Big Picture, Big Questions Page 1 International Big History Association 2014 Conference
elcome to the second conference of the International Big History Association! The program committee is excited about the presentations that are scheduled for “Teaching and WResearching Big History: Big Picture, Big Questions.” Together, Big Historians, professors and grad students, scientists and scholars, are exploring the past and the future of this new scholarly BIG HISTORY field.
Between Nothing and Everything We are very pleased to be at Dominican University of California and in the San Francisco bay area for by David Christian, Cynthia Stokes Brown, and Craig Benjamin our conference. This is a beautiful location with a rich history and many unique characteristics that make it an attractive place to live, visit, and experience the deep past. We appreciate the untiring work and generous support of our hosts here at Dominican. All of the people on the organizing committee here at Dominican have tirelessly arranged for the logistics. That committee included the professors 1st edition | 007-338-561-1| 9780-0733-856-17 who teach in the Dominican Big History program, the program coordinator, Jaime Castner, Jill Thomas, and was headed up by Associate Provost Mojgan Behmand. ©2014 | Publication Date: 8/2/13 Big History: Between Nothing and Everything surveys the past not just San Rafael is a wonderful destination in Marin County surround by woods and beaches. For all things of humanity, or even of planet Earth, but of the entire universe. In San Rafael go to http://www.sanrafael.com. For a complete guide to San Francisco and its many reading this book instructors and students will retrace a voyage that attractions, visit http://www.sanfrancisco.com/. If you have more time to explore the larger Bay Area, began 13.8 billion years ago with the Big Bang and the appearance see http://www.visitcalifornia.com/Explore/Bay-Area/. You might take advantage of the opportunities of the universe. Big History incorporates findings from cosmology, to participate in the geological tour on August 6 and the wine tasting tour on August 10. Please contact earth and life sciences, and human history, and assembles them Donna Tew to arrange to go on either of the tours. into a single, universal historical narrative of our universe and of our place within it. Written by the pioneers of the field, this text Many people have worked very hard to organize this conference. The members of the program presents a framework for learning about anything and everything and committee have exchanged flurries of emails for months as the program has developed its final form. encourages students to think critically about our cumulative history Pamela Benjamin and Donna Tew have put in endless hours on every aspect of the conference. Also, we and the future of the world through a variety of lenses. are deeply saddened by the death of one of our original program committee members and much beloved Big Historian professor at Dominican, Neal Wolfe. We remember him with fondness and admiration.
What Instructors Are Saying About Big History We appreciate the generous support of The Big History Project, and Microsoft Research and ChronoZoom for their generous contributions to the conference as well as to the field of Big History. “I consider this text a masterpiece of research, scholarship, and exquisite writing.” Big History is now available as a —Hope Benne, Salem State University SmartBook®, the first and only This conference is a very exciting event for anyone interested in Big History. The conference will adaptive reading experience give us all a chance to see some of the many different ways in which Big History is flourishing, and to “The biggest strength of the text is its authors. . .They convey a strong sense designed to change the way students showcase the many different kinds of research, teaching and creativity that the field is generating. We of enthusiasm for their subject and of its inherent value. And they have built read and learn. SmartBook for Big hope it will also provide many opportunities, both in the formal their analysis on a good grasp of current scholarship.” History is featured in McGraw-Hill sessions and in the informal networking, for attendees to discuss —John Mears, Southern Methodist University Connect Plus®, along with other where Big History is going, what we need to be working on in instructor resources. the next year or two, what have been our major successes (there “This is going to be an excellent standard textbook of Big History.” —Alexander Mirkovic, Arkansas Tech University are many!), and what are our major challenges. But above all, we hope you will enjoy the conference. Have fun! Cordially, Your program committee: Cynthia Brown, Lowell Gustafson, For more information about Big History 1st edition and SmartBook, please email Fred Spier, Harlan Stelmach, Joseph Voros [email protected] PageVisit 2 www.mhhe.com/wmg/mcgrawhill_bighistory to hear lead author DavidTeaching Christian and talk Researching about the 1st Big edition History: International Big History Association 2014 Conference Thursday, August 7 10:15 am - 3:00 pm
