John Muir in Global Perspective
About the Conference
March 30-April 1, 2006
College of the Pacific’s John Muir Center will host a conference
at the Stockton campus of University of the Pacific on March
31-April 1, 2006. The focus of the 2006 California History Institute
will be “John Muir in Global Perspective.”
Conference organizers are seeking paper
proposals on aspects of John Muir’s Scottish roots; Muir’s
world travels; Muir’s historical impact across the globe in
such areas as botany, geology, mountaineering, and conservation; correspondence
and friendships abroad; and Muir’s contemporary legacy worldwide.
Highlights of
the conference will include a preview of the exhibition on
naturalist John Muir, artist William Keith, and University
of California geology professor Joseph LeConte, curated
by Steve Pauly of Grass Valley, California. The
three Bay area residents began meetings in 1889 that led to
formation of the Sierra Club in 1892. The exhibition which originated
at Saint Marys College this spring will be mounted at The Haggin Museum
of Stockton during April. In addition, an exhibition in the University
Library of original John Muir manuscripts
from the John Muir Papers will be available for
viewing during the conference.
Conference
attendees are encouraged to visit Yosemite National Park
during the annual meeting of The Yosemite Association on
March 25. Contact information on Muir-related sites
in northern California will be provided for those who want
to tour Yosemite, Muir’s home in
Martinez, and/or Muir Woods before or after the conference. We expect
to host a number of Scots who are active in promotion of John Muir’s
legacy abroad and will have Harold Wood, Chair of the Sierra Club Education
Committee, and Garrett Burke, designer of the John Muir California State Quarter
with us throughout the weekend.
View the complete Conference
Agenda. To attend, please complete the Registration
Form  [86kb].
For more information, contact the  Muir
Center (209.946.2527).
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