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The conferences sponsored by the Bill Lane Center are at the heart of our effort to bridge the worlds of academia, public policy, business, journalism, and arts and culture. Their structure emphasizes discussion over presentation, and their participants are drawn from a wide range of backgrounds and professions. By bringing people together who might not otherwise have the opportunity to talk to one another, the Center brings a fresh perspective on some of the major issues animating this region and shaping its future.

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2009-2010 Conferences and Events

Date	Name	Topic	Type	Details
11/10/2009	An Evening with Author and Columnist Verlyn Klinkenborg Please join us for an enjoyable evening with Verlyn Klinkenborg, acclaimed author of several books, and of the much-loved column “The Rural Life,” which appears on the The New York Times editorial page twenty-six times a year. Tom Brokaw has called Klinkenborg “our modern Thoreau”; others hear echoes of E. B. White in his voice. Like both of them, Klinkenborg observes the juncture at which our lives and the natural world intersect, and finds the luminous details that transform everyday experiences into luminous and revitalizing prose. The Bill Lane Center is pleased to be hosting Mr. Klinkenborg as a Western Enterprise Reporter this fall. More information	Public Conference	Free and open to the public	7:30 pm Geology Corner (Bldg 320) Room 105 Directions Sponsored by The Bill Lane Center for the American West; Environmental Humanities Project; John S. Knight Fellowships for Professional Journalists; Program in Modern Thought and Literature; Stanford Continuing Studies
11/17/2009	Timothy; or, Notes of an Abject Reptile A seminar on writing about animals with Verlyn Klinkenborg A special opportunity to take a seminar with Verlyn Klinkenborg, acclaimed author and New York Times columnist. The Bill Lane Center is pleased to be hosting Mr. Klinkenborg as a Western Enterprise Reporter this fall. More information	Public Writing Seminar	Free and open to the public BUT Space is limited: To participate please e-mail:justin5@stanford.edu	4:00-6:30 pm Margaret Jacks Hall (Bldg 460) Terrace Room Sponsored by The Bill Lane Center for the American West; Environmental Humanities Project; John S. Knight Fellowships for Professional Journalists;

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Name

Topic

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Details

11/10/2009

An Evening with Author and Columnist Verlyn Klinkenborg
Please join us for an enjoyable evening with Verlyn Klinkenborg, acclaimed author of several books, and of the much-loved column “The Rural Life,” which appears on the The New York Times editorial page twenty-six times a year. Tom Brokaw has called Klinkenborg “our modern Thoreau”; others hear echoes of E. B. White in his voice. Like both of them, Klinkenborg observes the juncture at which our lives and the natural world intersect, and finds the luminous details that transform everyday experiences into luminous and revitalizing prose. The Bill Lane Center is pleased to be hosting Mr. Klinkenborg as a Western Enterprise Reporter this fall.

More information

Public Conference

Verlyn klinkenborg

Free and open to the public

7:30 pm
Geology Corner (Bldg 320) Room 105
Directions

Sponsored by The Bill Lane Center for the American West; Environmental Humanities Project; John S. Knight Fellowships for Professional Journalists; Program in Modern Thought and Literature; Stanford Continuing Studies

11/17/2009

Timothy; or, Notes of an Abject Reptile
A seminar on writing about animals with Verlyn Klinkenborg
A special opportunity to take a seminar with Verlyn Klinkenborg, acclaimed author and New York Times columnist. The Bill Lane Center is pleased to be hosting Mr. Klinkenborg as a Western Enterprise Reporter this fall.

More information

Public Writing Seminar

Verlyn klinkenborg

Free and open to the public
BUT
Space is limited: To participate please e-mail:justin5@stanford.edu

4:00-6:30 pm
Margaret Jacks Hall (Bldg 460) Terrace Room

Sponsored by The Bill Lane Center for the American West; Environmental Humanities Project; John S. Knight Fellowships for Professional Journalists;

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