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Tuesday, October 8th, 2019
12:00pm
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Visual Culture Program
Immortality Projects: Science and Art of Being Ephemeral
Natalie Andrew,
Professional Biologist and Visual Artist,
Brian Knep,
Media Artist,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Visual Culture Program
Persuasive Images in Early Modern Scientific Books
Sachiko Kusukawa,
Professor of History of Science,
University of Cambridge,
9:00am
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8/31
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Visual Culture Program - "Peggy and Fred in Hell"
Film Screening Followed by a Q&A with the Filmmaker
Leslie Thornton,
Artist-in-Residence and Lecturer in Visual Culture, Caltech; Professor Emerita of Modern Culture and Media, Brown University,
- Public Event
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Visual Culture Program
A Crash History of Drones
Katherine Chandler,
Assistant Professor of Culture and Politics,
School of Foreign Service,
Georgetown University,
- Public Event
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Visual Culture Program - "Encoded Textiles"
Encoded Textiles: Engineering and Craftwork
Abdoulaye Konaté,
Artist; Founding General Director of the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers Multimédia Balla Fasseké Kouyaté in Bamako, Mali,
Daniela Rosner,
Assistant Professor of Human Centered Design and Engineering and Co-Director of the TAT Lab,
University of Washington,
- Public Event
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Maps, Monsters, and Natural History in the Age of Exploration
Surekha Davies,
Cultural Historian and InterAmericas Fellow at the John Carter Brown Library,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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Visual Culture Program
Natural Features: Artists, Architects, and Scientists Imagine Space
Lize Mogel,
Artist and Counter-Cartographer,
Jeff Stuart,
Mission Design & Navigation Systems Engineer,
JPL,
Dilip da Cunha,
Architect and Planner; Co-Director, Risk and Resilience Master in Design Studies, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University; Adjunct Professor, GSAPP, Columbia University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Visual Culture Program
Do Art and Science Share a Common Foundation?
Landon Ross,
Los Angeles-based Artist,
Scott Chimileski,
Microbiologist, Photographer, and Author,
Harvard Medical School,
12:30pm
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1:30pm
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Visual Culture Program
Life at the Edge of Sight: A Photographic Exploration of the Microbial World
Scott Chimileski,
Microbiologist, Photographer, and Author,
Harvard Medical School,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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4:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Towards a Global History of Biodiversity
Daniel Lewis,
Lecturer in History, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech; Dibner Senior Curator of the History of Science & Technology, The Huntington Library,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Making the World Go 'Round: How Urbano Monte Created his Map of 1587
Chet Van Duzer,
Geography and Map Division,
Library of Congress, Washington, DC,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
The Science of Shakespeare
Dan Falk,
journalist, author, and broadcaster,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
The Space Barons and the New Space Age
Christian Davenport,
Author, Staff Writer,
The Washington Post,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Jay Rubenstein, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Was the First Crusade Really That Violent?
Jay Rubenstein,
Professor of History,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath
Leslie Jamison,
American Novelist and Essayist,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Art + Tech Seminar
Critical Making
Matt Ratto,
Associate Professor, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto; Director, Critical Making Lab; Director, Semaphore Research Cluster on Mobile and Pervasive Computing,
5:30pm
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6:30pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
"By far the most important event in my life": Charles Darwin's recollections of his voyage on HMS Beagle
Janet Browne,
Aramont Professor of the History of Science,
Harvard University,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
America in the Age of Polar Fever
Hampton Sides,
American Historian, Author, and Journalist,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Catherine Nall, Royal Holloway, University of London
Violence and Compassion in Late Medieval Writing
Catherine Nall,
Lecturer in Medieval Literature,
Royal Holloway, University of London,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Exploring the solar system: Who has done it, how, and why?
