Lectures

Counting the Costs of Climate Change, a public lecture by Dr. John Nolt

date: 
February 18,2013
Location: 

On the campus of East Tennessee State University, Ball Hall Auditorium, Room 127.

Dr. John Nolt is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Tennessee Knoxville. He does research on environmental ethics and logic, and has publilshed several books and numerous essays on these subjects. His most recent work is on climate ethics. This talk will consider the nature and extent of the harms of climate change.

Region, Race, and Memory: Inheriting the Civil War

date: 
February 28,2013
Location: 

Jonesborough Visitor's Center

The 2nd Amendment and the Current Gun Control Debate

date: 
February 10,2013
Location: 

First United Methodist Church 322 Vance Drive, Bristol, TN carol@fumcbristol.org ; 423 652-2811

Professor Stewart Harris, Associate Professor of Law at the Appalachian School of Law and host of "Your Constitutional" broadcast Sunday afternoons on WETS, will speak to the current debate on gun control from the view point of Constitutional law. He will address the arguments in an attempt to help listeners understand the Constitutional law perspective of both sides. There will be a time for questions and answers after Professor Harris speaks. Time: 6:30 pm Open and free to public

Myth of the Living Fossil: Perspectives on the Deep History of Crocodylia

date: 
December 15,2012
Location: 

ETSU Natural History Museum 1212 Suncrest Drive Gray, TN 37615

Lunchtime Lecture: Pleistocene Lizards and Snakes from Southern China

date: 
November 2,2012
Location: 

ETSU & General Shale Brick Natural History Museum & Visitor Center at Gray Fossil Site www.etsu.edu/naturalhistorymuseum

David Moscato, paleontology graduate student at ETSU, will speak at noon on November 2nd about "Pleistocene Lizards and Snakes from Southern China." His research focuses on snake and lizard fossils from a select set of caves in southern China and documenting these species’ evolution through the Ice Age. He will share his experience studying abroad this summer at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing, China. All Lunchtime Lectures are FREE and open to the public.

Lunchtime Lecture: Pleistocene Lizards and Snakes from Southern China

date: 
November 2,2012
Location: 

ETSU & General Shale Brick Natural History Museum & Visitor Center at Gray Fossil Site www.etsu.edu/naturalhistorymuseum

David Moscato, paleontology graduate student at ETSU, will speak at noon on November 2nd about "Pleistocene Lizards and Snakes from Southern China." His research focuses on snake and lizard fossils from a select set of caves in southern China and documenting these species’ evolution through the Ice Age. He will share his experience studying abroad this summer at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing, China. All Lunchtime Lectures are FREE and open to the public.

Lunchtime Lecture Series: David Moscato

date: 
November 2,2012
Location: 

Gray Fossil Site 1212 Suncrest Drive Johnson City/Gray Tn 37615

David Moscato, paleontology graduate student at ETSU, will speak at noon on November 2nd about "Pleistocene Lizards and Snakes from Southern China." His research focuses on snake and lizard fossils from a select set of caves in southern China and documenting these species’ evolution through the Ice Age. He will share his experience studying abroad this summer at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing, China. All Lunchtime Lectures are FREE and open to the public.

“Dancing Faces: Mexican Masks in Cultural Context.”

date: 
October 22,2012
Location: 

ETSU’s Ball Hall 127 East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN 37604

Dr. Crispin Sartwell ~ Lecture on Innovation in Bluegrass

date: 
September 27,2012
Location: 

Ball Hall, Room 127, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN