The Idea of Nature presents “Slow Plants on a Burning Planet” with Jared Farmer

Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, 6 p.m.
Zoom webinar

The Idea of Nature Public Webinar Series presents “Slow Plants on a Burning Planet” with Jared Farmer, the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023 via Zoom. Farmer has temporal expertise in the long nineteenth century and regional expertise in the American West. His recent work has turned to global environmental history across the modern period. An award-winning author of four books, Farmer most recently published “Elderflora: A Modern History of Ancient Trees.”

Originally from Provo, Utah, Farmer earned degrees from Utah State, the University of Montana and Stanford University. He has family roots in Bear Lake County, Idaho, and lived at the Ernest and Mary Hemingway House in Ketchum as both a past and future resident writer. Learn more about Farmer at www.jaredfarmer.net or on Instagram and Twitter at @geohumanist.

All Spring 2023 lectures will be presented for free to the public via Zoom webinar and include a question and answer session. Register for “Slow Plants on a Burning Planet” or email ideaofnature@boisestate.edu for the webinar link.

The Idea of Nature lecture series promotes interdisciplinary inquiry about the environment and fosters dialogue across the campus and community. Email ideaofnature@boisestate.edu to be added to The Idea of Nature Public Lecture Series email list.