Legacies Symposium Schedule

September 29-30, 2006

Final symposium commemorating the bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, Lewis & Clark College.


Join Lewis & Clark College as we conclude our exploration of the Expedition with an assessment of Lewis and Clark’s America today. Engaging environmental, economic, political, Native American, and policy points of view, we will attempt to determine where exploration is headed in the 21st century and will provide a forum for reflection on what has been learned during this period of examination of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.


Friday, September 29

A Journey by Way of Metaphor
9:00-9:45 a.m.
Tom Hochstettler, Clay Jenkinson, Humanities Scholar, Lewis & Clark College
Smith Hall


Garage Sales, Loose Ends, and Compensation Packages:
The Immediate Aftermath of the Expedition 10:00-10:45 a.m.
Clay Jenkinson
Smith Hall


Impacts and Continuities in the Wake of the Corps of Discovery
11:00-11:45 a.m.
Gerald Torres, Professor of Law, University of Texas at Austin
Smith Hall


Waves of Tour and Conquest: Expansion in the American West
1:00-2:15 p.m.
Elliott West, Professor of History, University of Arkansas, in dialogue with moderator Clay Jenkinson, Humanities Scholar, Lewis & Clark College
Smith Hall


The Cartographic Legacy of Lewis and Clark: Maps and the Mountain Men
2:30-3:15 p.m.
John Logan Allen, Professor of Geography, University of Wyoming
Smith Hall


Artists and Specimens: Documenting Contemporary Experience
Gallery Tour and Reception
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art*


Wildness and the Soul of the American West: The Crucial Role of the Federal and Indian Lands 7:30-8:30 p.m.
Charles Wilkinson, Moses Lasky Professor of Law, University of Colorado at Boulder School of Law
Agnes Flanagan Chapel

*Artist and Specimens: Documenting Contemporary Experience is the fourth and final exhibition organized in conjunction with the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial commemoration. Recognizing that much of the Corps of Discovery legacy comes to us in the form of the journals kept by the explorers and the many natural history and anthropological specimens collected by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, this exhibition presents five artists who are committed to exploring the world around them.



Saturday, September 30

The Legacy of York
9-9:45 a.m.

The Lewis and Clark Scorecard: Assessing the Impacts of Lewis and Clark
10-noon

William Lang, Professor of History, Portland State University
Robert Miller, Associate Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School
Christopher Zinn, Executive Director, Oregon Council for the Humanities
John Logan Allen, Professor of Geography, University of Wyoming
Patricia Limerick, Professor of History, University of Colorado at Boulder

Moderated by Clay Jenkinson, Humanities Scholar, Lewis & Clark College


Lives in the Aftermath: William Clark, Meriwether Lewis, Sacagawea
1:00-3:00 p.m.
Clay Jenkinson, Humanities Scholar, Lewis & Clark College
Jay Buckley, Assistant Professor of History, Brigham Young University
Jane Hunter, Professor of History, Lewis & Clark College, Assistant Dean of Faculty
Smith Hall


So What Have We Learned Anyway?
3:15-4:00 p.m.
Patricia Limerick, Professor of History, University of Colorado at Boulder
Smith Hall



Saturday, September 30, 2006

There Went the Neighborhood: The American West Since Lewis and Clark
7:30 p.m.
Ian Frazier, American humorist, essayist for The New Yorker, author of On the Rez and Great Plains.

Tickets for this presentation can be purchased through TicketsWest, www.ticketswest.com, or by calling 503-224-8499. Tickets are $20. for General Admission, $15. for Seniors and Students.

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