Breakfast on your own Thursday, August 7 10:15 – 10:45 am Coffee Break 8:00 am – Noon: Registration, Guzman Hall
9:00 – 10:15 am 10:45 am – 12:00 pm Opening Plenary Session Dominican University of California Plenary Session Guzman Lecture Hall Guzman Lecture Hall David Christian President, IBHA Robert Connor Macquarie University Former President of the Teagle Foundation “Big History: a personal voyage” “It’s still the same old story . . . Or is it? ─ History: origin, present situation, future”
IBHA Members’ Business Meeting Working Lunch Guzman Lecture Hall 12:15 - 1:15 pm
1:30 – 3:00 pm Panels
Panel 1: 1:30 - 3:00 pm Guzman 302 Writing the First Big History Textbook Big History: From Nothing to Everything
Chair: Mojgan Behmand, Dominican University of California
David Christian, Macquarie University Cynthia Brown, Dominican University of California Craig Benjamin, Grand Valley State University
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Panel 2: 1:30 – 3:00 pm Panel 5: 1:30 – 3:00 pm Guzman 306 Guzman 202 Teaching (1) Religion (1) Janusz Duzinkiewicz, Purdue University North Central Teilhard de Chardin and Big History Chair: Marianne Rogoff, Dominican University Kate Hawkey Chair: Lowell Gustafson, Villanova University Big History Across the Pond Peter Hess, National Center for Science Education Tracy Sullivan, Big History Institute, Macquarie Bridgette O’Connor, St. Scholastica Academy Big History as an essential presupposition of Christian University Seohyung Kim, Ewha Womans University History, Faith and Science: Teaching Big History from theology Transformative Learning Experiences and the Little Convergence Education in Korea: Science and Social a Catholic Perspective Big History Project for Secondary Students Studies
Panel 6: 1:30 – 3:00 pm Guzman 307 Panel 3: 1:30 – 3:00 pm Guzman 301 Big Politics Maarten Oranje, Independent Researcher (European Studies) Earth in Big History David H. Shimabukuro, Sacramento State University, Chair: James Cunningham, Dominican University The Nation State and its Borders from a Big History Sacramento, CA. of California perspective Chair: Kiowa Bower, Dominican University Reconstructing the history of the Earth from a fragmentary rock record Michael Weller, LePen-Club Tony Harper, McHenry County College The Role of Humans in the History of the Universe Global Volcanism as it Impacts the Integrity of the Walter Alvarez, University of California Berkeley World System Geology in Big History: How Earth concentrates elements and makes them useful
3:00 – 3:30 pm Coffee Break
3:30 – 5:00 pm Concurrent Presentations
Panel 7: 3:30 – 5:00 pm Guzman 306 Research Leonid Grinin, Eurasian Center for Big History and Panel 4: 1:30 – 3:00 pm System Forecasting Guzman 201 Chair: Cynthia Brown, Dominican University The Star-Galaxy Era of Big History in the Light of Evolutionary Principles Complexity (1) David Baker, University of Amsterdam & Macquarie Matthew McConnell, Oregon State University University Rethinking Big History Curriculum: The Challenges Lucy Laffite, UNC-TV Chair: Joseph Voros, Swinburne University of The Darwinian Algorithm: An Extension of Rising of a Research Based Approach Lycopod, cycad, and platypus: survival of the less fit Technology Complexity as a Unifying Theme of Big History
David LePoire, Argonne National Laboratory J. Daniel May, Dominican University of California Two Contrasting Views of Energy and Time Scales Complexity by the Numbers
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Panel 8: 3:30 – 5:00 pm Panel 11: 3:30 – 5:00 pm Guzman 202 Guzman 302 Big History for All Kinds of Learners: A Religion (2) Pedagogy Workshop Cynthia Taylor, Dominican University Chair: Lowell Gustafson, Villanova University Hiroko Shiota, California Institute of Integral Studies Panel Chair: Fred Spier, University of Amsterdam Human Cultures through the Lens of Big History Big History and Shinto Margaret Boone Rappaport, The Human Sentience Marianne Rogoff, Dominican University Thomas Burke, Dominican University Project Scott Sinclair, Dominican University of California Big Literature through the Lens of Big History Beauty through the Lens of Big History Christopher J. Corbally, The Human Sentience The Christian Bible as the First Big History Project Crossing the Latest Line, Part 2: The Emergence of Sentience in Science, Religion, and Art
