BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//International Big History Association - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://bighistory.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for International Big History Association REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260201T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260201T170000 DTSTAMP:20260420T184418 CREATED:20251229T144419Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251229T144419Z UID:25657-1769958000-1769965200@bighistory.org SUMMARY:Teaching a Big History of Iron: Building and Running a Cross Disciplinary Course DESCRIPTION:Iron is at the heart of so much big history. Massive stars fuse hydrogen and helium into heavier elements\, until they begin to form iron\, at which point a supernova explodes. Along with all the other elements\, iron is burst out into space\, where\, in our case\, it was added to the accretions that formed Earth. Much of it sunk deep into the Earth\, providing a magnetic shield that protects us from solar winds. Some of it rusted into beautiful bands of rock that can be enjoyed in many geological sites like the US Painted Desert. It is crucial in how our blood transmits oxygen throughout the body. It has been central to the building of skyscrapers\, bridges\, and much more.This webinar will discuss our experience designing and teaching a Big History of Iron course listed across four disciplines: History\, Biology\, Anthropology\, and Geology\, and taught in four coordinated sections at Jacksonville State University\, in Alabama\, USA. We will begin by outlining the administrative and institutional groundwork required to create and approve a genuinely cross disciplinary course\, including coordination across departments and course listing within the university. We will then turn to the practical execution of the course itself\, discussing course structure\, shared themes\, coordination among instructors\, relevant local sites we visited as a class\, and what worked\, as well as what we learned\, in teaching Big History collaboratively across the natural sciences\, social sciences\, and humanities.Presented by:Dr. Helen Kaibara-HistoryDr. Jimmy Triplett-BiologyDr. Kathryn Catlin-AnthropologyDr. Ross Martin-GeologyZoom link forthcomingThe image is of a Toluca iron meteorite (coarse octahedrite\, class IA). Toluca is a group of iron meteorites found in Jiquipilco\, Mexico near Toluca. The meteorites probably crashed into Earth more than 10\,000 years ago. For centuries\, Mexican people living near the meteorites used them as a source of metal for various tools. They were first described by conquistadores in about 1776. The total known mass is about 3 tons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toluca_(meteorite) URL:https://bighistory.org/event/teaching-a-big-history-of-iron-building-and-running-a-cross-disciplinary-course/ LOCATION:Zoom\, Russian Federation CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://bighistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/facebookTimelineJacksonState-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240821T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240821T150000 DTSTAMP:20260420T184418 CREATED:20240804T154700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240804T191151Z UID:25102-1724248800-1724252400@bighistory.org SUMMARY:Free Webinar: August 21\, 2024. Big History Systems Evolution DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Evolutionary mechanisms enabled humans to irreversibly transform Earth systems\, culminating in the present-day\, globally connected\, system of Anthropocene systems. Because Anthropocene systems are highly interdependent and dynamically evolving\, often with accelerating rates of cultural and technological evolution\, the ensuing family of societal challenges (e.g.\, climate change and impacts\, renewable energy\, adaptive infrastructure\, disasters\, pandemics\, food insecurity\, biodiversity loss\, sustainability\, resilience and equity) must be framed and addressed in an integrated manner. To catalyze the required societal transformations\, an evolutionary\, system-of-systems (evoSoS) convergence paradigm is needed to coordinate strategic interventions across multiple systems and scales. The new paradigm requires a major transformation in our approach to science and engineering and includes an evoSoS computational framework\, evoSoS decision-support system and evoSoS pedagogy. A new generation of Anthropocene systems integrators is needed to create a meta-discipline that spans all the disciplines associated with societal challenges of the Anthropocene. \nBio: John Little received a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cape Town and an MS and PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of California\, Berkeley. He is currently the Charles E. Via\, Jr. Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg\, Virginia. His earlier research focused on process dynamics in environmental systems but has now broadened to Anthropocene systems. John has been a visiting professor at University of Sydney\, Australia\, Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)\, Switzerland\, Tsinghua University\, China\, National Cheng Kung University\, Taiwan\, University of Granada\, Spain\, Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment\, France\, and University of La Rochelle\, France. URL:https://bighistory.org/event/free-webinar-august-21-2024/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://bighistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/LittleJohn16_9.