Carolyn Merchant
Environmental Science, Policy, and
Management
Division of Society and Environment
University of California, Berkeley
merchant@berkeley.edu
Papers Read
at Professional Meetings, Invited Lectures
1. "Leibniz's Controversy
over Living Force." Invited paper presented at the 250th anniversary of
Leibniz's death, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn, NY, March 1966.
2. "Vis Viva and Free
Fall." Invited paper presented to the Herbert M. Evans History of Science
Club, University of California, Berkeley, May 1971.
3. "Madame du Chatelet's
Philosophy of Nature." Paper presented to the annual meeting of the
History of Science Society, Washington, D.C., December 1972.
4. "Natural Philosophy
and the Environmental Crisis." Invited paper presented to the Technology
Studies Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, May 1974.
5. "Women and the Order
of Nature." Paper presented to the West Coast History of Science Society,
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, Los Angeles, California, April 1975.
6. "The Conservative
Character of Science and Technology." Invited paper presented to the
American Physical Society, Symposium on Science and Society Courses, Anaheim,
California, January 1975.
7. "Harvey and Bacon:
Views of Nature and the Female during the Scientific Revolution." Invited
paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association,
Atlanta, Georgia, December 1975.
8. "Nature and the Female
in the Scientific Revolution," and "Perspectives on the Vis Viva
Controversy." Two invited colloquia given at the University of Maryland,
May 1976.
9. "Classical Scientific
Experiments." Presented to the "Conference on the Teaching of the
History of Science," Stanford University, November 1976.
10. "Organic Philosophies
of Nature in Restoration England." Presented at the XVth International
Congress of the History of Science, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 1977.
11. "The Roots of
Leibniz's Vitalism." Invited paper presented to the Herbert M. Evans History
of Science Club, University of California, Berkeley, October 1977.
12. "Leibniz's Vital
Forces." Paper presented to the annual meeting of the History of Science
Society, Madison, Wisconsin, October 29, 1978.
13. "Dead on Arrival: The
Fate of Nature in the Scientific Revolution." Paper presented to Annual
Meeting of the West Coast History of Science Society, Davis, California, June
1980.
14. "Feminist Perspectives
on the History of Science." Invited paper presented to a joint session of
the History of Science Society, Society for the History of Technology, Social
Studies of Science, and Philosophy of Science Association, Toronto, Ontario,
Canada, October 17, 1980.
15. "Hydraulic
Technologies and the Transformation of the Fens in 17th Century England."
Invited paper presented to the annual meeting of the Society for the History of
Technology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 18, 1980.
16. "The Fate of Women and
Nature in the Scientific Revolution." Noon Lecture Series, College Eight,
University of California, Santa Cruz, October 23, 1980.
17. "The Death of
Nature." Zarem Distinguished Lecture, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA,
November 19, 1980.
18. "Feminism and
Ecology: A Force for the Future." Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA,
November 19, 1980.
19. "Women and the
Environmental Movement." Keynote address to conference on "The
Environment in the '80s: Questions of Science and Policy," Williams
College, Williams, MA, February 28, 1981.
20. "Women and Nature: Out
of the Past." Invited paper presented to the Conference on Future,
Technology, and Women, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, March 9,
1981.
21. "Mother Earth and the
American Environment." Fifth Berkshire Conference, Vassar College,
Poughkeepsie, NY, June 17, 1981.
22. "Subsistence versus
Science: Soil Ecology on the Eastern Seaboard." Paper presented at joint
session of the American Historical Association, History of Science Society, and
American Association for Environmental History entitled, "Environmental
History: Theory and Practice," December 28, 1981. (Session organizer of
same session.)
23. "The Women of the
Progressive Conservation Crusade: 1900-1916." Invited paper presented to
the first conference on Environmental History, University of California,
Irvine, January 2-3, 1982.
24. "The Role of the
History of Science in Environmental History." Invited paper presented to
the West Coast History of Science Society meeting, University of California,
Berkeley, May 1, 1982.
25. "Icons of Iron."
Invited lecture, Yellow Springs Fellowship for the Arts, Chester Springs,
Pennsylvania, June 5, 1982.
26. "Conservation and
Ecology in Early America" (theme lecture) and "Women in the
Scientific Professions in the 1980s" (panel workshop). Presented at the annual meeting of
Sigma Xi: The Scientific Research Society, Dallas, Texas, October 23, 1982.
27. "The Scientific
Revolution and the Death of Nature." Blakeslee Lecture (Annual Sigma Xi
Lecture), Smith College, October 27, 1982.
28. "The Death of Nature
and the Scientific Revolution." Women in Science Society, University of
Hawaii, February 20, 1983.
29. "New England: Early
Agriculture and the Environment." Paper presented to the annual meeting of
the American Society for Environmental History, Miami University, April 15,
1983.
30. "From Subsistence to
Science." History of Science Colloquium, Harvard University, Cambridge,
MA, April 15, 1983.
31. Chair, "Current
Research in the Social History of Science." Annual meeting of the History
of Science Society, Philadelphia, October 31, 1982.
32. "Women, Ecology, and
Conservation." Network for Graduate and Faculty Women, University of
California, Davis, November 10, 1983.
33. "The Scientific
Revolution and the Death of Nature." Sigma Xi Lecture (The Scientific
Research Society of North America, Davis Chapter), University of California,
Davis, November 10, 1983.
34. "The Death of Nature:
Women, Ecology, and the Scientific Revolution." Sigma Xi and Women's
Center Lecture, Brown University, December 5, 1983.
35. "The Scientific
Revolution and the Death of Nature." Bard College, Annandale on Hudson,
December 6, 1983.
36. "The Death of Nature:
Women, Ecology, and the Scientific Revolution." Thursday Evening Lecture
Series, Winter, 1984, Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning,
University of California, Los Angeles, February 9, 1984.
37. "Growth and the
Environment: Feminism and the Environment." Growth Pains: Dialogues on
Employment, Equality, and the Environment, Center for Social Research and
Education conference, University of California, Berkeley, February 18, 1984.
38. "Ecological
Revolutions in New England." Seminar presented at Uppsala University,
Office for History of Science, Sweden, April 2, 1984.
39. "Ecological
Revolutions in New England." Seminar presented at the University of
Stockholm, Department of History of Ideas, Stockholm, Sweden, April 3, 1984.
40. "Ecological
Revolutions in New England." Seminar presented at Linkoping University,
Department of Technology and Social Change, Sweden, April 5, 1984.
41. "The Death of
Nature." Seminar presented to the Center for Women Researchers and Women's
Research, Linkoping University, Sweden, April 5, 1984.
42. "Women, Nature, and
Technology." Lecture given in postgraduate course, "Social
Interpretation of Technics,"Inter-University Center of Postgraduate
Studies, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, April 11, 1984.
43. "Feminism and
Science." Lecture given for the Department of History of Ideas and the
Forum for Women Researchers and Women's Research, Gothenburg, Sweden, April 14,
1984.
44. "The Death of
Nature." Lecture given to the Forum for Women's Research, Lulea Technical
School, Lulea, Sweden, May 3, 1984.
45. "The Death of Nature."
Lecture given to the Institute for English and American Studies, Klagenfurt
University, Austria, sponsored by the Fulbright Commission, Vienna, Austria,
May 9, 1984.
46. "The Death of Nature.:
Women, Ecology, and the Scientific Revolution." Lecture given to the
Institute for English and American Studies, Salzburg, Austria, sponsored by the
Fulbright Commission, Vienna, Austria, May 10, 1984.
47. "Women and
Ecology." Lecture given to the German Association of University Women,
Laufen, Germany, May 12, 1984.
48. "The Death of Nature:
Women, Ecology, and the Scientific Revolution." Lecture given to the Forum
for Women Researchers and Women's Research, Umea University, Sweden, May 22,
1984.
49. "Women, Nature, and
Science." Five lectures given to the Nordic Women's Conference, Ostra
Grevie Folkhogskola, Lund, Sweden, May 30-June 3, 1984.
50. "Science and the
Farmer's Animate Cosmos: An Ecological Revolution in New England." Invited
colloquium given to the Department of Science and Technology Studies,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, November 5, 1984.
51. "Nature, Sex, and
Women." Invited lecture given to the lecture series,
"Conception/Reconception: Exploring Meanings of Human Sexuality,"
Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina, November 6, 1984.