Panel 12: 3:30 – 5 :00 pm Panel 9: 3:30 – 5:00 pm Guzman 307 Guzman 201 Dana Visalli, Methow Naturalist Big History & the End of War Bridging the Worlds of Micro and Human Nature, Conflict, and Social Transformation Macro: Biology and Place John Hostettler, Mountain View Public Library Jon Cleland Host, Saginaw Valley State University Chair: Jaime Castner, Dominican University Human Nature and Big History Chair: Leslie Ross, Dominican University Your DNA is a Door into Big History Barry Rodrigue, University of Southern Maine Jess Hollenback, University of Wisconsin--La Crosse Karen Kudebeh, TimeTrace Inc. Big History as a Method of Social Transformation The ‘Immunological’ Problem of Civilization The Big History Story of Northern California/San Francisco Bay Region
Panel 10: 3:30 – 5:00 pm Guzman 301 Theories of Thresholds John Mears, Southern Methodist University Using Marshall Hodgson’s Concept of Transmutations Chair: Mojgan Behmand, Dominican University to Advance Our Understanding of Thresholds in the Human Historical Experience William McGaughey, Thistlerose Publications An alternative scheme of thresholds and historical Sergey Grinchenko and turning points J.L. Shchapova, Institute of Informatics Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences Evolution of Complexity: Seven-layer Model of Anthropo-, Psycho-, Techno-, Socio- and Culture-genesis 5:00-6:30 pm in the Archaeological Epoch Opening Reception Terrace and Lawn, Edgehill Mansion
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Breakfast on your own Friday, August 8 Panel 16: 9:00 – 10:30 am Registration, Guzman Hall Guzman 201 Systems and Big History Anton Grinin, Volgograd Centre for Social Research 9:00 – 10:30 am The Technological Dimension of Big History: The World Panels Chair: Craig Benjamin, Grand Valley State at the Threshold of the Revolution of Self-controllable University Systems Panel 13: 9:00 – 10:30 am Guzman 306 Andrey Korotayev, Oriental Institute, Russian Jeremy Lent, Independent researcher Ken Baskin, Independent researcher Research Open Roundtable Academy of Sciences Life’s Transitions: A Systems Approach to Big History Evolution 2.0: Dynamics for the 21st Century
Chair: David Christian, Macquarie University Joseph Voros, Swinburne University of Technology
Fred Spier, University of Amsterdam David Baker, University of Amsterdam
Esther Quaedackers, University of Amsterdam Panel 17: 9:00 – 10:30 am Guzman 301 Panel 14: 9:00 – 10:30 am Interpretations (1) Jonathan Markley, California State University Guzman 302 Fullerton Teaching (2) David Jones, International Baccalaureate Organization Chair: Scott Sinclair, Dominican University “No meaning or intention.” The problem of intent in Big (IBO) History Chair: Thomas Burke, Dominican University The importance of an explicit understanding of the Davidson Loehr nature of science for all Big History courses. Growing Beyond Religion: Big History and the Edward Simmons, Georgia Gwinnett College Jonathan Yavelow, Rider University Meaning of Life Big History, Meaning, and Paradigm Shift Using Big History as a central element of a University Tony Harper, McHenry County College science core requirement The Integration of History and Science as a Context for Big History
Panel 18: 9:00 – 10:30 am Panel 15: 9:00 – 10:30 am Special Presentation Guzman 202 Guzman 307 Human History Anne-Marie Poorthuis, Stichting Eigentijdse Verbindingen Rich Blundell Chair: Martin Anderson, Dominican University Collective learning to handle ‘self organization’ Macquarie University Shakespeare in the Cave: A Big History of Art Steije Hofhuis, Junior-lecturer, University of Denise R. Ames Amsterdam Waves of Global Change: How to explain witch-hunting? A Holistic Approach to World History A Darwinian attempt 10:30 – 11:00 am Coffee Break
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11:00 am – 12:15 pm 1:45 – 3:15 pm Guzman Lecture Hall Panels Big History Project Plenary Session
Panel 19 Guzman 301 Big History Project Panel
Presenter
Bob Regan, Director, bgC3
Started by David Christian and Bill Gates 4 years ago, the Big History Project started off Where do we learn the most about big history? From students and teachers doing it every day. Come with a modest goal – sharing Big History with everyone, everywhere. hear about the Big History Project’s impact in the classroom and where the course is going.
