Dr. Margritt Engel presents 'Where G.W. Steller, Alaska's first Western naturalis, came from -- a picture show; on Feb. 22
by Kathleen McCoy |
Monday, Feb. 22, 5-7 p.m.
UAA Campus Bookstore
Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709-1746) was born and spent his youth in Windsheim, Franconia, a Free Imperial City, and is now celebrated as Bad Windsheim's most famous son. Before moving on to St. Petersburg, Russia, Siberia and America (where he went ashore for a 10-hour stay on Kayak Island), he studied at Halle University and worked at the Franckesche Stiftungen, an orphanage and educational institution founded by August Hermann Francke, who fostered close ties to Russia. These two cities are the focus of this presentation.
Margritt Engel is professor emeriti in the UAA Department of Languages and is the translator of the books, Journal of A Voyage with Bering, 1741-1742 and Steller's History of Kamchatka.
This event is free and open to the public with complimentary parking available. For more information, please contact Rachel Epstein at (907) 786-4782.
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