The CER Lunchtime Lectures 2022
- FreeOpen to the Public
- MasksAll locations required
The 2022 CER Lunchtime Talks will be about Alexander von Humboldt, his life, legacy, rediscovery, and achievements. We will start by looking at Western ideas about nature and the study that shaped Humboldt’s ideas. We will then examine the impact of Humboldt’s ideas on literature and science in the 19th century, as well as his disappearance from American scientific education in 20th century. The year will close by showing how Humboldt’s legacy is resurfacing in the 21st Century within environmentalism, environmental sciences, and the idea the Anthropocene. Join us for Humboldtian Science & Alexander von Humboldt.
- WhatMarch Environmental Research Lunchtime lecture-Ecological Imperialism & the Geography of Nature
- When:March 8, 2022, 12-1 p.m.
- Where: Austin Water Center for Environmental Research and Hornsby Bend at 2210 South FM 973 Austin, Texas
- Other Information: Free, open to the public; Masks necessary
Dr. Kevin M. Anderson Austin Water Center for Environmental Research. Alexander von Humboldt: Culture and Science.
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), was appointed by King of Spain to conduct the first comprehensive scientific exploration of Spanish America in 1798. Humboldt stated that I would collect fossils, plants, and make astronomic observation. However, that is not the main purpose. I will also try to discover how the forces of nature interact with one another and how the geography influences animal and plant life. Also, I want to discover the unity of nature.
The CER Lunchtime Lectures 2022
Study of Nature and Western Culture
March Ecological Imperialism, and the Geography of Nature
- March 8th, 12-1 p.m. at AW Centre for Environmental Research in Hornsby Bend at 2210 South FM 933, Austin, Texas 78725
- March 10, 12-1 pm at PARD Senior Activity Center–Lamar, 2874 Shoalcrest Avenue, South Room
April Physical Geography and Science of Nature
- April 5 at University of Texas Norman Hackerman Building 100 E 24th St Room 1.220
- April 12th, 12-1 p.m. at AW Centre for Environmental Research at Hornsby Bend 2210 South FM 973
- April 14th, 12-1 p.m. Parks and Recreation Senior Activity Center – Lamar, 2874 Shoalcrest Ave, South Room
January Natural Philosophy and The Study of Nature Here is the January recording.
February Natural History & the Taxonomy of Nature Here’s the February recording.
The Center for Environmental Research has the complete 2022 PDF Lunchtime Lectures Schedule.
About the Program
Austin Water The University of Texas Texas A&M University
A Partnership for Urban Ecology, Sustainability: Community Education, Research
The address is Hornsby Bend BiosolidsManagement Plant
2210 South FM 933, Austin, Texas 78725