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230416T030000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230416T050000 DTSTAMP:20260420T184418 CREATED:20230331T125107Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230403T123600Z UID:16582-1681614000-1681621200@bighistory.org SUMMARY:Complexity: Big History Studies from Russia DESCRIPTION:Registration: To sign up\, please send an email to the OBHM  with your name\, affiliation\, and email address by the end of Friday April 14 in your local time. For security\, we share the link to join the webinar only with those who are registered on the day before it.\n \nRegistration: To sign up\, please send an email to the OBHM  with your name\, affiliation\, and email address by the end of Friday April 14 in your local time. For security\, we share the link to join the webinar only with those who are registered on the day before it. URL:https://bighistory.org/event/complexity-big-history-studies-from-russia-2/ LOCATION:Zoom\, Russian Federation CATEGORIES:Event Category One,Webinar,Zoom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://bighistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Complexity20230416-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230416T030000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230416T050000 DTSTAMP:20260420T184418 CREATED:20230331T121954Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230403T123633Z UID:16585-1681614000-1681621200@bighistory.org SUMMARY:Complexity: Big History Studies from Russia DESCRIPTION:Registration: To sign up\, please send an email to the OBHM  with your name\, affiliation\, and email address by the end of Friday April 14 in your local time. For security\, we share the link to join the webinar only with those who are registered on the day before it. URL:https://bighistory.org/event/complexity-big-history-studies-from-russia/ LOCATION:Zoom\, Russian Federation CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://bighistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Complexity20230416-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221205T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221205T233000 DTSTAMP:20260420T184418 CREATED:20221119T195838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221119T200223Z UID:16388-1670277600-1670283000@bighistory.org SUMMARY:Energy: The Currency of the universe? DESCRIPTION:Energy flows have been central to the epic of evolution and big history for many years. In this presentation\, Maximillian Barnett examines them in light of new research. He is a PhD Student working under Professor David Christian in the Department of History and Archaeology at Macquarie University\, Sydney\, Australia. \n Maximillian is a member of the International Big History Association and is part of a global research group which focuses on how understandings of the past can be used to inform approaches to present and future global challenges. He has recently presented papers entitled: “Breaking the Cycle: Alternative Complexity Outcomes for Human Societies” and “The Weights and Measures of World History.” He currently teaches and aids in curriculum development in the fields of law and world history. He graduated with a Masters of Research in History and writes on the fields of demography\, geography\, anthropology\, world history\, and futures studies. The current working title for his PhD is The Fork in the Road: Mapping Alternative Responses of Human Societies to the Threat of Collapse. \nThe presentation will be live on December 5 at 10 pm EST (New York)\, 2 pm AEDT (Sydney)\, and 6 am MSK (Moscow) at https://www.airmeet.com/e/27f07160-644a-11ed-a9d6-47ba9a728a8a. We will be using Airmeet for this presentation\, which is what we used for our 2021 conference and will be using again for the 2023 IBHA conference. It is similar to Zoom in some aspects and a little different in others. When you click on the link\, you will be asked for your name and email address. After you submit those\, go to your email and click on the link that Airmeet automatically sends you. You will then be able to log in. Max will begin his presentation at 10 pm EST after which we can all join discussion tables. URL:https://bighistory.org/event/energy-the-currency-of-the-universe/ LOCATION:Zoom\, Russian Federation CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://bighistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/MaxEnergy850.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221114T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221114T170000 DTSTAMP:20260420T184418 CREATED:20221031T202912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221031T203323Z UID:16363-1668434400-1668445200@bighistory.org SUMMARY:Evolution and Social Complexity DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a webinar on Evolution and Social Complexity on November 14 at 2 pm EST. \nTo be live then at https://youtu.be/SAJ2_EO1tmI \n Organized by the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro URL:https://bighistory.org/event/evolution-and-social-complexity/ LOCATION:Zoom\, Russian Federation CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://bighistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/EvoSocCompl.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR