14th Annual Conference | October 16-17, 2008

The Center for the Humanities invites you to join speakers from around the country and St. Louis in examining city environments through the lenses of the humanities, arts, and social sciences. We will discuss such cities as Los Angeles; New York; Portland, Ore.; Chicago; Cleveland; Youngstown, Ohio; and St. Louis. Conference presenters include a civil rights attorney focusing on urban environmental justice, architectural historians, a specialist on environmental literature, geographers, activists, consultants, political scientists, preservationists, and contemporary American historians. Engaging in discussion that crosses many disciplines, the presenters and audience will explore ways we can understand and encourage urban sustainability.

Thursday, Oct. 16

8:45 a.m.
Check in, Summit Lounge, J.C. Penney Conference Center, University of Missouri-St. Louis

9:00 a.m.
Opening & Welcome
Tom George, Chancellor, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Diane Touliatos, Director, Center for the Humanities, University of Missouri-St. Louis

9:10 a.m.
Robert V. Bartlett, Gund Professor of Liberal Arts, Political Science, University of Vermont
The City in the Future of Democracy

10:10 a.m.
Steve Rugare, Assistant Professor, College of Architecture & Environmental Design; and Associate, Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, Kent State University
Constructions of a New Picturesque: The Design Challenge of Urban Vacancy

11:10 a.m.
Elizabeth Yeampierre, Executive Director, UPROSE, a Latino community-based organization; and President, New York City Environmental Justice Alliance
Our Inconvenient Truth: The Struggle for Environmental Justice

12:10 p.m. -- Lunch on your own

1:20 p.m.
Ronald A. Davidson, Assistant Professor of Geography, California State University, Northridge
What Is the San Fernando Valley? Unloved Urbanity in "America's Suburb"

2:20 p.m.
Steven Rosendale, Associate Professor of English, Northern Arizona University
Social Justice Environmentalism and the American City: A Literary Perspective

3:20 p.m.
Peggy Moody, Chair, Campus Sustainability Committee, St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley
David Pollack, President, Engineering Software International
Tom Wunderle, Director, Institutional Research,
Lewis & Clark Community College, Godfrey, Illinois
Katy Mike Smaistrla, Education Coordinator, Missouri Botanical Garden EarthWays Center
Sampling What St. Louis Organizations, Campuses, and Individuals Are Doing for the Environment--A Panel Discussion

Friday, Oct. 17

8:45 a.m.
Check in, Summit Lounge, J.C. Penney Conference Center, University of Missouri-St. Louis

9:00 a.m.
Welcome
Glen Cope, Provost, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Karen Lucas, Associate Director, Center for the Humanities, University of Missouri-St. Louis

9:10 a.m.
Wendy Verhoff, Adjunct Assistant Professor of History, University College, Washington University in St. Louis
A Bequest of Atoms: The City, the Future, and Reinvented Landscapes of Cold War Nuclear Production

10:00 a.m.
David B. Robertson, Professor of Political Science, University of Missouri-St. Louis
2008 Election and the Urban Environment

11:00 a.m.
Andrew Hurley, Professor of History, University of Missouri-St. Louis
James D. Harlan, Assistant Program Director, Geographic Resources Center, University of Missouri-Columbia
Henry Kunowski, Architectural Historian, Project Manager, Historical Research Associates, Portland, Oregon
Laura Watt, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Planning, Sonoma State University
Making a Place for Nature in Historic Preservation--A Panel Discussion

Advance registration is needed.* Call (314) 516-5974 or REGISTER ONLINE.
Registration is free and open to the public.

We encourage registrants to bring canned food donations, which will be delivered to a hunger-relief organization.

*A parking permit will be mailed to preregistrants. Parking in Lot C. (See the UMSL North Campus map. The J.C. Penney Conference Center is building 2.)

Cancellation policy: The University reserves the right to cancel any program. In the event of cancellation, you will be notified immediately.

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