LES President Bing Chen, PhD, speaking on Eiseley's life

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

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

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

September 7-8, 2007 in Lincoln, Nebraska Keynote Speaker : Scott Slovic, PhD, Professor of Literature and Environment and Noted Ecocritical Scholar University of Nevada-Reno View the full flyer with details [PDF]

The Invisible Pyramid

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

The discussion leader was Bing Chen, PhD, 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

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

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