52. "Anne Conway, Quaker
and Philosopher." Keynote address given to the Symposium on the
Seventeenth Century World of Anne Conway," Guilford College, Greensboro,
North Carolina, November 7, 1984.
53. "Earthcare: Women and
the Global Environment." Invited lecture given to the faculty and students
of Sweetbriar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia, March 27, 1985. Also talks given
to Environmental Studies and to Philosophy, March 27, 1985.
54. "Science and the
Farmer's Animate Cosmos: An Ecological Revolution in Nineteenth Century New
England." Seminar presented to the Environmental Program, University of
Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, April 3, 1985. Also talks given to classes in
"Environmental Ethics," Environmental Program, and to Department of
Physics class, "Men's Science, Women's Science, Whose Science," April
4, 1985.
55. "The Farmer's Animate
Cosmos: From Old England to New England." History Department Seminar,
Syracuse University, April 5, 1985.
56. "Ecological
Revolutions: Environment and Consciousness in New England." Departmental
Colloquium, Department of Geography, Syracuse University, April 5, 1985.
57. "The Scientific
Revolution and the Death of Nature." Kreeger-Wolf Distinguished Lecture,
Science and Human Culture Program and Women's Studies Program, Northwestern
University, November 20, 1985. Also lecture in class on Women and Science,
Department of History, November 19, 1985.
58. "Science and the
Farmer's Animate Cosmos." Colloquium presented to the Center for
Interdisciplinary Study of Science and Technology, Northwestern University,
November 22, 1985.
59. "Biotechnology and the
Environment: A Clash of Paradigms" and member of panel on "The
Politics of Biotechnology." College of Marin Public Lecture Series,
"Altering Nature: Ethics in the Biorevolution" (with Barry Commoner
and Nanette Newell), December 4, 1985.
60. "The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology, and
the Scientific Revolution." Public lecture presented to the course,
"Global Perspectives: America and the World Community," Santa Rosa
Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA, December 11, 1985.
61. "Mechanism and Values." Seminar
presented to the Values, Technology, Science, and Society Forum, Stanford
University, January 27, 1986.
62. "The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology,
and the Scientific Revolution." Public lecture sponsored by the Department
of History and the Visiting Women Scholars Program, Queen's University,
Kingston, Canada, March 20, 1986.
63. "Scientific Revolutions
Reinterpreted." A series of four lectures presented as a Visiting
Professor at the Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France, June 5-26, 1986. 1.
"The Scientific Revolution and the Death of Nature," June 5; 2.
"Nature, Women, and Science," June 12; 3. "Ecological
Revolutions: Transformations of Production, Reproduction, and
Consciousness," June 19; 4. "Science and a Sustainable Earth,"
June 26, 1986.
64. "Ecological Revolutions and Forms of
Consciousness." Invited lecture presented to the Epistemology and History
of Science Seminar and the Center for Research on the History of Ideas,
University of Nice, Nice, France, June 10, 1986.
65. "Updating History: The Environmental Theme:
Comment." Annual Meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch of the American
Historical Association, Honolulu, HI, August 14, 1986.
66. "The Death of Nature." Invited lecture
presented to Environmental Studies 100, University of California, Santa Cruz,
January 8, 1987.
67. "Science: Modern and Post-Modern." Invited
lecture presented to the conference, "Toward a Post-Modern World,"
Center for the Study of a Post-Modern World, Santa Barbara, CA, January 17,
1987.
68. "Women and the Environmental
Movement." Invited lecture presented to the Sierra Club series on
"Women in the Environment," Berkeley, CA, February 12, 1987.
69. "The Death of Nature." Invited lecture
presented to the course "Values, Technology, Science, and Society," Stanford University, February 25, 1987.
70. "Women and Nature in the Scientific
Revolution." Invited lecture presented to the Departments of History and
Women's Studies, in commemoration of Women's History Month, University of South
Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, March 5, 1987.
71. "The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology, and
the Scientific Revolution." Chancellor's Lecture and Women's History Month
Lecture, presented at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, March 9, 1987.
72. "Ecological Revolutions and Forms of
Consciousness." Faculty Seminar presented at the University of Wisconsin,
Green Bay, March 9, 1987.
73. "Restoration and the Rebirth of
Nature." Invited lecture presented in the course, Forestry 375,
"Healing the Land: Reflections on Ecological Restoration," University
of Wisconsin, Madison, March 11, 1987.
74. "Ecological Revolutions: Transformations of
Nature and Consciousness." Two invited lectures presented to the
Wilderness University Series on "Nature and Culture: The Modern
Consciousness," University of Wisconsin Center, Waukesha, Wisconsin, March
12, 1987.
75. "Ecofeminism and Feminist Theory."
Invited paper read at the conference, "Ecofeminist Perspectives: Culture,
Nature, Theory," University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, March
28, 1987.
76. "The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology, and
the Scientific Revolution." Invited lecture presented to the course,
"Global Studies," Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA, April 6,
1987.
77. "The Theoretical Structure of Ecological
Revolutions." Paper read to the conference, "Forest, Habitats, and
Resources: A Conference in World Environmental History," Duke University,
Durham, N.C. Organizer of the session, "Theories of Environmental History,
I: The Construction of Environmental History." Chair of the session,
"Women in Modern Conservation," Session II, May 1, 1987.
78. "The Death and Rebirth of Nature."
Invited lecture presented to the course, "The Human Prospect,"
University of San Francisco, May 12, 1987.
79. "Ecological Revolutions: Nature, Gender, and
Science in New England." Invited lecture sponsored by the Committee on
Arts and Lectures, the Departments
of Sociology, History, Environmental Studies, and the Women's Center,
University of California, Santa Barbara, May 20, 1987.
80. Faculty member and lecturer in the course,
"Writing the Natural World: Science, Spirit, and Imagination," Sitka
Summer Writers Symposium, Sitka, Alaska, June 21-27, 1987.
81. "Gender and Technology: Historical
Perspectives." Invited lecture presented to a faculty seminar series on
Gender and Technology at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, October 8, 1987.
82. "The Scientific Revolution and Societal
Values." Invited lecture presented to the conference on "Science,
Technology, and Values: Fundamental Literacies in Conversation," Bucknell
University, Lewisburg, PA, October 10, 1987.
83. "The Scientific Revolution and the Death of
Nature." Invited lecture presented to the course Environmental Studies
100, University of California, Santa Cruz, October 20, 1987.
84. "Science: Modern and Post-Modern."
Invited lecture presented at The Marshall T. Steel Center for the Study of
Religion and Philosophy, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas, October 22, 1987.
85. "Women and Science--Past and Present."
Lecture-discussion presented to the faculty of Hendrix College, Conway,
Arkansas, October 23, 1987.
86. "Ecological Transformations: Toward an
Integrative Theory." Invited paper presented at the conference, "The
Earth As Transformed by Human Action," Clark University, Worcester, MA,
October 25-30, 1987.
87. "Women in Twentieth Century
Conservation." Invited lecture presented to the Society of Woman
Geographers, San Francisco, CA, November 14, 1987.
88. "The Restoration of the Earth: Science and
Human Values in the Twenty-first Century." Invited lecture presented at
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, November 16, 1987. Also
discussion with Interdisciplinary General Education class on the Scientific
Revolution.
89. "Native Americans and Other Americans in
New England: Comparative Scientific Perspectives." Invited lecture given
to the School of Natural Science, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, April 5,
1988.
90. "The Restoration of the Earth: An
Ecological Ethic for the Twenty-first Century." Invited lecture presented
to the Departments of Environmental Studies and Women's Studies, Rollins
College, Winter Park, FL, April 7, 1988.
91. "Ecological Revolutions: Nature, Gender,
and Science in New England." Invited lecture presented to the
Environmental Ethics Certificate Program and Women's Studies Program,
University of Georgia, Athens, April 19, 1988.
92. "Science: Modern and Post-modern."
Philosophy Colloquium presented at the University of Georgia, Athens, April 20,
1988.
93. "Outline of an Ecological Ethic."
Invited lecture presented to the Congress on Mind and Nature, Hannover,
Germany, May 26, 1988.
94. "Ecological Revolutions in New
England: Nature, Gender, and
Culture." Invited colloquium presented to the Energy and Resources Group,
September 14, 1988.
