CEES Colloquium Series
The CEES Colloquium Series was designed in Fall 2018 as an informal, internal seminar series that allows our 120+ affiliates from across the college to gather and share updates on current research, academic writings, courses and more. After just one semester, the weekly colloquium was reported by affiliates as one of the most valuable opportunities that CEES offers. The series is open to all interested students, faculty and staff. During weeks in which department seminars or university events focus on energy, environment, or sustainability, we will promote those events. Coffee is provided and the company is great. Feel free to bring your lunch as well. You can drop in each week or keep your eye on the schedule for specific topics that pique your interest. Questions or ideas? Would you like to present? Contact Erin Stephens at stepheec@wfu.edu.
Fall 2019 Schedule
The CEES Colloquium Series will take place weekly on Mondays from 12:00 – 1:00pm in Tribble A204, unless otherwise noted.
Notes: This semester we envision that the colloquium series can serve as a space for informal, topical conversations in addition to seminars and presentations guided by colleagues. These opportunities are marked on the schedule as “Topical Group Discussions.” For any listed SSRS sessions, please email Andrius Galisanka at galisaa@wfu.edu for the speaker’s paper in progress.
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, Sept. 9 | Michael Lamb | Hope and Climate Change: Lessons from Wendell Berry (Please read Michael’s paper Wendell Berry’s Difficult Hope in advance) |
| Monday, Sept. 16 | Topical Group Discussion | Discussion on Jonathan Franzen’s New Yorker article: What if we stopped pretending the climate apocalypse can be stopped? |
| Monday, Sept. 23 | Lisa Blee | Treaty Trees: How trees were commemorated by settlers as witnesses to the foundations of political relations with indigenous people |
| Monday, Sept. 30 | Joelle Muhlemann Vidi | Taking the Heat Out of Heat Stress: How plants defend themselves against climate change |
| SSRS: Thursday, Oct. 3 | 4:00 PM | Kirby 202 | Mark Peterson (Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) | Back to the Future: Sustainability in Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics |
| Monday, Oct. 7 | NONE | Join a book discussion on the topic of The Uninhabitable Earth on 10/8 from 4:00-5:00pm or 10/9 from 12:00-1:00pm. Both discussions will be held in ZSR 477. Register here. |
| Monday, Oct. 14 | Nathan Peifer | Campus as Lab: Opportunities for incorporating sustainability in your classroom through engaged projects |
| Monday, Oct. 21 | Tom Frank | Experimental colleges as pathbreakers in sustainability action |
| SSRS: Thursday, Oct. 24 | 4:00 PM | Kirby 202 | Miles Silman | Illegal and Informal Economies, Gold Mining, Uncontacted Indigenous Peoples, and Conservation: Managing people on the Amazonian frontier |
| Monday, Oct. 28 | Stan Meiburg | State-Federal Relationships in Environmental Protection |
| Monday, Nov. 4 | Christopher Jackson | Picking the poison: assessing the rhetoric of choice in B.C. carbon pricing debates |
| SSRS: Thursday, Nov. 14 | 4:00 PM | Kirby 202 | Mark Curtis | Understanding Industrial Enegy Efficiency: The role of prices, management, and onsite generation |
| Monday, Nov. 18 | 7:30 PM | Byrum Welcome Center | NONE | We encourage you to attend “The Serengeti Rules: The Regulation and Restoration of Biodiversity” with award-winning biologist, Dr. Sean B. Carroll. The talk will begin at 7:30pm on 11/18 in Byrum Welcome Center. It is free and open to the public. Registration is not required. |
| Monday, Nov. 25 | Norm Fraley | The State and Future of Biofuels |
| Monday, Dec. 2 | NONE | Enjoy the last week of classes. |
Spring 2019
| Date/Location | Type | Speaker | Topic | RSVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, January 31 from 4:00 – 5:00 pm. Location: Wingate 206 | Presentation and Discussion | John Knox | “The Human Right to a Healthy Environment” | RSVP |
