TONIGHT: Brian Fagan offers talk on 'Water: The Triumph of Gravity' on March 25
by Kathleen McCoy |
Thursday, March 25, 7:30 p.m.
Wendy Williamson Auditorium
Dr. Brian Fagan asks: What lessons does the past have for a world confronted by drought and inexorable warming?
Water is the foundation of human existence. Prolific author Fagan tells the story
of the complex relationship between humans and water over the past 5,000 years, from
furrow irrigation and wells to the elaborate aqueducts and canal systems of the Assyrians,
Chinese, Greeks and Romans. He shows how the Industrial Revolution sowed the seeds
for today's global water crisis.
This talk is sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences through the fund for Excellence in Arts and Sciences and the Alaska Anthropological Association. This event is free and open to the public.
Fagan is also the keynote speaker for the Alaska Anthropological Association's 37th Annual meeting March 25-27 at the Millennium Hotel.
For information, please contact Diane Hanson at (afdkh@uaa.alaska.edu) or call (907) 786-6842.
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