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March 1, 2010
Climate Denial and the Philosopher-King of Java

The eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815 was the most colossal since human civilization emerged 10,000 years ago. Why is so little known about it today?

In this year's LAS Humanities Lecture, English Professor Gillen Wood will re-acquaint us with the eruption that caused snows in July and civil unrest. Its worldwide impacts are largely unstudied, Wood argues, because of an over-correction by humanists for the discredited theory of climate determinism. That over-correction is still limiting our understanding of climate change.

Thursday, April 1, 2010
4:30 p.m.
Knight Auditorium
Spurlock Museum

RSVP for the event by Friday, March 26; email rsvp-las@illinois.edu.

Climate Denial and the Philosopher-King of Java
Climate Denial and the Philosopher-King of Java
The eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815 was the most colossal since human civilization emerged 10,000 years ago. Why is so little known about it today? In this year's LAS Humanities Lecture, English Professor Gillen Wood will re-acquaint us with the...