95. "Ecological Revolutions: Transformations of Nature, Gender, and
Consciousness." Invited lecture presented at the University of Victoria,
British Columbia, September 26, 1988.
96. "Subsistence versus Science: The Modernization of Farming in New England." Invited
colloquium presented to the Department of History, University of Victoria,
British Columbia, September 26, 1988.
97. "The Global Ecological Revolution: Nature, Gender, and Science in the 21st
Century." Invited lecture presented to the faculty and students of
Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, October 27, 1988.
98. "Comment" on Jack Temple Kirby's,
"Chesapeake Land: An Ecological Overview," given at session on
"An Ecological History of the Chesapeake," opening plenary session of
the Southern Historical Association, Norfolk, VA, November 9, 1988.
99. "Gender and Environmental Issues in Science and
Technology." Invited lecture presented to the Program in Science,
Technology, and Society Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, MD,
November 14, 1988.
100. "Alternative Visions of Gender and Science."
Invited lecture presented for a Department of Politics class at Mount Holyoke
College, South Hadley, MA, November 15, 1988.
101. "The Global Ecological Revolution: Nature, Gender, and Science in the 21st
Century." Invited lecture presented at Smith College, Northampton, MA,
November 15, 1988.
102. "Environmental
Ethics in California." Invited participant on panel entitled,
"Environmental Quality:
Prospects for a Golden State," at Envisioning California
Conference, Sacramento, California, February 11, 1989.
103. "Women and the
Scientific Revolution." Invited lecture in the series, "Women's Ways of
Knowing," Allegheny College, Meadville, PA, April 27, 1989.
104. "Gender,
Science, and Nature." Invited lecture presented at Fairhaven College,
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, May 12, 1989.
105.
"Ecological Revolutions Past and Present, 1600-1850: Toward an
Alternative Future." Invited lecture presented to the series
"Revisioning Scientific Inquiry:
A Gendered Critique," sponsored by the UC Davis Women's Resources
and Research Center, University of California, Davis, May 24, 1989.
106. "Can
Science and Nature Be Partners?
Meeting the Environmental Challenges of the '90s." Invited Keynote
Address to the Class of 1993, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, August 25,
1989.
107. "A
Proposal for An Environmental Constitutional Amendment," Campaign
California, San Jose, CA, August 9, 1989.
108. "A
Clean, Healthful Earth: A Proposal
for an Environmental Constitutional Amendment," East Bay Green Alliance,
Berkeley, CA, August 10, 1989.
109. "A
Conceptual Framework for Environmental and Technological History." Invited
lecture presented to the Department of American Studies, Brandeis University,
Waltham, MA, October 20, 1989.
110.
"Environmental Ethics:
A California View." Presentation to the Department of Parks and
Recreation, State of California, Sacramento, CA, October 26, 1989.
111. "The Fate
of the Earth." Invited lecture presented to the Cranbrook Academy of Art,
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, November 17, 1989.
112. "Women and the Global
Ecological Revolution." Keynote Address given to the 27th Annual Public
Affairs Symposium, "The Environment:
Putting the Pieces Together," Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA,
February 19, 1990.
113. "Women, Ecology, and
the Scientific Revolution." Convocation Address presented to the faculty
and students of Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, February 22, 1990.
114. "The Global Ecological
Revolution." Keynote Address given to the conference, "In the Pacific
Interest: Women, Democracy, and
the Environment," Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, February 22, 1990.
115. "Forms of
Consciousness and the Cultural Construction of Domination." Invited paper
presented to the Philosophy Department, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon,
March 2, 1990.
116. "Ecofeminism: Women
and the Earth." Panel presentation to the Public Interest Law Conference,
University of Oregon Law School, Eugene, Oregon, March 3, 1990.
117. "Women and
Ecology." In "Redefining the Role of Women in the Sciences," a
seminar series offered by the Departments of Integrative Biology and Women's
Studies, University of California, Berkeley, March 13, 1990.
118. "The Global
Environment." Lecture given to Peace and Conflict Studies 10, University
of California, Berkeley, March 19, 1990.
119. "Women, Nature, and
Science: A Declensionist Narrative?" Colloquium presented to the
Departments of History of Science and Women's Studies, Johns Hopkins
University, April 4, 1990.
120. "Ecofeminism." Panel presentation
given at St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, April 6, 1990.
121. "Environmental Ethics and Political
Conflict." Baker Peace Conference, Ohio University, April 20, 1990.
122. "Women, Science, and the Global Ecological
Revolution." Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, April 21, 1990.
123. "Construct or Context: Evaluating the New
Historiography." Paper presented to the annual meeting of the History of
Science Society, October, 1990.
124. "Women and
Nature." Invited lecture presented to the Department of English, Open
Lecture Series on Critical and Cultural Theory, University of Western
Australia, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia, March 20, 1991.
125. "The Global Ecological
Revolution: An Ecofeminist
Perspective." Keynote Address presented to the Ecopolitics V Conference,
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, April 4, 1991.
126. "The Death of Nature
and the Scientific Revolution." Invited lecture presented to course of the
History of Science, School of Social Sciences, Curtin University of Technology,
Perth Western Australia, April 19, 1991.
127. "Women and the
Environment." Invited lecture presented to the School of Australian
Environmental Studies Seminar Series, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane,
Queensland, Australia, May 8, 1991.
128. "Women and
Nature." Invited lecture presented to the Department of General Philosophy
Lunchtime Talks Series, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, May 9, 1991.
129. "The Global Ecological
Revolution: Toward a Livable
World." Invited public lecture under the auspices of the Richard Jones
Memorial Lecture Committee, and "Ecofeminism" presented to the
seminar on Environmental Studies, Department of Geography and Environmental
Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, May 13, 1991.
130. "Women and
Nature." Invited lecture presented to the Departments of Philosophy and
Women's Studies, Latrobe University, Bundoora, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,
May 14, 1991.
131. "Women and
Ecology." Invited lecture presented to the Environmental Forum Series,
Graduate School of Environmental Science, and "Ecofeminism" presented
to the Women's Studies Center and School of Environmental Science, Monash
University, Clayton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, May 15, 1991.
132. "Ecological
Revolutions." Invited lecture presented to the Mawson Graduate Centre for
Environmental Studies, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, May
21, 1991.
133. "Women and the
Environment." Invited talk and discussion at the office of Federal Senator
Jo Vallentine, Perth, Western Australia, May 23, 1991.
134. "Ecofeminism."
Invited lecture presented to Development Studies course, Murdoch University,
Murdoch Western Australia, May 28, 1991.
135. "Nature, Gender, and
Science in New England." Invited lecture presented to the Western
Australia Society for History and Philosophy of Science and the Feminist
Discussion Group, University of Western Australia, May 29, 1991.
136. "Environmental Ethics
and Political Conflict." Invited lecture to Environmental Ethics course,
Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, May 31, 1991.
137. "Women and Green
Enterprise." Invited lecture presented to the Green Enterprise Seminar,
Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia, June 16, 1991.
138. "A Feminist Perspective on Nature."
Lecture presented to Environmental Studies 100B, "Culture and
Environment," University of California, Santa Cruz, October 17, 1991.
139. "Ecofeminism: Critiques and Debates." Invited lecture presented to
the "Symposium on Science, Reason, and Modern Democracy," Department
of Political Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan,
February 11, 1992 and informal discussion with the Association for Women in
Science, February 12.
140. "The Death of Nature." Invited lecture
presented in "New Visions for a Fragile Planet Series," New York
Botanical Garden, February 13, 1992.
141. "Women and Nature." Invited lecture
presented to the Environmental Studies Program, Bowdoin College, and informal
discussions with classes on "Religion, Women, and Nature," and
"Environmental Analysis:
Political Philosophy and Policy," February 17, 1992.
142. "Images of Women and Nature." Invited
lecture presented to Women's Studies Program, University of Maine, Orono,
February 18, 1992.
143. "Ecological Revolutions: Nature, Gender, and Science in New
England." Invited lecture presented to the Women in the Curriculum noon
lecture series, University of Maine, Orono, February 19, 1992.
144. Forum Lecturer, Humanities Institute, University
of Toledo, April 6-8, 1992. Series
of three lectures entitled, (1) "Images of Women and Nature," (2) The
Global Ecological Revolution, (3) "Reinventing Nature."
