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March 26, 2015/in NewsEvent /by Julia Olson

“Depilation and Deforestation: Controlling Nature in the Amazon”

Jeffrey Hoelle (Anthropology, UCSB) to give IHC lecture. Thursday, April 9, 2015/ 4:00 PM, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB.

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March 19, 2015/in NewsEvent /by Julia Olson

“Conservation, De-extinction, and the Future of Life”

Oliver A. Ryder (Director of the Frozen Zoo project and Kleberg Chair at the San Diego Zoo’s Institute for Conservation Research) to give IHC lecture. Thursday, April 2, 2015 / 4:00 PM, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB.

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February 26, 2015/in NewsEvent /by Julia Olson

“Racing Extinction”

Screening of Racing Extinction and Q&A with director Louis Psihoyos. Thursday, March 12, 2015 / 7:00 PM, UCSB Pollock Theater. Admission $10 general / $5 students

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February 12, 2015/in NewsEvent /by Julia Olson

“Climate Justice (The Movie): Five Years Inside The UN Climate Talks”

Film screening and discussion with Richard Widick (scholar/filmmaker). Thursday, February 26, 2015 / 4:00 PM, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB.

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February 6, 2015/in NewsEvent /by Julia Olson

“Energy Challenges in the Developing World”

Workshop including an IHC lecture “Toxic Tales in the African Anthropocene” by Gabrielle Hecht (History, University of Michigan). Friday, February 20, 2015 / 9:30 AM, Multipurpose Room, Student Resource Building

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February 5, 2015/in NewsEvent /by Julia Olson

“Climate Data Detectives: On the History and Politics of Knowledge about Global Climate Change”

Paul Edwards (History and School of Information, University of Michigan) to give IHC lecture. Thursday, February 19, 2015 / 4:00 PM, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB.

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February 5, 2015/in NewsEvent /by Julia Olson

“Journey of the Universe”

Film Screening of Journey to the Universe (directed by David Kennard and Patsy Northcutt) with special guest Mary Evelyn Tucker (Divinity, Environmental Studies, Yale, writer of Journey of the Universe). Thursday, February 29, 2015 / 7:00 PM, UCSB Pollock Theater, Admission $10 general / $5 students.

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January 30, 2015/in NewsEvent /by Julia Olson

“The Penumbra Falls: Thinking about the Potential Near-future of the Anthropocene”

Erik M. Conway (Historian, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) to give IHC lecture. Thursday, February 12, 2015 / 4:00 PM, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB.

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