In Conversation: Nancy Langston and Elizabeth Chalecki
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
724 S. 12th Street
Omaha, NE 68102
Join us for a thought-provoking discussion between environmental historian Nancy Langston and international relations scholar Elizabeth Chalecki as they explore the intersections of climate change, water, and security. Drawing from their groundbreaking research—Langston’s work on northern watersheds, specifically Lake Superior and disappearing species, and Chalecki’s investigations into water as a geopolitical force—this conversation will delve into how environmental shifts shape both ecosystems and global conflict.
Admission is free; RSVPs are encouraged.
Nancy Langston is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Environmental History at Michigan Technological University. Former President of the American Society for Environmental History, Langston's research explores climate change in the Lake Superior watershed and other northern watersheds. Author of 6 books, including Sustaining Lake Superior (Yale University Press 2017) and Reindeer on the Run (Yale University Press, forthcoming), she currently serves as Board President of the Keweenaw Land Trust. She is also a linocut printmaker and oil painter who explores the ways that visual arts can increase engagement with environmental citizenship.
Elizabeth L. Chalecki is an Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Nebraska Omaha, a Research Fellow in the Environmental Change & Security Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center, and a Research Chair with Fulbright Canada. Her expertise lies in the areas of climate change and security, international environmental policy, and the intersection of science/technology and IR. She also serves as a climate security subject matter expert for NATO, and an official Mad Scientist for the U.S. Army. Originally from Chicago, she holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University, and an M.Sc. in Environmental Geography from the University of Toronto.
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