Fall 2008 Schedule of Lecturers
UPDATED 4/15/2008
On Seizing the Moment and Catching the Action
DAY
DATE
SPEAKER
TITLE
Monday
September 1
Tom Eisner
On Bats, Moths, and Mites That Live In Ears
Wednesday
September 3
Tom Eisner
On Amebic Dysentery, Termite Symbionts, a Hormone Bioassay, and the Coining of “Chemotaxis”
Monday
September 8
Tom Eisner
Wednesday
September 10
Lynn Fletcher
TBA
Monday
September 15
Harry Greene
Natural History, Esthetics and Conservation
Wednesday
September 17
Tom Eisner
Saving an Island, Creating a Preserve
Monday
September 22
Ben Dane
For Love of Goats
Wednesday
September 24
Harry Greene
and Tom EisnerBooks,Books, and Books
Monday
September 29
Tom Eisner
The Naturalist as Advocate and Activist I
Wednesday
October 1
Tom Eisner
The Naturalist as Advocate and Activist II
Monday
October 6
TBA
TBA
Wednesday
October 8
Carl Leopold
My Father, Aldo Leopold
Monday
October 13
No Class
Fall Break
Wednesday
October 15
TBA
TBA
Monday
October 20
TBA
TBA
Wednesday
October 22
TBA
TBA
Monday
October27
TBA
TBA
Wednesday
October 29
Diane Ackerman
A Poet's Perspective
Monday
November 3
Katy Payne
Listening
Wednesday
November 5
TBA
TBA
Monday
November 10
John Fitzpatrick
The Woods is My Church and I Go Every Day
Wednesday
November 12
Harry Greene
TBA
Monday
November 17
David Wolfe
Tales from the Underground
Wednesday
November 19
Charles Walcott
Natural Guideposts: The Study of Orientation
Monday
November 24
Don Rakow
The Culture of Nature
Wednesday
November 26
TBA
TBA
Monday
December 1
Warren Allmon
What is Natural History?
Wednesday
December 3
Eisner/Fletcher
Natural History in Retrospect and Prospect