Loren Eiseley Society

Loren Eiseley Society Annual Meeting

2010-10-18T21:20:00.006-05:00

Date: Sunday, November 7, 2010
Time: 1-3:30 p.m.
Place: Loren C. Eiseley Public Library
Community Meeting Room 1
1530 Superior St
Lincoln, NE 68521

Free and open to the public

Program includes:

Refreshments
Innocent Assassins reproduction skull and The Loren Eiseley Reader Teacher's Tool Kit available for viewing

The Loren Eiseley Reader

2010-04-21T21:26:00.001-05:00

The Loren Eiseley Reader is now available for purchase from the Nebraska Book Source.
Price: $26.95
S&H: $5 (1st book) + $1.50 (each additional book)
Tax: NE residents pay 7% sales tax

Loren Eiseley Reader Book Launch (Omaha, NE)

2010-04-07T18:30:00.006-05:00

Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010
Time: 7-9pm
Location: Omaha, NE at The KANEKO, 1111 Jones St.

Loren Eiseley Reader Book Launch (Lincoln, NE)

2010-04-07T18:25:00.004-05:00

Date: Saturday, April 10, 2010
Time: 7-9pm
Location: Lincoln, NE at Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q St.

2009 Nebraska Book Festival Photos

2009-11-14T19:56:00.007-06:00

Photos from the Nebraska Book Festival - Readings from Loren Eiseley in Lincoln, NE.

LES at Spring Creek Prairie

2008-09-15T18:45:00.001-05:00

Photos from our Spring Creek Prairie event on Saturday, September 13, 2008.

Twilight on the Tallgrass

2008-09-13T18:21:00.001-05:00

Date/Time: Sat., Sept. 13, 2008, 5-10pm
Location: Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center, Denton, NE

Death, Murder, and Mayhem: Stories of Violence and Healing on the Plains

2008-04-10T18:19:00.000-05:00

Dates: Apr. 16-19, 2008
Location: Embassy Suites (Old Market), Omaha, NE

LES President Dr. Bing Chen speaking on Eiseley's life

2007-11-02T18:16:00.001-05:00

Title: Reflections of a Bone Hunter: The Life Story of Loren Eiseley
Location: Harms Advanced Technology Center at Western Nebraska Community College (WNCC)
Date/Time: Fri., Nov. 2nd, 2007 at 7pm

Proclamation Issued by Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman

2007-10-25T18:14:00.001-05:00

Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman proclaims the 25th day of October, 2007 as THE CENTENNIAL YEAR OF LOREN EISELEY in Nebraska.

View the proclamation

UNL Professor John Janovy Lecturing on Eiseley

2007-10-15T18:12:00.000-05:00

Title: What Else Can You Say About Loren Eiseley?
Location: UNL Nebraska Union Auditorium
Date/Time: Wednesday, Oct. 24th, 2007 at 7pm

CELEBRATION!! - LOREN EISELEY CENTENNIAL 1907 - 2007

2007-09-05T18:06:00.001-05:00

September 7-8, 2007 in Lincoln, Nebraska
Keynote Speaker : Dr. Scott Slovic
Professor of Literature and Environment and Noted Ecocritical Scholar
University of Nevada-Reno

View the full flyer with details [PDF]

The Invisible Pyramid

2007-01-19T19:00:00.001-06:00

The Friends of the Criss Library hosted a discussion of The Invisible Pyramid.

The discussion leader was Dr. Bing Chen, Chairman of the Department of Computer and Electronics Engineering.

Eiseley, a Nebraska native, was the Benjamin Franklin Professor of Science at the University of Pennsylvania and a prolific author. His books include The Immense Journey, The Firmament of Time and The Unexpected Universe. The Invisible Pyramid, written in 1970, describes the rise of man as an organism devouring his environment and polluting his world space.

Film clips of Eiseley's life were shown prior to the discussion. Eiseley died in 1977.

The presentation The Invisible Pyramid took place at the Peter Kiewit Institute
Room PKI-161
1110 S. 67th St.
Omaha, NE, 68182
7:00PM
Thursday, January 18th, 2007.

View this talk in PDF.

The Firmament of Time

1999-06-28T19:00:00.001-05:00

The Firmament of Time was presented by Gary Holthaus. He is a co-editor of two books of essays on Alaska and the author of Wide Skies: Finding a Home in the West (1997). Wide Skies is described by Booklist as a "cascade of vivid memories that brings to light his own view of the mythic area."

The presentation Firmament of Time took place at the Bennett Martin Public Library
4th Floor Auditorium
2:00 - 4:00PM
Sunday, June 27th, 1999.

Loren Eiseley: Honors Colloquium

1999-05-15T19:00:00.000-05:00

Course Information/Course Objectives

During the 1999 fall semester, The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be offering an honors seminar on Loren Eiseley. The primary goal of the course is to introduce the writings of Nebraska naturalist Loren Eiseley. Eiseley's book "The Immense Journey" is regarded as one of the most influential pieces of literature in the 20th century. The class format is seminar style and open to the public to attend.

Course Topics

Loren Eiseley: 20th century modern day shaman
Nebraska Roots: childhood in Lincoln (including a Lincoln tour)
Poetry interests and Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska years)
Paleontological digs out west: the period for professional development
Anthropologist and naturalist: professional growth and maturity
The Immense Journey and other works on nature
Darwin and Bacon biographies
Poetry and literary style
The Invisible Pyramid and humankind in the balance