Previous Lectures Archive
The lecture notes from previous events are posted in power point or video when available. Lunch time lecture topics include different aspects of Austin’s ecology.
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| December 2022 | Geography of Flowing Water | Download | |
| October 2022 | The Great Disruptors- Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action | Download | |
| September 2022 | The Economy of Nature Ecology, Culture, and Cosmos | Download | |
| August 2022 | The Evolution of Nature- Humboldt, Darwin, and Biogeography | Download | |
| July 2022 | Invention of Modern Nature- The Earth, a Natural Whole | Download | |
| June 2022 | Romance of Nature Science- Imagination and the Poets of Nature | Download | |
| May 2022 | The Science of Nature- Humbolt and the Empirical Earth | Download | |
| April 2022 | Physical Geography and the Science of Nature | Download | |
| March 2022 | Ecological Imperialism and the Geography of Nature | Download | |
| February 2022 | Natural History and the Taxonomy of Nature | Download | |
| January 2022 | Natural Philosophy and the Study of Nature | Download | |
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March 2020 |
Ecological Imperialism and the Geography of Nature |
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February 2020 |
Natural History and the Taxonomy of Nature |
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January 2020 |
Natural Philosophy and the Study of Nature |
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December 2019 |
The Urban Stream: Life on Waller Creek |
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November 2019 |
Another Colorado: Austin and the River |
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October 2019 |
Waters the Land: Rivers and Water in Texas |
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September 2019 |
Rivers of Empire: American Environmental History and Waterways |
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August 2019 |
Strong Brown God: The Poetry of Flowing Water |
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June 2019 |
Riverrun: Language, Art, Waterways |
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May 2019 |
The Round River: Myth, Meaning and Flowing Water |
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April 2019 |
Bottom Land: Life in the Floodplain |
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March 2019 |
Riparian: Life at the Edge |
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February 2019 |
Fluvial Life: the Ecology of Flowing Water |
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January 2019 |
The Geography of Flowing Water: Rivers, Streams, Nature, and Culture |
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December 2018 |
The End of Nature Prospective Ecology Environmental Ethics and the Anthropocene |
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November 2018 |
The Ecological City: Sustainable, Ecology and Urban Metabolism |
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October 2018 |
Farming with Nature: Sustainable Agriculture and the American Family Farm |
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September 2018 |
Saving American Nature: Preservation, Conservation, and the Wild |
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August 2018 |
American Environmental Science: Carson and the Politics of Nature |
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July 2018 |
American Ecology: Stability, Integrity, and Leopold's Legacy |
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June 2018 |
American Biology: Natives, Immigrants, and Humboldt's Children |
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May 2018 |
American Natural History: Thoreau and New World Nature |
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April 2018 |
Resilient Nature: Discordant Harmony and New Ecology |
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March 2018 |
Urban Nature: Perspectives on Nature and the City |
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February 2018 |
Pastoral Nature: Agrerianism and Rural America |
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January 2018 |
Wild Nature: The New World and Wilderness |
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December 2017 |
Encounter with Urban Nature: Ecology, the City and the Arts |
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November 2017 |
Design with Nature: |
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October 2017 |
Nature Out of Place: |
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September 2017 |
The Aerial City: Urban Birds, Bats, and Denizens of the Sky |
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August 2017 |
The Subterranean City: Soil and The Urban Microcosmos |
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July 2017 |
The Terrestrial City: Green Space and The Urban Forest |
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June 2017 |
The Aquatic City: The Ecology of Urban Waterways |
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May 2017 |
Nature in the City: Urban Habitats and the Degradation Myth |
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April 2017 |
Understanding Urban Nature: Ecology, Culture, and the American City |
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March 2017 |
Urban Pastoral: Farms, Gardens, and Parkland in the City |
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February 2017 |
Urban Wild: Wilderness, Wildness, and the American City |
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January 2017 |
Varieties of Possibility: Perspectives on Nature and the City |
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December 2016 |
The End of Nature: Permanence, Change, and the Anthropocene |
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November 2016 |
The Earth Managers: Balance, Resilience, and Environmental Science |
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October 2016 |
The Great Disruptors: Environmentalism and the Idea of American Nature |
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September 2016 |
The Economy of Nature: Ecology, Earth Science, and Biotic Navigation |
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August 2016 |
The Evolution of Nature: Von Humboldt, Darwin, and the Systematic Universe |
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July 2016 |
The Romance of Nature: Science, Imagination, and the Poets of Nature |
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June 2016 |
The Invention of Modern Nature: The Earth as a “Natural Whole” |
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May 2016 |
The Scientist of Nature: Alexander Von Humboldt and the Physical Description of the Earth |
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April 2016 |
The Nature Collectors: New Lands, New Nature, and Ecological Imperialism |
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March 2016 |
The Study of Nature: Natural History and the Creation of Nature |
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February 2016 |
