Special Events
These events include nationally prominent speaker appearances, expert panel discussions, student seminars and presentations, and events in the performing and visual arts.
Watch this space for announcement of upcoming special events at the Center. And visit our Conference pages for information about more of our public and invitational programs.
Upcoming Events
Environmental historian Philip Fradkin will read from his new Stegner biography:
Wallace Stegner and the American West
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 6:30 pm
The Terrace Room, 4th floor, Margaret Jacks Hall, Building 460 (Main Quad)
Stanford University
Book sales and author signing at the event
Refreshments served
Co-sponsored by The Bill Lane Center for the Study of the North American West
and the Stanford Creative Writing Program
Troubled Waters Lecture Series:Water in the West
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 7:30 pm
Kresge Auditorium, Stanford University
Speakers:
David Freyberg, Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Stanford University;
David Kennedy, Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History, Stanford University;
Jeff Mount, Roy J. Shlemon Chair in Applied Geosciences, U.C. Davis
Moderator: Jeff Koseff, Perry L. McCarty Director, Woods Institute, Stanford University
The Energy and Environmental Public Lecture Series is co-sponsored by the Stanford University School of Earth Sciences, and the Woods Institute for the Environment.
Lectures are free and open to the public. Seating is limited, so please arrive early.
Risser Prize Forum: "The Environmental Fallout of the Cold War"
A seminar about the health effects of US government uranium mining on Indian reservations.
Thursday, March 13, 2008 4:00 pm
Arrillaga Alumni Center
326 Galvez Street, Stanford University
There will be a public reception following the event.
Co-sponsored by the The Bill Lane Center for the Study of the North American West and the John S. Knight Fellowships for Professional Journalists
To receive alerts of coming events, please send your name, affiliation, and email address to westcentermail@stanford.edu.
Past Events
Rethinking Mexican Immigration: A Roundtable
In October 2006, the Center brought some of North America's leading scholars and commentators on immigration reform together for a public forum. For a report of what happened and links to useful resources, click here.