145. "People on the Landscape." Presented
in the spring seminar series, "The Environment and the Industrialized
World," Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware, April 10, 1992.
146. "The Global Ecological Revolution."
Keynote lecture presented to the conference, "Shifting Paradigms in
Science and the Environment," College of Environmental Science and
Forestry, State University of New
York, Syracuse, New York, April 10-11, 1992.
147. "The Ecological Self: Women and the Environment in
Australia." Lecture presented to the Department of Conservation and
Resource Studies Colloquium Series, May 1, 1992.
148. "Nature and Environmental Values: An Historical Perspective."
Keynote address in the series "Nature as Resource, Nature as Home,"
Mansfield Center, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, May 17, 1992.
149. "Environmental Ethics: GATT and
UNCED." In panel on, "Environment and Ethics," June 7, 1992,
organized by the Brazilian Women's Coalition, Earth Summit, United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development, June 1-12, 1992.
150. "What is Environmental History?"
Invited lecture presented to the History of Science and Technology Colloquium
Series, University of California, Berkeley, October 19, 1992.
151. "A Perspective on Land Ethics." Invited
presentation to the Northern California Society of American Foresters, Winter
Meeting, Fresno, CA, December 5, 1992.
152. "Reinventing Nature." Invited lecture
presented to the Faculty of Law, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada,
February 1, 1993.
153. "Reinventing Nature." Invited public
lecture presented for International Week, University of Alberta, Edmonton,
Canada, February 1, 1993.
154. "The Global Ecological Revolution."
Invited lecture presented as the Cecil and Ida Green Visiting Professor,
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, February 2, 1993.
155. "Ecofeminism." In Panel on
Ecofeminism, Women and Development series, presented as the Cecil and Ida Green
Visiting Professor, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, February
3, 1993.
156. "Images of Women and Nature."
Geography Colloquium, presented as the Cecil and Ida Green Visiting Professor,
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, February 3, 1993.
157. "Reinventing Nature," Vancouver
Institute Lecture, presented as the Cecil and Ida Green Visiting Professor,
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, February 6, 1993.
158. "Ecology and Macrohistory." Invited
lecture presented to the Brown Symposium on "Macrohistory: New Visions of the World,"
Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, February 18, 1993.
159. "Images of Women and Nature." Invited
lecture presented in the series, "Cultural Change and Environmental
Issues," Commonwealth Center for Literary and Cultural Change, University
of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, February 22, 1993.
160. "Whither Environmental History?"
Keynote address, opening plenary session of the Biennial Meeting of the
American Society for Environmental History, on "City and Country: Contrasting and Interacting
Environments," University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, March 4, 1993.
161. "Comment on The Earth as Transformed by
Human Action," at session on, "The Earth as Transformed by Human
Action: Lessons for Environmental
Historians," at Biennial Meeting of the American Society for Environmental
History, on "City and Country:
Contrasting and Interacting Environments," University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, March 6, 1993.
162. "Teaching Environmental History."
Presented at session on, "Issues and Perspectives: Teaching Environmental History at the
Undergraduate and Graduate Levels," Biennial Meeting of the American
Society for Environmental History, on "City and Country: Contrasting and Interacting Environments,"
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, March 6, 1993. Session organizer and co-chair.
163. "Images of Women and Nature." Invited
lecture presented at the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, for Women's History Month, Departments of History
and Women's Studies, March 8, 1993.
164. "The Death of Nature."
Invited presentation to the Sunrise Rotary Club of Kensington and North
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, March 10, 1993.
165. "People and Nature: An Historical Perspective."
Invited lecture presented to the Intersession lecture series on "People
and Nature," School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Sangamon State
University, Springfield, Illinois, March 16, 1993.
166. "Comment," on paper by Katherine
Hayles, conference on "Reinventing Nature," University of California,
Santa Cruz, March 27, 1993.
167. "Women and Nature: A Declensionist Narrative?"
Invited Plenary Session paper presented to the Fifth Annual Conference on
Narrative, Society for the Study of Narrative Literature, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, Albany, New York, April 3, 1993.
168. "Comment," on "Names, Places, and
Narratives of the Dead," by Thomas Laqueur, Plenary Session paper
presented to the Fifth Annual Conference on Narrative, Society of the Study of
Narrative Literature, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Albany, New York, April
3, 1993.
169. "The Global Ecological Revolution."
Invited lecture presented to the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia,
April 5, 1993.
170. "Nature Revised." Invited lecture
presented in the lecture series, "Sustainability," Headlands Center
for the Arts, Fort Barry, Sausalito, CA, May 2, 1993.
171. "The Death of Nature: Gender Bias in Western Science and
Ecological Destruction." Invited lecture presented to Synergy House,
Stanford University, Stanford CA, May 12, 1993.
172. "Women and the Environment: A Historical Perspective." Invited
lecture presented to the Triennial Meeting of the Society of Woman Geographers,
Asilomar, CA, May 14, 1993.
173. "Feminism, Ecofeminism, and the Fate of the
Earth." Invited lecture presented to the Forum on Ecopsychology, Berkeley,
CA, May 23, 1993.
174. "Radical Ecology." Invited public lecture
presented at the Institute for Social Ecology, Goddard College, Plainfield,
Vermont, June 26, 1993.
175. "Environmental Ethics in California: An Historical Perspective."
Invited lecture presented to the Interagency Environmental Lecture Series: The
State Coastal Conservancy, The California Coastal Commission, The Bay
Conservation and Development Commission, The Trust for Public Land, and The
Nature Conservancy, October 14, 1993.
176. "Fish First!: The Changing Ethics of Ecosystem Management." Invited
plenary session address to the American Fisheries Society, Oregon Chapter,
Sunriver, Oregon, February 16, 1994.
177. "Ecofeminism." Invited lecture
presented to the Public Interest Law Conference, University of Oregon Law
School, Eugene, Oregon, March 10, 1994.
178. "Environmental Authors." Invited
lecture and book signing, Public Interest Law Conference, University of Oregon
Law School, Eugene, Oregon, March 12, 1994.
179. "Paradigms for Effective Policy
Change." Invited lecture presented to the Public Interest Science
Conference, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, March 12, 1994.
180. "Reinventing Nature." Invited lecture
presented to Women's Studies and Environmental Studies," Oberlin College,
Oberlin, Ohio, April 11, 1994; Workshop on "Radical Ecology" April
10, 1994.
181. "Women, Nature, and Narrative."
Invited lecture presented to the Department of Landscape Architecture, Ninety
Year Celebration of Landscape Architecture Education, Cornell University,
Ithaca, NY, April 13, 1994.
182. "Earthcare: Women and the Environment." Invited paper presented to
the "Women's Research Conference," University of South Dakota,
Vermillion, SD, April 15, 1994.
183. "Ecofeminism and Environmental
Equity." Invited lecture presented to the "Environmental Equity"
Conference, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, May 12, 1994.
184. "Ecosocialism and Population."
Presentation to the Left Field Forum, Santa Cruz, CA, May 15, 1994.
185. "Ecofeminism and Partnership Ethics."
Invited lecture presented to the Ecoforestry Institute, Glendale, Oregon, July
18, 1994.
186. "Reinventing Eden: Western Culture as a Recovery
Narrative," and "Partnership Ethics: Sustainability in the Next Century," Atwood Lecture and
Departmental Colloquium presented to the Graduate School of Geography, Clark
University, Worcester, MA, October 10, 11, 1994.
187. "Reinventing Nature: Eden, the Amazon, and Western
Images." Invited lecture presented to the Center for Sustainable Resource
Development," College of Natural Resources, University of California,
Berkeley, November 11, 1994.
188. "Ecofeminism." Invited presentation to
ESPM 198, "Paradigm Shift," University of California, Berkeley,
October 4, 1994.
189. "Ecofeminism." Invited lecture
presented to ESPM 10, "Environmental Issues," University of
California, Berkeley, November 18, 1994.
190. "Synthetic Finale." Lecture in
Environmental Studies 100, "Culture and Environment," University of
California, Santa Cruz, December 8, 1994.
191. "Ecofeminism and Partnership Ethics."
Comment on a paper by Karen Warren, Center for Applied Ethics and the Institute
on Ecology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, January 10, 1995.
192. "Reinventing Eden: Women, Nature, and Narrative."
