Museum Lectures
Nature and Poetry: A Conversation with E. O. Wilson and Robert Hass
December 6, 2012
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass, author of What Light Can Do: Essays on Art, Imagination, and the Natural World, engages in conversation with internationally acclaimed entomologist and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner E.O. Wilson, author of The Social Conquest of Earth. Sharing the stage for the third time in the course of their careers, these two extraordinary thinkers and writers discuss how art and science mix in their respective fields to raise awareness of the world around us. Hass, a professor of English at UC Berkeley, and Wilson, professor emeritus at Harvard University, examine how the close observation of nature, which is central to both poetry and science, can inspire the conservationist in all of us.
A book signing will follow.
The program is part of a yearlong celebration of the reopening of the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial at the American Museum of Natural History and the 26th President’s legacy as the Conservation President.
Presented in collaboration with Poets House
More in this Series:
Anthropology Unmasked
May 5, 2013
Ian Tattersall and Stanley A. Freed will discuss Dr. Freed’s new book, Anthropology Unmasked: Museums, Science, and Politics in New York City, which delves into the lively history of the Museum’s Division of Anthropology from its earliest days.
Nature's Compass
May 9, 2013
Authors James Gould and Carol Gould discuss their latest book, Nature’s Compass which explores the various ways animals navigate around the world and the many factors that are endangering animal navigation in today’s climate.
How Whales Are Unlocking Arctic Secrets
May 30, 2013
Researchers are racing to uncover the implications for the Artic of rapidly vanishing polar ice—and they’re enlisting help from the very creatures that stand to gain the most from their discoveries: narwhals, and bowhead and beluga whales.