ESA will celebrate its Centennial in 2015 at the Annual Meeting in Baltimore August 9 through 14, 2015. There will be special symposia and social events commemorating the occasion. Planning began in 2012, when the Governing Board established a Centennial Committee, chaired by Alan Covich. The committee’s recommendations are now being implemented by the Centennial Implementation Committee, chaired by Nancy…
JOIN US IN SACRAMENTO August 10-15, 2014 Here’s an early preview of what’s ahead in history sessions for the Sacramento meeting in August. We’ll have more details on HRC programs soon. Annual Meeting page at ESA home. Special Session #9685: “Ecological concepts: Of what value, and for whom?” Monday, August 11, 2014 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM Organized Poster Sessions…
View special events in ESA’s first one hundred years, 1915-2015, in our interactive timeline.This timeline is a work in progress, developed by the Historical Records Committee. We have many more milestones and other events to add, but please leave a comment below to share missing items if you like!Visit the full version at Tiki-toki.com.
We’ll be celebrating ESA’s history again this year, with major displays and demos at our joint Historical Records/Centennial Committee booth. Look for us in the Exhibit Hall all week, but especially during poster sessions. (Booth 613) In addition to our booth, several sessions related to ESA history are planned by the HRC Program Subcommittee and others. To learn more about…
At the Portland meeting, HRC sponsored an entire poster session, as well as an organized oral session, devoted to history. We’ll be continuing that trend this year with new sessions in Minneapolis.The nine posters in the 2012 session explored various ways history can help clarify current research problems or shed light on the foundations of ESA as a society and…
Numerous visitors stopped by our 3rd annual HRC booth during the 2012 annual meeting in Portland last August. Lots of posters were on view, generating lively discussions. Draft of Living Past Presidents’ Timeline Jean Langenheim displayed a draft of the print timeline of ESA presidents since 1968 at the HRC booth in Portland. Above, she discusses details with Dennis Knight,…
Our HRC booth at the 2011 ESA meeting was a grand success. Once people found us, they enjoyed chatting, looking at historical photos and posters, and sharing their own recollections of the history of ecology and ESA. As the Centennial approaches, we’re already looking forward to Portland 2012, and we hope to have more to offer at the booth each…