 

     Sessions from 2:30 to 4:30 PM

    Building E51 Room 095

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 
 
 
September 23         		The American Supermarket and the Cold War “Farms Race”
                     					Shane Hamilton, History, University of Georgia
 
 
October 28         		Islands in the Stream of Environmental History
                     					Graeme Wynn, Geography, University of British Columbia
 
 
November 18         		Plant Transfers, Imperialism, and Biodiversity: A View from Africa
                     					William Beinart, History and African Studies, Oxford University
 
 
February 24         		A Landscape Architect in the Twin Cities: Western Settlement, Indian Mounds, and America’s Most Radical Park System       
                     					Aaron Sachs, History, Cornell University
 
 
March 16         		Earthsickness: Circumnavigation and the Origins of Planetary Consciousness, 1520-1830
                     					Joyce Chaplin, History, Harvard University
                
 
April 20         			Beyond Yosemite! A Three-part Guide to Reimagining the  American Landscape
                          				Jenny Price, Free-lance writer in Los Angeles
 
 
 
 
 
 
For more information, contact Margo Collett at mcollett at mit.edu. This seminar series is sponsored
by MIT's History Faculty and Program in Science, Technology, and Society.
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