Learn about the progress and what we have learned in the process about everyone’s favorite story.
Andrew Cook with special guests
Panel 20: 1:45 – 3:15 pm Guzman 302 Teaching (3)
Lunch Chair: Lucy Lafitte, UNC-TV 12:15 - 1:45 pm Karen Kudebeh, Time Trace, Inc. Special Show: 12:30 – 1:30 pm Jon Cleland-Host, Saginaw Valley State Universty Bridging Vast Expanses of Time Using Kinesthetic Teaching Methods Creekside Room in Caleruega The Physics of Love Lanier Graham, CSU East Bay & Institute for Aesthetic Development Tactile Teaching: Models for Teaching Big History with Art Objects at Two San Francisco Bay Area Universities - Dominican & CSUEB Jennifer Joy, a New York City writer/performer/comedian, will be performing excerpts from her hit show, The Physics of John Hostettler, Mountain View Public Library Love, in a special lunchtime performance. Off-Script and in Public
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Panel 21: 1:45 – 3:15 pm 3:15 – 3:45 pm Guzman 202 Coffee Break Cosmopolitics and the Big Journey: 3:45 – 5:15 pm Resolving Nature-Culture Dualisms Panels Chair: Fred Spier, University of Amsterdam Kimberly Carfore Panel 25: 3:45 – 5:15 pm Post-Secular Justice and the Ghosts of Big History Sam Mickey Guzman 306 Concepts for Collective History: Cosmopolitics and Adam Robbert, Teaching Big History: A New Pedagogy Resource Journey of the Universe Histories of Lived Experience: Intertwining Aesthetics, Ecology, and Ethology Chair: Ross Dunn
Mojgan Behmand, Dominican University Panel 22: 1:45 – 3:15 pm Richard Simon, Dominican University Guzman 306 Thomas Burke, Dominican University Publishing Big History Chair: Cynthia Brown, Dominican University Leonid Grinin, Eurasian Center for Big History and System Forecasting David Baker, University of Amsterdam Panel 26: 3:45 – 5:15 pm Esther Quaedackers, University of Amsterdam Guzman 301 Andrey Korotaev, Oriental Institute, Russian Contingent Time and Flow Elizabeth McAnally, California Institute of Integral Academy of Sciences Studies Chair: Esther Quaedackers, University of Amsterdam Meditations on Flow: Big History, Embodied Panel 23: 1:45 – 3:15 pm Pedagogy, and Cosmic Energy Guzman 307 Matthew Switzer, California Institute of Integral Studies Ted Peters, PLTS / GTU / CTNS / Ted Peters Rich Blundell, Macquarie University Interpretations (2) Time, Order, and the Millennial Constant: Eric Publications Radical Hermeneutics: A Case for Big History’s Voegelin’s Relevance to Big History and the Big History, Contingency, and Meaning Chair: J. Daniel May, Dominican University Interpretive Strand Future of Humanities
William Katerberg, Calvin College David Hookes, The Department of Computer Science, Mythic Meaning and Scientific Method in Big Liverpool University History Cooperation-the key principle in the evolution of the Panel 27: 3:45 – 5:15 pm Universe Guzman 307 Our Common Humanity Ken Gilbert The Evolution of Collective Learning from Prehistory Panel 24: 1:45 – 3:15 pm Chair: Jonathan Markley, California State University to the Present: Toward a Unified Theory of Big History, Guzman 201 Fullerton Part 2 Power and Social Organization Richard B Simon, Dominican University of California On Power II: Understanding Social Hierarchies David Gabbard, Boise State University Sun Yue, Capital Normal University Chair: Cynthia Taylor, Dominican University Diversity on a Larger Scale: How Big History Helps Teaching the First Big History Course in Germany Barry Wood, Department of English, University of Us Privilege Human Commonalities Over Human Brian Spooner, University of Pennsylvania Houston Differences Social Interaction: An Anthropological Narratives of Power: Kings, Empires, Dictators Contribution to Big History
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Panel 28: 3:45 – 5:15 pm 5:15 – 6:15pm Guzman 302 Dinner Thresholds Brian Swimme, California Institute of Integral Studies Richard Tarnas, California Institute of Integral Studies Co-Chairs: Julianne Maurseth, Dominican Radical Mythospeculation and a Second Axial Age: Cosmic 6:15-8:15 pm University Evolution and Deep History Mary Evelyn Tucker, Yale University Journey of the Universe
Nadia Tomova, University of Bologna Screening; Panel Discussion with Identification and Analysis of Thresholds in History Brian Swimme; Mary Evelyn Tucker; Fred Spier; Sun Yue Juan Alvarez de Lorenzana Angelico Concert Hall Towards a Possible Framework for Cosmic Evolution