Invited lecture in the series "The Humanities Reconsidered: The Role of Gender," Women's
Studies Program, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, February 17, 1995.
193. "Reinventing Eden: Women, Nature, and Narrative."
Invited lecture in the College of Arts and Sciences Interdisciplinary
Perspectives on the Environment Speakers Series, University of Oklahoma, Norman
Oklahoma, February 20, 1995.
194. "American Environmental History."
Invited lecture and question and answers session presented to the Insitute on
Ecology, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, March 1, 1995.
195. "Ecofeminism and Partnership Ethics."
Invited Keynote Address to Public Environmental Interest Law Conference,
University of Oregon Law School, Eugene, Oregon, March 4, 1995.
196. "Reinventing Eden: Western Culture as a Recovery
Narrative." Paper read in the session: "Reinventing Nature: Narrating the Past" (and session organizer), American
Association for Environmental History biennial meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada,
March 11, 1995.
197. "Reinventing Eden: Nature and Gender." Invited
lecture in the Earthcare Speaker Series, sponsored by the Student Environmental
Action Coalition, the College Democrats, Women for Women, and the Women's
Studies Program, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois, March
25, 1995.
198. "Reinventing Eden: Women, Nature, and Narrative."
Invited lecture presented to the Women and Gender Studies Program, and lecture
on "Women and Nature" presented to class on "Topics in Women and
Gender Studies," Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar Virginia, March 29,
1995.
199. "Ecofeminism and the Global Ecological
Revolution." Invited lecture presented to the Department of Philosophy and
Religion and presentation in class on "Environmental Ethics," Ohio
Northern University, Ada, Ohio, March 30, 1995.
200. "Ecofeminism and Partnership Ethics."
Invited Keynote address presented to the conference on Ecofeminist
Perspectives, The Twenty-Second Annual Richard R. Baker Philosophy Colloquium,
University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, March 31, 1995.
201. "Chaos, Gaia, and Partnership Ethics."
Paper presented to the Environmental Spirit Conference in celebration of the
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Earthday, and session organizer "Chaos and
Gaia, University of California, Berkeley, April 15, 1995.
202. "Ecofeminism and Partnership Ethics."
Invited paper presented to the Environmental Forum, Department of Environmental
Science, Policy, and Management, Univesity of California, Berkeley, April 25,
1995.
203. "Reinventing Eden: Western Culture as a Recovery
Narrative." Invited Keynote Address presented to the conference,
"Crossing Borders: The
Challenge of Ecological Thinking," Oregon Humanities Center, University of
Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, April 27, 1995.
204. "Isis: Science and History." Invited paper presented to
"The Women, Gender, and Science Question," conference, Program for
the History of Science and Technology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, May 11, 1995.
205. "Ecological Revolutions." Invited
lecture presented to the "People, Prairies, and Plains Institute," a
Summer Program to Enhance K-12 Teaching of the Humanities and Sciences through
the Study and Use of Environmental History," Kansas State University,
Manhattan, Kansas, July 10, 1995.
206. "Women and Conservation. " Invited
lecture presented to the "People, Prairies, and Plains Institute," a
Summer Program to Enhance K-12 Teaching of the Humanities and Sciences through
the Study and Use of Environmental History," Kansas State University,
Manhattan, Kansas, July 11, 1995.
207. "Ecofeminism and Partnership Ethics."
Invited lecture presented to the Introductory Ecoforestry Course, Ecoforestry
Institute, Glendale, Oregon, July 19, 1995.
208. "The Role of Narrative in Environmental
History." Invited lecture and panel participation presented to the Nordic
countries course on "Environmental Problems and Environmental
Consciousness: Historical and
Social Perspectives," Umea, Sweden, August 9, 1995.
209. "Reinventing Eden: Women, Nature, and Narrative."
Invited lecture presented to the Edmund S. Muskie lecture series, Bates
College, Lewiston, Maine, October 12, 1995.
210. "Women, Nature, and Narrative."
Invited lecture for receipt of Doctor Honoris Causa degree, Umea University,
Umea, Sweden, September 15, 1995.
211. "Women, Nature, and Narrative."
Invited lecture presented to the Stevenson Program on Global Security and the
Center for German and European Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz,
CA November 9, 1995.
212. "Women, Nature, and Narrative: Norms for Environmental Action."
Invited lecture presented to the Department of Philosophy, the Women's Studies
Program, the Student Affairs Office, and the College Chaplain, Mills College,
Oakland, CA, November 15, 1995.
213. "Earthcare: Women and the Environment." Book reading and lecture
presented at Black Oak Books, Berkeley, CA, November 16, 1995.
214. "Reinventing Eden: Women, Nature, and Narrative."
Invited lecture presented to the Department of Philosophy and the Program on
Women's Studies, Transylvania University, Lexington KY, January 25, 1996.
215. "Ecofeminism and Ecojustice." Invited
lecture presented to the series, "Crisis in Progress: Revisioning Ecological-Social
Justice," in Multidisciplinary Perspectives in Social Theory, Committee on
Social Theory, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, January 26, 1996.
216. "Women, Nature, and Narrative: Making a Difference through
Communicating Cultural Stories." Keynote address presented to the Western
States Communication Association, annual convention, Pasadena, CA, February 18,
1996.
217. "Nature Transformed: Environment and Imagination in North
America." A series of five
lectures presented to the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer
Institute for High School Teachers, National Humanities Center, Research
Triangle Park, NC, July 1- 5, 1996.
218. "Fish First!: The Changing Ethics of Ecosystem Management." Invited
paper presented to the Northwest Environmental History Symposium, Washington
State University, Pullman, WA, August 2, 1996.
219. Teaching Environmental History at the High
School Level." Panel presentation to the Northwest Environmental History Symposium,
Washington State University, Pullman, WA, August 2, 1996.
220. "Fish First!: The Changing Ethics of Ecosystem Management." Invited
paper presented to the conference on Winners and Losers: Emerging Environmental Policy, Center
for the Analysis of Environmental Change, Oregon State University, Corvallis,
OR, September 23, 1996.
221. "Reinventing Eden: Women, Nature, and Narrative."
First John Caughey Memorial Lecture, Huntington Library, San Marino, CA,
November 3, 1996.
222. "Reinventing Eden: Women, Nature, and Narrative."
Goodspeed Lecture in Philosophy and Religion presented at Denison University,
Granville, OH, February 11, 1997. Lecture-discussions with classes on
"Religion and Nature," "Environmental Problems," and
"The Environmental History of North America, February 11-12, 1997.
223. "Reinventing Eden: Women, Nature, and Narrative."
Invited lecture presented to the History Lecture Series and Women's History
Month, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, March 4, 1997.
224. "Paradise and Property: Locke's Narrative and the
Transformation of Nature." Paper presented at the session, "Owning
Nature: Property Narratives in
Environmental History," Biennial Meeting of the American Society for
Environmental History, Baltimore, MD, March 7, 1997. Session organizer.
225. "Reinventing Eden: Women, Nature, and Narrative."
Invited lecture in Environmental History series, Energy and Resources Group
Colloquium, University of California, Berkeley, March 19, 1997.
226. "Reinventing Eden: Landscape as Narrative." Invited
lecture in the series "Reading the American Landscape: Lectures in Memory of John Brinckerhoff
Jackson," presented to the Graduate School of Design, Department of
Landscape Architecture, Harvard University, April 3, 1997.
227. "Partnership Ethics: Business and the Environment."
Invited Keynote lecture presented to the Symposium on Business and the
Environment, Olsson Center for Applied Ethics, Darden School of Business
Administration," University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, April 5,
1997.
228. "Ecofeminism and Ecojustice." Invited
lecture presented to the course on "Environmental Choices," School of
Architecture, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, April 7, 1997.
229. "Reinventing Eden: Women, Nature, and Narrative."
Invited lecture presented to the Women's Studies Department, Humboldt State
University, Arcata, CA, April 1997.
230. "Ethics, Chaos, and Complexity: Toward a Larger View of Ecology."
Invited lecture presented to the Institute of World Religions, Berkeley
Buddhist Monastery, Berkeley, CA, May 22, 1997.
231. "American Cultures and the
Environment." Invited lecture presented to the American Cultures Seminar,
University of California, Berkeley, June 12, 1997.
