History

2022 Mountain Studies Lecture

The 2022 Mountain Studies Lecture featured Dr. Edwin Bernbaum, a mountaineer and scholar of comparative religion and mythology whose work focuses on the relationship between nature and culture.

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Committee:

  • Dr. Allison Fredette (Department of History)
  • Dr. Howard Neufeld (Department of Biology)
  • Dr. Mark Nunes (Department of Interdisciplinary Studies)
  • Dr. Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand (Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures)

Inaugural Mountain Studies Lecture (2020)

Speakers:

  • Dr. Aurora Elmore (National Geographic Society)
  • Paul Mayewski (University of Maine)
  • Dr. Baker Perry (Appalachian State Department of Geography and Planning)
  • Dr. Anton Seimon (Appalachian State Department of Geography and Planning)
  • Dr. Tracie Seimon (Wildlife Conservation Society)
  • Alex Tait (National Geographic Society)
  • Dr. Saskia van de Gevel (Appalachian State Department of Geography and Planning)

Committee:

  • Dr. Mark Bradbury (College of Arts and Sciences)
  • Dr. Katherine Ledford (Center for Appalachian Studies)

  • Dr. Baker Perry (Department of Geography and Planning)

  • Dr. Mark Spond (Department of Geography and Planning)