Breakfast on your own Saturday, August 9 Panel 29: 3:45 – 5:15 pm Registration, Guzman Hall Guzman 202 Interpretations (3) Todd Duncan, Science Integration Institute & Portland Panels Community College 9:00 - 10:30 am Chair: Craig Benjamin, Grand Valley State James Butler, Pacific University University Beyond Reductionism: Weaving Meaning into the Scientific Story of our Cosmic History Panel 31: 9:00 - 10:30 am Michael and D’Neil Duffy, Montessori Guzman 306 Elementary Teacher Training Collaborative Fred Spier, University of Amsterdam The Little Big History Project (METTC) How Can We Understand the Emergence of Morality in A big question for Big History: So what? Big History? Chair: Esther Quaedackers, University of Amsterdam
Fred Spier, University of Amsterdam A Little Big History of Speyer, Germany: a first attempt
Panel 30: 3:45 – 5:15 pm Liu Shanshan, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University A Little Big History of Summer Palace: The landscape of the Universe
Olga García-Moreno, University of Oviedo Big History Outside: A Walk Through Time Roman gold from Asturia and Gaellicia (NW Iberia): A Little Big History
Dennis Flynn, University of the Pacific Dana Visalli, Methow Naturalist; How the world around Dominican University ─ Silver rocks, plants, animals ─ reflects the evolutionary journey Jonathan Markley, California State University Fullerton Meet on the lawn between Guzman and Angelico Grass
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Panel 32: 9:00 - 10:30 am Panel 36: 9:00 - 10:30 am Guzman 301 Guzman 307 Teaching (4) Martin Anderson, Dominican University of California Meet the Artists: Creative Portrayals Integrating Big History and Business of the Big History Narrative James Dunbar Chair: Andrey Korotayev, Eurasian Center for Big Writing Big History for All Ages History and System Forecasting Seohyung Kim, Ewha Womans University Chair: Lowell Gustafson, Villanova University and Soyeon Jeong, Hana Academy Seoul Betty-Ann Kissilove Jos Werkhoven, Uitgeverij De Arend Big History Pilot Program in Korea David Christopher Great Ball of Fire: An Illustrated Telling of the Big History A plea to start Big History from primary school Big History through the Lens of Metaphor Story
Panel 33: 9:00 - 10:30 am 10:30 – 11:00 am Guzman 302 Coffee Break Big History: The View from Gaia Linda Sheehan, Earth Law Center Big History and Earth Law Chair: Brian Swimme, California Institute of Integral Studies Bruce Thompson, Earth Law Center 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Big History and an Economics for the Earth Panels Sean Kelly, California Institute of Integral Studies Big History and the Possibility of a Gaian Civilization Panel 37: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Guzman 306 Meaning in Big History: A Panel 34: 9:00 - 10:30 am Naturalistic Perspective Cynthia Brown, Dominican University of California Guzman 201 The Meaning of Big History, Philosophically Speaking Complexity (2) Claudio Maccone, International Academy of Astronautics Chair: Jonathan Markley, California State (IAA) and Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Italy University Fullerton Craig Benjamin, Grand Valley State University Chair: Joseph Voros, Swinburne University of Entropy as an Evolution Measure (Evo-SETI Theory) Big History and the Evolution of Historiographical Technology David Christian, Macquarie University Meaning Big History, Meaning, and Religion Ken Baskin Sister Meta-disciplines: Bringing Big History and Complexity Theory Together Panel 38: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Guzman 302 Panel 35: 9:00 - 10:30 am Big History: the Liberal Arts, Humanities, and General Education Guzman 202 Representing Big History Florian Windhager, Danube-University Krems Chair: Lucy Lafitte, UNC-TV John Hasse, Rowan University Visual Analysis of Big History Data in a Space-Time Where in the World is Big History in University Gen Chair: Chris Jennings, The Nueva School Environment David Blanks, American University of Cairo Ed?: Integrating BH into Introductory Geography as a Big History and the Future of the Humanities Cornerstone for General Education Reform Barry Wood, University of Houston A Big History Novelist, James Michener Lowell Gustafson, Villanova University Science and the Liberal Arts
