This lec­ture is part of a sym­po­sium on “After the Death of Nature: Car­olyn Mer­chant and Future of Human-​​Nature Rela­tions,” Townsend Cen­ter, 220 Stephens Hall, May 4, 2018, 9–5 pm.  Note: This lec­ture is 159 Mul­ford Hall.

All are welcome.

Dou­glas Brink­ley is a Pro­fes­sor of Amer­i­can His­tory at Rice Uni­ver­sity in Hous­ton, Texas. He is the author of The Wilder­ness­War­rior: Theodore Roo­sevelt and the Cru­sade for Amer­ica (2009); Right­ful Her­itage: Franklin D. Roo­sevelt and the Land of Amer­ica (2016); The Quiet World: Sav­ing Alaska’s Wilder­ness King­dom (2011); and Rosa Parks: A Life (2000) among other books. His lec­ture is drawn from his book in progress, Silent Spring Rev­o­lu­tion: Rachel Car­son, John Kennedy and the Dawn of the Six­ties Envi­ron­men­tal Move­ment. He received his PhD from George­town Uni­ver­sity in U.S. His­tory in 1989.He is a his­tory com­men­ta­tor for CNN and serves as an edi­tor of Audubon Mag­a­zine.