Big History Thought, Research, and Education: The First Global Big-History Webinar from Japan https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88589622743?pwd=cldPSTJ2dUFSWXpvblJ1MHFkS21qZz09 Host: International Big History Association (IBHA) Co-Host: Oberlin Big History Movement (OBHM) This event is part of the IBHA's series [...]
A Most Improbable Story: The Evolution of the Universe, Life, and Humankind by Steven J. Theroux Please join us on Wednesday, August 17 at 10 am (New York time) over Zoom at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81260036126?pwd=NTRHVEF0Y3ROSG5Yb0l5YXpscEw2Zz09 for Steven Theroux's [...]
Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85952101545
Please join us for a webinar on Evolution and Social Complexity on November 14 at 2 pm EST. To be live then at https://youtu.be/SAJ2_EO1tmI Organized by the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
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. 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.