Second Nature: Pastoral Landscapes and the Cultivation of Nature |
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January 2016 |
First Nature: The Pristine Myth and Wilderness |
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December 2015 |
Goodbye to the River: A Summary |
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November 2015 |
Another Colorado: Rivertown Austin |
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October 2015 |
Waters the Land: Texas Rivers |
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September 2015 |
Rivers of Empire: American Rivers |
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August 2015 |
Bottomland: Floodplain Habitats and the River Tisza |
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July 2015 |
Riparia: Life at the River’s Edge |
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June 2015 |
River Life: The Ecology of Flowing Water |
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May 2015 |
River Process: the Fluvial System and Hydrology |
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April 2015 |
The Geography of Rivers: The Nature and Culture of Flowing Water |
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March 2015 |
Riversong: American Rivers and Music |
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Febuary 2015 |
Riverrun: Language, Art, and Rivers |
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January 2015 |
The Round River: Myth, Meaning, and Flowing Water |
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November 2014 |
Design with Nature: Ecological Cities and the Myth of Sustainability |
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October 2014 |
Farming With Nature: The Unsettling of America |
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September 2014 |
Saving American Nature: Preservation vs. Conservation |
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August 2014 |
American Environmental Science, Sustainability, and Human Nature |
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July 2014 |
Ecology, Ecosystem Services, and the Balance of Nature |
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June 2014 |
Biology, Ecological Change, and Native Species |
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May 2014 |
American Natural History and the Theory of Degenerate Nature |
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April 2014 |
Resilient Nature Wasteland |
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March 2014 |
Urban Nature: The American City and Degraded Nature |
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February 2014 |
Pastoral Nature |
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January 2014 |
Wilderness: The Myth of Prisine Nature |
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December 2013 |
Goodbye to the River: A Summary |
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November 2013 |
Another Colorado: Rivertown Austin |
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October 2013 |
Waters the Land: Texas Rivers |
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September 2013 |
Rivers of Empire: American Rivers |
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August 14, 2013 |
Bottomland: Floodplain Habitats |
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July 10, 2013 |
Riparia: Life at the River's Edge |
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June 12, 2013 |
River Life: the Ecology of Flowing Water |
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May 8, 2013 |
River Process: the Fluvial System and River Hydrology |
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April 10, 2013 |
Strong Brown God: the Poetry of Rivers |
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March 13, 2013 |
Riversong: American Rivers and Music |
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February 13, 2013 |
Riverrun: Language, Art, and Rivers |
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January 9, 2013 |
The Round River: Myth, Meaning, and Rivers |
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December 4, 2012 |
Natural and Unnatural History: the Path Forward |
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November 6 , 2012 |
The Natural History of an Urban Wasteland: Hornsby Bend |
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October 2, 2012 |
The Natural History of an Urban Vacant Lot: Tannehill Urban Wild Woodland |
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September 4, 2012 |
Natural History of an Urban Creek: Waller Creek |
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August 7, 2012 |
Urban Natural History: Life in the City |
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July 3, 2012 |
The Natural History of Austin: Biological Context and Urbanization |
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June 5, 2012 |
The Natural History of Texas: Biological Survey and Ecological Change |
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May 1, 2012 |
The History of Americas: Discovery and Transformation |
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April 3, 2012 |
The History of Natural History: Contemporary Natural History |
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March 7, 2012 |
The History of Natural History: 19th and 20th Century Science and Literature |
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February 1, 2012 |
The History of Natural History: Origins and 19th Century Development |
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December 7, 2011 |
Encounters with Nature in the City: Urban Nature and Literature |
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November 2, 2011 |
The Proper Place of Nature: Urban Planning and Urban Ecology |
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October 5, 2011 |
The Weeds and the Wild: Invasive Species and Urban Ecology |
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September 7, 2011 |
Varieties of Possibility: Perspectives on Nature and the City |
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August 3, 2011 |
Austin Waterways: “Life On Waller Creek” with Professor Joseph Jones |
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July 6, 2011 |
Texas Rivers: On the Colorado with Roy Bedichek “Karankaway Country” |
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June 1, 2011 |
Texas Rivers: On the Brazos with John Graves “Goodbye to a River” |
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May 4, 2011 |
The Myth of the River: American Rivers and American Literature |
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April 6, 2011 |
The Nature of the River: The Flora and Fauna of the Colorado River Corridor |
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March 2, 2011 |
Discovering the Colorado: The Austin-Bastrop River Corridor Partnership 2003-2011 |
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February 2, 2011 |
Changes in the Land: The Cultural Landscape of the Colorado River Corridor |
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January 5, 2011 |
The Forgotten Habitat: the Biogeography of the Colorado River Bottomlands |