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In the fall of 2022, the Humanities Center commenced an ambitious three-year exploration of the connection between the human imagination and the diverse array of landscapes in our world. In the first three parts of this series, we focused on the ocean, the desert and the forest. This semester, we investigate the frozen realms — the wintry worlds of icefields, ice plateaus, glaciers and polar landscapes. Aspects of these strange and dreamlike environments will be showcased in our gallery exhibitions, while in a wide-ranging series of panel discussions and presentations, scholars from a diverse array of disciplines will reflect upon the qualities and the evocative appeal of the earth’s icy regions. Humanities Center, Saints Tekakwitha and Serra Hall, Room 200 February 13 | The Frozen Realms: An Interdisciplinary Introduction and Opening Reception Brian Clack, PhD | Philosophy Ron Kaufmann, PhD | Environmental and Ocean Sciences The Science of Ice and Coldness| February 20 Sue Lowery, PhD | Biology Michael Mayer, PhD | Biology Maren Mossman, PhD | Physics Illume Guest Lecture: Arctic Art Now | February 27 Christopher P. Heuer, PhD | University of Rochester Imagining the Cold in Literature and Music | March 5 Christopher Adler, PhD | Music Fred Miller Robinson, PhD | English (ret.) Lisa Smith | English After Icebergs: Mark Dion and Farrah Karapetian in Conversation with Derrick Cartwright| March 12 Derrick Cartwright, PhD | Art, Architecture + Art History Mark Dion, BFA | Artist Farrah Karapetian, MFA | Art, Architecture + Art History Human Communities in Frozen Realms | March 19 Jennifer Parkinson, PhD | Anthropology Thomas Reifer, PhD | Sociology Meaghan Weatherdon, PhD | Theology and Religious Studies The Fate of the Ice | April 9 Michel Boudrias, PhD | Environmental and Ocean Sciences Colin Fisher, PhD | History Sarah Gray, PhD | Environmental and Ocean Sciences Exploring the Frozen Realms | April 16 Hugh Ellis, PhD | Biology Ron Kaufmann, PhD | Environmental and Ocean Sciences Bryson Patterson | Alum, ‘22 (BA) and ‘23 (MS) For information on parking, visit www.sandiego.edu/parking/parking-information/guests.php

This weekend in the arts in San Diego: Art and disability at MCASD; Grammy-winning jazz at CCAE; World Design Experience at San Diego Design Week; Vanessa Rishel at Hill Street Country Club; Dracula on stage; Adams Avenue Street Fest and more.

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