Peter Westwick,
Lecturer in History, Caltech; Research Professor of History, USC; Director, Aerospace History Project, Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West,
4:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Hillary Mushkin & Cavan Concannon
Tracing Lines Across the Sea: Mapping the Mediterranean
Hillary Mushkin,
Research Professor of Art and Design in Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
Caltech,
Cavan Concannon,
Assistant Professor of Religion,
Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences,
USC,
7:00pm
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8:30pm
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Art + Tech Panel: Map and Territory
Maayan Amir,
Artist and Lecturer,
Department of Fine Arts,
Haifa University ,
Ruti Sela,
Artist and Lecturer,
Department of Fine Arts,
Haifa University ,
Robert Simmon,
Senior Data Visualization Engineer,
Planet ,
Nicolas Wey-Gomez,
Professor of History,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Paul Hyams, Cornell University
House, Hand, and the Wolf's Head: Anglo-Saxon England and the Western Legal Tradition
Paul Hyams,
Professor Emeritus of History,
Cornell University,
7:00pm
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8:30pm
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Art + Tech Panel: Games and Art
Nonny de la Peña,
Founder & CEO,
Emblematic ,
Johnnemann Nordhagen,
Founder of Dim Bulb Games; Co-founder of Fullbright ,
Brian Schrank,
Professor of Game Development, Theory and Design,
Depaul University ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Keith Pluymers, Caltech
Cow Trials and Murdered Rivers: Violent Landscapes and Resistance in the Early Modern World
Keith Pluymers,
Howard E. and Susanne C. Jessen Postdoctoral Instructor in the Humanities,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Brown Bag Seminar: Leah Klement, Caltech
England In and Out of Europe in Lydgate's "Troy Book" and "The Serpent of Division"
Leah Klement,
Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations Postdoctoral Instructor,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
‘The Invention of Nature,' Alexander von Humboldt, and the Merging of the Arts and the Sciences
Andrea Wulf,
Historian and Author,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Rory Cox, Caltech
Towards a Global History of the Ethics of War
Rory Cox,
Visiting Associate in the Humanities, Caltech; Lecturer in Late Medieval History, University of St Andrews,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CANCELLED | Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Brown Bag Seminar: Leah Klement, Caltech
This talk has been cancelled.
Leah Klement,
Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations Postdoctoral Instructor,
Caltech,
4:30pm
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5:30pm
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Patricia Palmer, University College London
Off Campus
The Arts of War and the ‘Embedded' Poet: Incitement, Exultation and Elegy in Literary Responses to the Conquest of Ireland
Patricia Palmer,
Professor,
Department of English,
National University of Ireland, Maynooth,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Susanna Throop, Ursinus College
"Not Cruelty but Piety?" The Difficulties of Assessing "Crusading Violence" and Why It Matters
Susanna Throop,
Associate Professor of History,
Ursinus College,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
What are the ‘Global Middle Ages,' and Why Do They Matter?
Geraldine Heng,
Perceval Fellow and Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, with a joint appointment in Middle Eastern studies and Women’s studies,
University of Texas, Austin,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
Building Science: Multiple Agendas
Thom Mayne,
Architect and Design Director,
Morphosis,
6:00pm
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7:30pm
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Art + Tech Panel: Computational Literature
Xtine Burrough,
Artist, Associate Professor in the School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication,
UT Dallas,
Nick Montfort,
Poet, Professor of Digital Media,
MIT,
Brian Kim Stefans,
Poet, Associate Professor of Literature,
UCLA,
Eran Hadas ,
Poet, Schusterman Visiting Israeli Artist,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Margo Todd, University of Pennsylvania
Preventing Violence in the Early Modern Town: Arbitration, Bonds, and Cautions
Margo Todd,
Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania; Fletcher Jones Foundation Distinguished Fellow in British History, The Huntington Library,
6:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
The Iberian Voyages of Discovery and the Origin of Modern Science: A Geological Perspective
Walter Alvarez,
Professor of the Graduate School,
Earth and Planetary Science Department,
University of California, Berkeley,
6:00pm
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7:30pm
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Art + Tech Panel: Machines and Vision
Daniel Landau,
Artist; Senior Research Fellow, Interdisciplinary Centre, Herzliya, Israel; PhD Researcher,
