The History of the West from the Future (Yale Agrarian Studies)

Friday, October 4, 2019
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
230 Prospect Street, Room 101
Charles Mann (Writer and Journalist)

The Agrarian Studies Program presents a weekly colloquium organized around an annual theme. Invited specialists send papers in advance that are the focus of an organized discussion by the faculty and graduate students associated with the colloquium.

For more information, and to acquire a copy of the pre-circulated paper, please visit: https://agrarianstudies.macmillan.yale.edu/colloquium.

Charles C. Mann is a correspondent for Science and The Atlantic Monthly, and has co-written several previous books including Noah’s Choice: The Future of Endangered Species and The Second Creation. A three-time National Magazine Award finalist, he has won awards from the American Bar Association, the Margaret Sanger Foundation, the American Institute of Physics, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, among others. In 2005 his book, 1491: New Revelation of the Americas Before Columbus, was released, and in 2011, 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created. His writing was selected for The Best American Science Writing 2003 and The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2003. He lives with his wife and their children in Amherst, Massachusetts.