Events/Press
The articles below include information related to activities of the Loren Eiseley Society and also general Eiseley-related news.
Death, Murder, and Mayhem: Stories of Violence and Healing on the Plains
Dates: Apr. 16-19, 2008
Location: Embassy Suites (Old Market), Omaha, NE
LES President Dr. Bing Chen speaking on Eiseley's life
Title: Reflections of a Bone Hunter: The Life Story of Loren Eiseley
Location: Harms Advanced Technology Center at WNCC
Date/Time: Friday, Nov. 2nd, 2007 at 7pm
Proclamation Issued by Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman
Gov. Heineman proclaims the 25th day of October, 2007 as THE CENTENNIAL YEAR OF LOREN EISELEY in Nebraska.
UNL Professor John Janovy Lecturing on Eiseley
Title: What Else Can You Say About Loren Eiseley?
Location: UNL Nebraska Union Auditorium
Date/Time: Wednesday, Oct. 24th, 2007 at 7pm
CELEBRATION!! - LOREN EISELEY CENTENNIAL 1907 - 2007
September 7 - 8 -- Lincoln, Nebraska
Keynote Speaker : Dr. Scott Slovic
Professor of Literature and Environment and Noted Ecocritical Scholar
University of Nevada-Reno
The Invisible Pyramid
The Friends of the Criss Library hosted a discussion of The Invisible Pyramid.
The discussion leader was Dr. Bing Chen, Chairman of the Department of Computer and Electronics Engineering.
Eiseley, a Nebraska native, was the Benjamin Franklin Professor of Science at the University of Pennsylvania and a prolific author. His books include The Immense Journey, The Firmament of Time and The Unexpected Universe. The Invisible Pyramid, written in 1970, describes the rise of man as an organism devouring his environment and polluting his world space.
Film clips of Eiseley's life were shown prior to the discussion. Eiseley died in 1977.
The presentation The Invisible Pyramid took place at the
Peter Kiewit Institute
Room PKI-161
1110 S. 67th St.
Omaha, NE, 68182
7:00PM
Thursday, January 18th, 2007. 
The Firmament of Time
The Firmament of Time was presented by Gary Holthaus. He is a coeditor of two books of essays on Alaska and the author of Wide Skies: Finding a Home in the West (1997). Wide Skies is described by Booklist as a "cascade of vivid memories that brings to light his own view of the mythic area."
The presentation Firmament of Time took place at the
Bennett Martin Public Library
4th Floor Auditorium
2:00 - 4:00PM
Sunday, June 27th, 1999.
Loren Eiseley: Honors Colloquium
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Course Information/Course Objectives
During the 1999 fall semester, The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be offering an honors seminar on Loren Eiseley. The primary goal of the course is to introduce the writings of Nebraska naturalist Loren Eiseley. Eiseley's book "The Immense Journey" is regarded as one of the most influential pieces of literature in the 20th century. The class format is seminar style and open to the public to attend.
Course Topics
Loren Eiseley: 20th century modern day shaman
Nebraska Roots: childhood in Lincoln (including a Lincoln tour)
Poetry interests and Prairie Schooner (University of Nebraska years)
Paleontological digs out west: the period for professional development
Anthropologist and naturalist: professional growth and maturity
The Immense Journey and other works on nature
Darwin and Bacon biographies
Poetry and literary style
The Invisible Pyramid and humankind in the balance
This course is taught by Dr. Mary Liz Jameson with several guest speakers. For
more information, contact the UNL Honors Program.