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Panel 39: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm 12:30 – 1:30 pm Guzman 301 Lunch Big History and the Future Joseph Voros, Swinburne University of Technology On the Transition to ‘Threshold 9’: Examining the Lunch Meeting of the Publications Committee in Dining Hall Chair: Barry Rodrigue, University of Southern implications of ‘sustainability’ for human civilisation, using Maine the lens of Big History Deep Time Journey Network Lunch Meeting, Creekside Room, Caleruega
J. Daniel May, Dominican University of Cadell Last, Global Brain Institute California The Future of Big History: High Intelligence to 1:30 – 3:00 pm Futures of Yesteryear Developmental Singularity Panels
Panel 40: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Panel 43: 1:30 – 3:00 pm Guzman 201 Guzman 302 Routes to Importance of Big History James Tierney, University of Southern Maine Distinguishing Big History from other Why is Big History Important? Chair: Barry Wood, University of Houston Approaches to a Grand Universe Narrative in Education
Robert Moore Chair: Brian Swimme, California Institute of Integral Orla Hazra, Xavier Institute for Social Research and Frederick Paxton, Connecticut College Getting to Big History: A Circuitous Route Medieval North America: The Middle Ages in Big Studies Action Mumbai, India Historical Perspective The Languages of Lineages and Their Educational Jennifer Morgan, Deep Time Journey Network Forms Big History, Journey (Story) of the Universe and Panel 41: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Montessori Cosmic Education: Distinctions and Rich Blundell, Macquarie University Guzman 202 Networking Varieties of Big History Experience: A Study in Transformative Learning Little Big Histories Andrey Korotayev, Oriental Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences Chair: Esther Quaedackers, University of A Little Big History of the Big History Amsterdam Panel 44: 1:30 – 3:00 pm Robert Foxcurran Guzman 301 Kathleen Ochs, Colorado School of Mines A Little Big History of Transition in the Northern Reconceptualizations of Big History A Big History of Technology: From Mousebirds to Borderlands of the U.S MacBooks Chair: James Dunbar
Duane Elgin, Executive Director, Great Transition Stories Panel 42: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Deep Big History: A Living Systems Perspective Guzman 307 Art and Images Nobuo Tsujimura, Institute for Global & Cosmic Peace Charles Sven, Independent Researcher Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix: The Big Attractive in Japan Creation of Our Universe: A Richard Feynman-like analysis of new physics discovered since the 1930’s – applied Chair: Chris Jennings, The Nueva School without assumptions Ralph Croizier, University of Victoria Joshua Fisher, Arkansas Tech University Art in Big History? Camelo Castillo, European Society for the Study of Human Evolution Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty and the Case for Mind as a Major Transition in Big History Big Art History
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Panel 45: 1:30 – 3:00 pm Guzman 201 At Play in the Fields of Time: The Temporal Concepts and Politics of Big History
Chair: Ross Dunn Casey Shoop The Bones in the Concept: Literature, Second Nature Ryan Dermot and Big History A Pre-History of Big History Paul Harris, English, Loyola Marymount University Big History: The Spiritualization of Scientific Time
Panel 46: 1:30 – 3:00 pm Guzman 202 Earth, Climate, and Unity
Chair: Barry Rodrigue, University of Southern Maine
Wendy Curtis, GeobookStudio Styles of Presenting Big History: How They Affect Teaching and Researching
Sun Yue, Capital Normal University Tianren heyi (Unity of Heaven and Humanity)
Carl Anthony and Paloma Pavel, Breakthrough Communities The Earth, The City and the Hidden Narrative of Race: Big History meets Climate Justice in California
3:00 – 3:30 pm Coffee Break
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5:30 - 6:30 pm Guzman Lecture Hall A Closing Discussion with Big Historians Walter Alvarez Barry Rodrigue
Chair: Lowell Gustafson Craig Benjamin Fred Spier
A Q&A panel in which conference participants can Cynthia Brown Joseph Voros discuss any questions about Big History and the IBHA. David Christian
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