Alto University Media Lab, Helsinki,
Pietro Perona,
Allen E. Puckett Professor of Electrical Engineering,
Caltech,
Janet Vertesi,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Sociology,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Bruce Hoffman, Georgetown University
The Rationality of Terrorism and Other Forms of Political Violence: Lessons from the Jewish Campaign in Palestine, 1944-1947
Bruce Hoffman,
Professor, Director of the Center for Security Studies and the Security Studies Program,
Walsh School of Foreign Service,
Georgetown University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Cary J. Nederman, Texas A&M University
From Violence to Order: Changing Ideas of Tyranny during the Latin Middle Ages
Cary J. Nederman,
Co-Director, Ethics and Political Science; Professor,
Texas A&M University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar
Violence in History and in Contemporary Conflicts: Why History Matters for Today's Politics
Bettina Koch,
Associate Professor of Political Science, Virginia Tech; Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations Fellow,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Climate Change Impact on Past Civilizations: Lessons from Space Data and Archaeology
Ronald G. Blom,
Principal Scientist (Retired),
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
6:00pm
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7:30pm
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Art + Tech Panel: The Prosthetic Imaginary
Sara Hendren,
Artist, Design Researcher, and Assistant Professor of Design,
Olin College of Engineering,
Ken Pickar,
Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Art + Tech Panel: Information Systems and Culture
Ricardo Dominguez,
Artist and Associate Professor of Visual Arts,
UCSD,
Keller Easterling,
Writer, Architect, and Professor in the Yale School of Architecture,
K. Mani Chandy,
Simon Ramo Professor of Computer Science, Emeritus,
Caltech,
5:30pm
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6:30pm
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Art + Tech Panel: Gesture Recognition
Pamela Z,
Composer/Performer/Media Artist,
Morteza Gharib,
Hans W. Liepmann Professor of Aeronautics and Bioinspired Engineering; Director, Graduate Aerospace Laboratories; Vice Provost,
Caltech,
6:00pm
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Art + Tech Panel: Networks
Natalie Bookchin,
Artist, CalArts,
Kris Cohen,
Art History Professor, Reed College,
Ricardo Dominquez,
Artist, UCSD,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Fire and Ice: Exploring Volcanoes on Earth and the Solar System
Rosaly M. C. Lopes,
Senior Research Scientist, Manager for Planetary Science, NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
5:30pm
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6:30pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Man and Machine: Reports from the Front Lines of Exploration
Jeff J. Marlow,
PhD Candidate, Geobiology, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
South Sea Dreams: Pacific Exploration in Spanish Histories of the Americas, 1500-1550
Ricardo Padrón,
Associate Professor of Spanish,
Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese,
University of Virginia,
6:00pm
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Art + Tech Panel: Remote Sensing
Scott Davidoff,
Human Interfaces Group, JPL,
Steve Rowell,
Artist, Curator, Researcher,
Jason Weems,
Art History Professor, UC Riverside,
6:00pm
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Art + Tech Panel: Automata
Joel Burdick,
Mechanical Engineering, Caltech,
Daniel Martinez,
Artist, UC Irvine,
Eddo Stern,
Artist, UCLA,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
Public Experiments
Steve Kurtz,
Professor and Chair of the Department of Visual Studies,
University of Buffalo,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Becoming Earthlings: Citizen-Observers in Nineteenth-Century Geoscience
Deborah Coen,
Associate Professor of History,
Barnard College, Columbia University,
6:30pm
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7:30pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Exploring Mars with Curiosity: Mapping, Trekking, Discovery
John P. Grotzinger,
Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Watching a Renaissance Cartographer at Work: The Construction of Waldseemüller's Carta marina (1516)
Chet Van Duzer,
Geography and Map Division,
Library of Congress, Washington, DC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
Junípero Serra and the Spanish Craze
Richard L. Kagan,
Professor Emeritus,
Department of History,
Johns Hopkins University,
8:00pm
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James Michelin Seminar
A Conversation with Walter Isaacson: With Jed Buchwald
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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James Michelin Seminar
Universities and Their Spaces: The Special History of the Campus as a 'Place' for Learning
Sheldon Rothblatt,
Professor of History and Director of the Center for Studies in Higher Education,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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