Unveiling the World in 1800

September 25-27, 2003

Symposium Schedule

Thursday, September 25

7:30 pm "Moons and Measures: How the Explorers Found Their Way" The journey of exploration, its expression in the 1800s, and its relevance today. Dava Sobel, author of Longitude and Galileo's Daughter. Newmark Theatre, Portland Center for the Performing Arts, 1111 SW Broadway, Portland. This event is ticketed separately from the Friday and Saturday sessions. See registration form for details.

Friday, September 26

9:30-10:15 a.m. Lecture: "The Explorer's Enlightenment" by Author Dava Sobel.

10:30-11:30 a.m. Panel discussion: "Charting the Enlightenment" Panelists: Dava Sobel, Curtis Johnson, William E. Ray, Jr., Clay Jenkinson, Christopher Zinn, moderated by Jane Monnig Atkinson, Vice President and Provost, Lewis & Clark College.

1-1:45 p.m. "Thomas Jefferson's World" by U.S. Senator Gordon Smith.

2-3:30 p.m. "Perspectives on Culture" Panel discussion. Roberta Conner, Director, Tamastslikt Cultural Institute, Elliott West, Distinguished Professor of History, University of Arkansas, Seth Cotlar, Assistant Professor of History, Willamette University, David J. Peck, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, moderated by Clay Jenkinson.

3:45-4:30 p.m. Lecture: “Patterns of Exploration in the 18th and 19th Centuries” by William H. Goetzmann, Jack S. Blanton Sr., Chair in History and American Studies, University of Texas at Austin.

4:30-4:45 p.m. Closing remarks.

Saturday, September 27

9:30-10:15 a.m. Lecture: “The Enlightenment and the Rage for Order and Taxonomy,” by Stephen Dow Beckham, Dr. Robert B. Pamplin Jr. Professor of History, Lewis & Clark College.

10:30 a.m.-noon. Lecture: “Science in the Age of Exploration” Stephen Tufte, Assistant Professor of Physics, Lewis & Clark College.

"Enlightenment Medicine" by Dr. David J. Peck. Assesses the status of medical knowledge and practice in the late 18th century.

Noon-1:00 p.m. Lunch. Music by Daniel Slosbert, Fiddler, musical response by Aaron Meyer, Concert Violinist.

1-1:45 p.m. Lecture: "The Geopolitical Struggle for the World Beyond Europe" by Stephen Lambo, Assistant Professor of International Affairs, Lewis & Clark College.

1:45-2:15 p.m. Lecture: "Making Music in America in 1800" by Eleonora Beck, Professor of Music, Lewis & Clark College.

2:15-3:00 p.m. Lecture: “Truth and Consequences: Influences on the West and the World in the 1800s” by Elliot West, Distinguished Professor of History, University of Arkansas

3:00-3:15 p.m. Lecture: “Lewis and Clark in Context” by Clay S. Jenkinson, Humanities Scholar in Residence, Lewis & Clark College.

3:15-3:30 p.m. Closing Remarks

3:30-4:30 Reception: "Exhibition - Artists and Maps: Cartography as a Means of Knowing" Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art