232. "Women, Nature, and Narrative." Week
five of a six week course on "The Environmental Imagination: Issues and Problems in American Nature
Writing," a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for
College and University Faculty, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, July 14-18,
1997.
233. "Endangered Salmon: An Environmental History
Approach." Invited lecture presented to the class on Environmental
Issues," University of California, Santa Barbara, October 9, 1997.
234. "Reinventing Eden: Women, Nature, and Narrative."
Invited lecture presented to the Department of History, University of
California, Santa Barbara, October 10, 1997.
235. "Reinventing Eden: Women, Nature, and Narrative."
Keynote address presented to the conference on Women and the Environment,
University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse, October 24, 1997.
236. "Earthcare and the Ethics of Scientific
Research." Debate with Kristin Shrader-Frechette, Eugene Odum annual
lecture, Philosophy and Environmental Studies departments, University of
Georgia, Athens, GA, November 14, 1997.
237. "Reinventing Eden: Women, Nature, and Narrative."
Invited lecture presented to the Department of Landscape Architecture,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, January 30, 1998.
238. "What are Natural Resources? A Historian's
Perspective." Invited lecture presented to the Center for Sustainable
Resource Development, College of Natural Resources, University of California,
Berkeley, February 5, 1998.
239. "Environmental History in Western
Culture." Lecture presented to Environmental Science, Policy, and
Management 10, "Environmental Issues," University of California,
Berkeley, February 9, 1998.
240. "Native Americans and the National
Parks: A Presentation in PowerPoint."
Seminar presented to the Division of Resource Institutions, Policy, and
Management," Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management,
University of California, Berkeley, March 2, 1998.
241. "Reinventing Eden: Women, Nature, and Narrative."
Invited lecture presented to the students and faculty of Santa Rosa Junior
College, Santa Rosa, CA, March 6, 1998.
242. "American Environmental and Cultural
History." A series of 3 lecture-discussions presented to a faculty
seminar, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA, March 7-8, 1998.
243. "Reinventing Eden: Women, Nature, and Narrative."
Invited lecture presented to the students and faculty of New College, Santa
Rosa, CA, March 20, 1998.
244. "Earthcare: Women and the Environment."
Keynote address presented to the Soroptimist Society, Fourteenth Annual
Legislative Workshop, Sacramento, CA, March 23, 1998.
245. "Reinventing Eden: Women, Nature, and Narrative." The
1998 Timothy Linnemann Memorial Lecture, presented to Colorado College,
Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 22, 1998.
246. "Green Versus Gold: The Environment and the
Sesquicentennial of the California Gold Rush." Keynote address presented
to the West Coast Society for History of Science, Morro Bay, CA, May 2, 1998.
247. "Reinventing Eden: Women, Nature, and Narrative."
Invited lecture presented to the Society for Woman Geographers, Berkeley, CA,
May 9, 1998.
248. "Nature Transformed: Environment and
Imagination in North America." National Humanities Center, Research
Triangle Park, NC, June 29-July 3, 1998, one week of a three week course.
249. "Green Versus Gold: Sources in California's Environmental
History." Cody's Bookstore. Berkeley. CA, August 4, 1998.
250. "Ecological Histories and
Revolutions." Invited lecture presented to the "Thinking Green,"
Global Security Colloquium," Stevenson College, University of California,
Santa Cruz, CA, January 25, 1999.
251. "Women and the Environment: International Connections."
Invited lecture presented to the Center for International Studies and Programs,
University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, March 2, 1999.
252. "Women, Nature, and Narrative."
Invited lecture presented to the Department of History, Boise State University,
Boise ID, March 4, 1999.
253. "Reinventing Eden: Women, Nature, and Narrative."
Invited lecture presented to the Feminist Fortnight, Women's Studies
Colloquium, Colby College, Waterville, ME, March 11, 1999.
254. Women, Nature, and the Reinvention of
Eden." Invited lecture presented to the Departments of History, Sociology,
Anthropology, the Program in Women's Studies, and the North Carolina Council
for the Humanities, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, March
15, 1999. Presentations to classes
on "American Civilization 1876 to the Present," March 15, 1999 and
"Gender on the Frontier in America: 1607-1920," April 16, 1999.
255. "Reinventing Eden: Earth Past, Present, and Future."
Invited lecture presented to Earth Month, Chico State University, Chico, CA,
April 8, 1999.
256. "Environmental History on the Web: Research and Teaching." Research
paper presented to the session on "Environmental History in
Cyberspace," at the biennial meeting of the American Society for
Environmental History, Tuscon, AZ, April, 17, 1999. Organizer of session.
257. "Green Versus Gold: California's Environmental
History." Invited lecture presented to the "Envisioning the
Future" Colloquium, Hutchins Program, Sonoma State University, Sonoma, CA,
April 19, 1999.
258. "Reinventing Eden: Women, Nature, and Narrative."
Invited lecture presented to the Program in Conservation Biology and the
Departments of Rhetoric, Cultural Studies, and History of Science and
Technology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, April 26, 1999.
259. "Reinventing Eden: Women, Nature, and Narrative."
Invited lecture presented to the Colloquium of the Department of Environmental
Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, May 10, 1999.
260. "Conservation and Context." Invited
presentation to the Advisory Board of the College of Natural Resources,
University of California, Berkeley, CA, May 13, 1999.
262. "Population and the Environment in
Developed Countries." Invited presentation presented to the conference on
"Population and the Environment: Too many People and/or Poor Management of
Resources?" Center for Sustainable Resource Development, College of
Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley, CA, May 24, 1999.
263. "Reinventing Eden: Women, Nature, and Narrative."
Invited lecture presented to the McAnulty College and Graduate School of the
Liberal Arts, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, February 3, 2000 and
symposium discussion to the Center for Interpretive research and Qualitative
Methods, February 4, 2000.
264. "Partnership Ethics." Second Annual
Ian McHarg Lecture presented to the Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, February 7, 2000.
265. "Reinventing Eden: Nature, Resources, and
Chaos." Invited lecture presented to the Environmental Science, Policy,
and Management Colloquium, February 14, 2000.
266. "From Wilderness to Civilization:
Narratives of Forest Transformation." Invited lecture presented to
"The American Forest," class, University of California, Berkeley,
February 24, 2000.
267. "Soil, Soul, and Society." One week of
a three-week course at Schumacher College, Dartington, Devon, England, March
5-13, 2000.
268. "Reinventing Eden: Women, Nature, and
Narrative." Invited lecture presented at Dartington Hall, Devon, England,
March 7, 2000.
269. "Partnership with Nature." EarthWeek
2000 lecture presented to the Environmental Science Program, DePaul University,
Chicago IL, April 17, 2000.
270. "Partnership with Nature: Exploring
Relationships between Human and Non-Human Communities." EarthWeek 2000
lecture presented to the Celebration and Symposium for the Earth, University of
California, Berkeley, April 24, 2000.
271. "American Environmental and Cultural
History," Educational Initiatives Award acceptance for the College of
Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley, April 25, 2000.
272. "Shattering Science's Patriarchal
Past." Forum on Civil Conversation on Critical Issues at Grace Cathedral,
San Francisco, CA, April 30, 2000. With live-audio internet broadcast.
273. "Using Live Audio Lectures to Generate
Classroom Discussions." In "Making Large Classrooms Seem Small With
the Use of Technology," Conference, GE Faculty Fellows Seminar series on
Reinventing Undergraduate Education: Technology Enhanced Learning in the
Sciences, Math, and Engineering, College of Engineering, University of
California, Berkeley, May 10, 2000.
274. "Nature Transformed: Imagination and the
North American Environment." National Humanities Center, Research Triangle
Park, NC, June 25-July 14, 2000, one week of a three week course.
275. "Classroom Technologies Workshop."
College of Natural Resources, University of California, Berkeley, August 25,
2000. Organized 2 hour workshop and gave Keynote address.
276. "Partnership with Nature." Invited
lecture in ESPM 100, "Conservation and Environmental Problem
Solving," September 5, 2000.
277. "Reinventing Eden." Noontime Seminar,
National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, N.C., February 14, 2001.
278. "American Environmental and Cultural
History at U.C. Berkeley." Poster paper presented to the annual meeting of
the American Society for Environmental History, Durham NC, March 28-31, 2001.
279. "Partnership Ethics: Humanity and the
Environment." Tanner Foundation Lecture presented to the faculty and
students of Salt Lake Community College, President's Inaugural Week Kick-off
Lecture, Salt Lake City, UT, April 23, 2001.