| Thursday, February 7 from 4:00 – 5:00 pm. Location: Wingate 206 | Presentation and Discussion | Dr. Joel Tauber | “Environmentalism and the Arts” | RSVP |
| Week of February 18 – 22. Various opportunities to engage with Carl Safina. | No Colloquium | Carl Safina | Writing Beyond Words: Perspectives on Earth and Humanity | RSVP |
| Thursday, February 28 from 4:00 – 5:00 pm. Location: Wingate 206 | Presentation and Discussion | Justin Catanoso | COP24 Recap: Is the Annual UN Climate Summit Still Effective? | RSVP |
Fall 2018
| Date/Location | Type | Speaker | Topic | RSVP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, September 10 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm. Tribble A307. | Presentation and Discussion | Dr. Rob Erhardt | “The Nexus of Climate Data, Adaptive Capacity and Insurance“ | n/a |
| Monday, September 17 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm. Tribble A307. | Round Table Discussion | Dr. Michael Lamb | “Ethics for Climate Change Communicators“ | n/a |
| Monday, September 24 at 7:00 pm. Byrum Welcome Center. | Partner Event | Dr. Dava Newman | “Exploring Space for Earth: Earth’s Vital Signs Revealed“ | n/a |
| Wednesday, October 3 at 4:00 pm. Olin 101. | Partner Event: Physics Colloquium | Dr. Lauren Lowman | “Adaptive Modeling of Vegetation Green-up and Die-off Responses to Extreme Weather” | n/a |
| Monday, October 8 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm. Tribble A307. | Presentation and Discussion | Kristen Haaf | Addressing Community Environmental Issues through Green Infrastructure | RSVP |
| Wednesday, October 17 from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm. Winston 232. | Partner Event: Eco Lunch | Dr. Christopher Zarzar | Drones and Modeling | n/a |
| Thursday, October 18 from 4:00 – 5:00 pm. Kirby 202. | Partner Event: Social Science Research Seminar | Siba N’Zatioula Grovogui | “An Empire of Morals: Or the Decolonization of the Cosmopolitan Imaginary” | n/a |
| Wednesday, October 24 from 4:00 – 5:00 pm. Olin 101. | Partner Event: Co-Sponsored Physics and Chemistry Colloquium | Dr. Ilias Belharouak, Distinguished Scientist and Group Leader at Oak Ridge National Laboratory | “Science and Technology Drivers in Batteries for Renewables Energy & Mobility Applications” | n/a |
| Monday, October 29 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm. Tribble A307. | Round Table Discussion | Dr. Sid Shapiro | “Social Justice in a Green Economy” | RSVP |
| Monday, October 29 from 4:00 – 5:00 pm. Winston 126 | Partner Event: Biology Seminar Series | Stephen Long, University of Illinois | “Engineering photosynthesis for global food security. Why, how, and will you let me do it?” | n/a |
| Monday, November 5 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm. Tribble A307. | Presentation and Discussion | Dr. Stephanie Friede | “Atmospheric Pressure: Transforming Air into Power in Southern Mexico” | RSVP |
| Monday, November 12 from 12:00 – 1:00 pm. Tribble A307. | TBD | Dr. Rowie Kirby Straker | “Incorporating Sustainability into the classroom” | RSVP |
| Tuesday, November 13 from 5:00 – 7:00 pm. Winston Hall Atrium | Partner Event: Exhibit Opening and Reception | Dr. Pat Lord and FYS students | “Outbreaks: Epidemics in a Connected World” from Smithsonian Institute National Museum of Natural History | n/a |
| Monday, November 19 | No Colloquium – Thanksgiving Holidays | |||
| Monday, November 26 from 4:00 – 5:00 pm. Winston 125. | Partner Event: Biology Seminar Series | John Bruno, UNC Chapel Hill | “The Role of Temperature as a Process Regulator in Marine Communities” | n/a |
| Thursday, November 29 from 4:00 – 5:00 pm. Kirby 202. | Partner Event: Social Science Research Seminar | Dr. David Phillips | “Resilient Urban Coastal Landscapes: New Community Relationships with Water” | n/a |