Date: Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015
Time: 7 – 8 p.m.
Location: Kane Hall 210
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Christof Mauch, Chair and Professor of American Cultural History at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU), presents a Katz Distinguished Lecture.
Mauch is the founder and director of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society, one of the largest international research centers for the environmental humanities and social sciences. One of the world’s most distinguished scholars of environmental history, Mauch is currently working on a book entitled Green New Worlds: Travels into the History and Nature of the United States that includes case studies of Portland and Seattle. Mauch is also the author of Humans and the Environment: Sustainability from a Historical Perspective (in German, 2014) and Nature in German History (2004), as well as the co-editor of American Environments: Climate, Cultures, Catastrophe (2012), Rivers in History: Perspectives on Waterways in Europe and North America (2008), and Shades of Green: Environmental Activism around the Globe (2006).
Sean Notes are blog posts by UWS Sustainability Assistant Director, Sean Schmidt that feature news, information, and resources that connect the dots in what Sean calls "full spectrum sustainability" (economic, social, and environmental aspects of sustainability).