280. "Women, Religion, Ethics, and the
Environment: A Conversation with Rosemary Radford Ruether and Carolyn
Merchant." Center for Women and Religion; Women in Religion, Ethics, and
the Sciences; the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences; and the Theological
Roundtable on Ecological Ethics and Spirituality at the Graduate Theological
Union, Berkeley, CA, October 17, 2001.
281. "Ecofeminist Visions." Invited
workshop with Carolyn Merchant and Susan Griffin at the Bioneers Conference,
San Rafael, CA, October 20, 2001.
282. "Partnership Ethics: Humanity and the
Environment." Invited lecture presented to the College 8 Lecture series,
University of California, Santa Cruz, February 11, 2002.
283. "Partnership Ethics: Humanity and the
Environment." Invited paper presented to the Bertram Morris Colloquium,
Department of Philosophy, University of Colorado, Boulder, March 16, 2002.
284. "Partnership Ethics: Humanity and the
Environment." Invited paper presented to the Department of Philosophy,
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, March 19, 2002.
285. "American Environmental History: A
CD-ROM." Poster paper presented to the annual meeting of the American
Society for Environmental History, Denver, CO, March 20-23, 2002.
286. "Partnership with Nature."
Invited lecture presented to the Sierra Nevada Deep Ecology Institute, Nevada
City, CA, November 9, 2002.
287. "Reinventing Eden: Nature and Gender in
Western Culture." Throckmorton Lecture presented to the History
Department, Lewis and Clark University, Portland, OR, February 24, 2003.
288. "Partnership Ethics: Humanity and the
Environment." Invited lecture presented at Michigan Technological
University, Hougton, MI, March 24, 2003.
289. "Shades of Darkness: Race and Environmental History."
Presidential Address to the American Society for Environmental History, Annual
Meeting, Providence, RI, March 27, 2003.
290. "Reinventing Eden." Presentation to
Black Oak Books, Berkeley, CA, April 24, 2003.
291. "Partnership, the Environment, and
You." Graduation Address to Conservation and Resource Studies Alternative
Graduation, Mather Redwood Grove, University of California, Berkeley, Botanical
Garden, May 24, 2003.
292. "Partnership Ethics." Keynote address
presented to the conference on "Gaia and the Sacred: Religion, Science,
and Ethics," Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, June 14, 2003.
293. "Toward a Sustainable Earth: Issues,
Challenges, and Leadership in the Environmental Movement." Opening lecture
for "Toward a Sustainable Earth" exhibit presented to the Friends of
the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, September 16, 2003.
294. "Environmental Ethics." Lecture
presented to ESPM 201A, "Research Approaches in Environmental Science, Policy,
and Management," University of California, Berkeley, September 17, 2003.
295. "Reinventing Eden: The Fate of Nature in Western
Culture." Invited lecture presented to the History Honors Society,
University of California, Berkeley, October 23, 2003.
296. "Partnership with Nature." Invited
lecture presented to "Coasts Under Stress,"Memorial University, St.
John's, Newfoundland, Canada, March 23, 2004.
297. "Reinventing Eden: The Fate of Nature in Western
Culture." Henrietta Harvey Distinguished Lecture, Memorial University, St.
John's, Newfoundland, Canada, March 24, 2004.
298. "Gender and Environmental History."
Invited lecture presented to the Women's Studies Program, Memorial University,
St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, March 29, 2004.
299. "Race and Environmental History."
Invited lecture presented to the History Department, Memorial University, St.
John's Newfoundland, Canada, March 30, 2004.
300. "American Environmental History, a
CD-ROM." Poster paper presented to the joint meeting of the American
Society for Environmental History and the National Council on Public History,
Victoria, Canada, April 1, 2004.
301. "Reinventing Eden: Women, Nature, and
Narrative." President's Distinguished Lecture, presented to the University
of Vermont, Burlington, VT, October 1, 2004.
302. "Reinventing Eden: Science and the Fate of
Nature in Western Culture." Science and Technology Studies Distinguished
Lecture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, November 5, 2004.
303. "Is
Nature Calling? New Perspectives on Living with and Working for Nature."
Panel on "Wake Up Calls: Defining Work and Purpose," Willamette
University, Salem, OR, February 11, 2005.
304. "The Scientific Revolution and the Death of
Nature: A Reappraisal." Invited paper presented at Between Renaissance and
Enlightenment: Scientific Revolution -- Early Modern Science, University of
Florida, Gainesville, February 25, 2005.
305. Panel on Carolyn Merchant's The Death of Nature,
25th anniversary session. "Comment," at the annual meeting of the
American Society for Environmental History, Houston, Texas, March, 16-20, 2005.
306. "Culture and the Environment since Biblical
Times." Invited paper presented to the conference on "The
Environmental History of Israel," Nature campus, University of Tel Aviv,
Israel, June 20, 2005.
307. "Ecohistory: New Theories and Approaches,
Comment." 20th International Congress of Historical Sciences, University
of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, July 4, 2005.
308. "Partnership Ethics." Invited talk
given to the Berkeley City Commons Club, Berkeley, CA, October 7, 2005.
309. "Yosemite in Time: The Hidden
History." Invited panel presentation to the "Yosemite in Time,"
photographic exhibit, Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley,
October 9, 2005.
310. "Reinventing Eden: The Role of Nature in
Western Culture." Keynote Address to Society for Human Ecology, 20th
anniversary conference, Salt Lake City, UT, October 15, 2005.
311. "The Scientific Revolution and the Death of
Nature." Presented at the panel on "Getting Back to the Death of
Nature: Rereading Carolyn Merchant, 25th anniversary session on The Death of
Nature, annual meeting of the History of Science Society, Minneapolis, MN, November,
3-6, 2005.
312. "Ecofeminism and Partnership Ethics: What
Ecofeminism Is and Could Be." Invited lecture presented to the Consortium
for Women and Research, University of California, Davis, November 17, 2005.
313. "Ecofeminism." Lecture in Public
Health 298, "Education for Sustainable Living," University of
California, Berkeley, February 15, 2006.
314. "Natural Knowledge: Roundtable on the
Histories of Science and the Environment." Annual Meeting, American
Society for Environmental History, St. Paul, MN, Mar 30, 2006.
315. "Reinventing Eden: The Role of Nature in
Western Culture." Russell Lecture, Alfred University, Alfred, New York,
April 4, 2006.
316. "Reinventing Eden: The Role of Nature in
Western Culture." Keynote address to the inaugural meeting of the Society
for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture," University of Florida,
Gainesville, April 7, 2006.
317. "Partnership with
Nature." Invited lecture presented to the Aspen Global Change Institute at
session on "Engaging Nature," Aspen, CO, August 16, 2006.
318. "Natural
Knowledge." Paper presented to the session on "Natural Knowledge:
Roundtable on the Histories of Science and the Environment," annual
meeting of the History of Science Society, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, November 3,
2006.
319. "Partnership with
Nature." Invited keynote address presented to the Conference on
"Nature and Human Nature: Changing Perspectives," and panel on
"Women and Nature," Foundation for Mythological Studies, Santa
Barbara, CA, March 15, 2007.
320. "Pianeta Terra:
Istruzioni per L'Uso." Roundtable on Nature: Past, Present, and Future.
Galassia Gutenberg, 2008. Naples, Italy, January 12, 2008.
321. "Nature in Western
Culture." Invited lecture presented to the seminar on Environmental
History, University of Naples, Italy, January 14, 2008.
322. "Gender and
Environmental History." Invited lecture presented to the seminar on
Environmental History, University of Naples, Italy, January 15, 2008.
323. "Environmental
Ethics." Invited lecture presented to ESPM 10, "Environmental
Issues," University of California, Berkeley, February 5, 2008.
324. "Reinventing Eden: The
Fate of Nature in Western Culture." Thomas and Albert J. Shipka Lecture
presented to the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Youngstown
State University, Youngstown, OH, February 12, 2008.
325. "The Russian Otter
Trade in Alaska." Poster paper presented to the annual meeting of the
American Society for Environmental History, Boise, ID, March 12-16, 2008.
326. "Francis Bacon and the
Scientific Revolution." Invited lecture presented to ESPM 151,
"Society and Environment," April 8, 2008.
327. "Reinventing Eden: The
Role of Nature in Western Culture." Invited lecture presented to the
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology Colloquy, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, April 21, 2008.
328. "Gender and
Environmental History." Invited talk presented to the Center for Culture,
History, and Environment, University of Wisconsin, Madison, April 23, 2008.
329. "Partnership with
Nature." Invited lecture presented to the Agroecology Program, University
of Wisconsin, Madison, April 23, 2008.
330. "Nature, Francis
Bacon, and the Origins of Experimentation." Invited lecture given to the
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management Departmental Colloquium,
University of California, Berkeley, October 6, 2008.
331. "Partnership
with Nature." Invited Keynote Address presented to the annual conference
of the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs, Simon Fraser
University, Vancouver, Canada, October 18, 2008.
332. "Francis Bacon and the
Origins of Experimentation." Invited presentation, Simon Fraser
University, Vancouver, Canada, October 19, 2008.
333. "Climate Change and
the Humanities." Invited presentation to the symposium on "Creativity
in the Face of Climate Change: The Role of the Humanities in Awakening Societal
Change," UC Berkeley Institute of the Environment, October 30, 2008.
334. "Partnership with Nature." Women, Science, and
Technology Distinguished lecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA,
February 24, 2009.
335. "Vanishing Avifauna:
George Bird Grinnell and the Formation of the Audubon Society." Paper
presented to the annual meeting of the American Society for Environmental
History, Tallahassee, FL, February, 26-28, 2009; Session organizer.
336. "Controlling Nature:
Francis Bacon and the Origins of Experimentation." Invited keynote address
given to the conference on Before Environmentalism, Early Modern Center,
University of California, Santa Barbara, March 6, 2009.
337. "Partnership with
Nature: Women and the Environment." Branigin Lecture presented to the
Institute of Advanced Study, Indiana University, March 30, 2009.
338. "Francis Bacon:
Dominion Over Nature." Invited lecture presented to the course ESPM 151,
"Society and Environment," University of California, Berkeley, April
9, 2009.
339. "Melting Ice: Climate
Change and the Humanities." Invited Keynote address presented to the
Inaugural National Conference on Sustainability and the Humanities,"
Portland State University, Portland, OR, May 14, 2009.
340. "Melting Ice: Climate
Change and the Humanities." Invited lecture presented to the Illinois
Program for Research in the Humanities, University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign, February 22, 2010.
341. "Controlling
Nature: Francis Bacon and the Origins of Experimentation." Invited
Colloquium presented to Science Studies, University of California, San Diego,
March 1, 2010.
342. "Ecological
Revolutions and Partnership Ethics: Redefining Ecology and Environmental
Justice." In "Redefining Ecology: Social Inequalities and the
Construction of Environments," Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Environmental History, Portland, OR, March 13, 2010.
343. "Ecofeminism and
Partnership Ethics." Invited lecture presented in the series, "Gender
and Just Sustainability," Women's Studies Program, Gettysburg College,
Gettysburg, PA, April 12, 2010.
344. "Environmentalism:
From the Control of Nature to Partnership." Bernard Moses Memorial
Lectureship, University of California, Berkeley, May 4, 2010.
345. "Environmentalism: From the Control
of Nature to Partnership." Invited presentation to the Society of Woman
Geographers, November 13, 2010.
346. “From the Control of Nature to
Partnership." The 2011 Phebe
Estelle Spalding Lecture, Pomona College Women’s Commission, Feb. 3, 2011.
347. “Science and Dominion Over Nature.”
Invited lecture presented to ESPM 151, University of California, Berkeley,
February 22, 2011.
348. “Francis Bacon and the Control of
Nature.” Presentation to Humanities Scholars Workshop, University of Idaho,
Moscow, ID, March 7, 2011.
349. “Partnership with Nature.” Humanities
Scholars Lecture, Department of History, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, March
7, 2011.
350. “Ecofeminism.” Invited Lecture, International Women’s
Week, Stanford Humanities Center, Stanford University, March 11, 2011.
351. “Environmental History and Environmental Policy.” paper
presented to the American Society for Environmental History, annual meeting,
Phoenix, AZ, April 15, 2011.
352. “Robert S. Westman’s The Copernican Question: A Symposium,” Chair and Co-organizer, History of Science Society, Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH, November 5, 2011.
353. “Partnership with
Nature: Nature and the Human Community.” Invited lecture presented to the Landscape
Architecture and Environmental Planning Colloquium, University of California,
Berkeley, November 16, 2011.
354. “Controlling Nature: History, Philosophy, and Gender,” Invited lecture presented to the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, November 5, 2012.
355. “Autonomous Nature: The Prehistory of Chaos and Complexity Theory,” Environmental Science, Policy, and Management Colloquium, October 24, 2013.
356. “Autonomous Nature: Resistance versus Control,” Invited lecture presented to the International Conference on Resistance(s) of Nature, Sorbonne, Paris 1, June 27, 2016.
357. “Autonomous Nature: Resistance versus Control,” Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, April 3, 2017.
358. “Ecofeminism and Environmental Justice,” Stanford Environmental Justice and Sustainability Group, Stanford University, April 11, 2017.
359. “Margaret Cavendish: Natural Philosopher and Feminist,” Keynote address to the 12th Biennial International Margaret Cavendish Society, Bates College, Lewiston, ME, June 23, 2017.
360. “The Anthropocene,” Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, December 13, 2017.
Radio
Interviews and Television Consultantships
1. "Woman and Nature" on "Minding
the Earth," National Public Radio series and KQED-FM, San Francisco,
interviewed by Joseph Meeker (with China Galland), 1982.
2. "Genetic Engineering" on "Minding
the Earth," National Public Radio series and KQED-FM, San Francisco,
interviewed by Joseph Meeker (with David Suzuki, David Brower, and Lynn White,
Jr.), 1982.
3. "A History of Nature," on
"Crucible," Central Television, London, England, January 16, 1983.
Produced by Mick Gold. First third of a one-hour film based on Carolyn
Merchant's book "The Death of Nature" (1980).
4. "Hon far oss att se historien pa ett nytt
saat," on "Grat inte--forska!" (Don't Cry--Research), March 31,
1984, interviewed by Karin Nordberg, Swedish National Radio, P1, 16.15.
5. "Olika satt att se pa naturen," on
Vetandets Varld, April 8, 1984, interviewed by Maja Hagerman, Swedish National
Radio, P1, 12.05.
6. "Conversation with Sara Lidman and Carolyn
Merchant, interviewed by Ingela Romare, Stockholm, April 1984, date of
broadcast unknown.
7. "Moment '84," Swedish National Radio,
April, 1984 (date and time of broadcast unknown).
8. Consultant for "Humans in Nature"
television series (8 projected one-hour films) by the College of the Atlantic,
Bar Harbor, Maine.
9. Consultant for
"Wilderness and the American Mind" television series (4 projected
one-hour films) by Lawrence R. Hott, for Florentine Films, Haydenville,
Massachusetts.
10. Consultant for "The Roots of
Tomorrow," television documentary series, by Charles Harris, for Colstar
Communications and Entertainment, London, England.
11. Consultant for "One World," television
series (4 projected films) by David Griffin et al, a co-production by the
British Broadcasting Company and Pacem Partnership.
12. Consultant for "Shattered Forest," a
one hour television program by Stephen Fisher Productions, Berkeley, CA,
13. Consultant for documentary on
human survival in an age of environmental crisis by Jeffrey Van Davis and Peter
Seidel, Cincinnati, OH.
14. "Ecological Revolutions." The Gary
Null Show, New York, April, 1990.
15. "Ecological Revolutions: The New World Transformed."
Science Today, #113, A Radio Program of the Univesity of California, Office of
the President, June 26, 1990.
16. "The Global Ecological Revolution."
Interview with ABC Radio (the Australian Broadcasting Corporation), Sydney,
Australia, April 4, 1991.
17. Video of Keynote Address to Ecopolitics V
Conference, Sydney Australia, April 4, 1991.
18. "Ecofeminism." Interview with Therese
Edmonds on "Our Town," Channel 10 Television, 2:30 P. M., Perth,
Western Australia, June 5, 1991.
19. Consultant for a "History of
Environmental Ethics," Michael Fincham, Maryland Sea Grant College,
Baltimore, MD. October 1994.