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October 25, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nov. 13 Lecture Explores the Emptiest
Continent, Antarctica
WHO: William L. Fox, California
State University, Dominguez Hills visiting distinguished
scholar
WHAT: Public lecture on his
book, “Terra Antarctica”
WHEN: Tuesday, Nov. 13,
5:30 p.m.
WHERE: CSU Dominguez Hills
Loker Student Union
A poet, author, explorer,
cultural geographer and scholar, William L. Fox is a true
Renaissance man who
integrates literary
and scientific interests into his works. Much of his poetry
and nonfiction writing stem from his travels to far-off places,
the result being an examination of humankind’s relationship
with nature, particularly vast desert spaces, and our need
to understand and define it. In his 2005 book, “Terra
Antarctica,” Fox traces human’s visual history
of the southernmost point on Earth and recounts his own experiences
there to explore the notion of cognitive landscape.
His lecture
on “Terra Antarctic” includes not
only a discussion of his experiences and observations, but
also a slideshow.
Fox is on the campus of Cal
State Dominguez Hills this semester as the university’s
first visiting distinguished scholar. Jerry Moore, professor
of anthropology, met Fox in 2002 when
both were scholars at the Getty Research Institute. Impressed
by Fox’s scholarship and his rapport with students,
Moore thought Fox would be a perfect candidate for the new
Visiting Distinguished Scholars Program.
“
Bill accompanied my students and me on a study trip to Baja
California where we looked at prehistoric rock art and discussed
landscape and culture,” recalls Moore. “His interaction
with CSUDH undergraduates was simply tremendous, and it was
one of the most exciting intellectual exchanges I had ever
been involved in.”
According to Moore, Fox is
working on a variety of writing projects during his semester-long
residence at Cal State
Dominguez Hills. Among them is an upcoming book, “Climbing
Mt. Limbo,” a collection of essays that includes a
piece on the trip to Baja California with Moore and his students.
He is also working on a book about viewing the Los Angeles
Basin from the air. For the past couple of weeks Fox has
been in Chile’s Atacama Desert working with American
and Chilean students on a land arts project and in Melbourne,
Australia, working with graduate students on their proposals.
“The Visiting Distinguished
Scholar Program should be supported and should become a cornerstone
of our university's renaissance,” says
Moore. “Our students and faculty benefit enormously
from the Visiting Distinguished Scholar Program with the
opportunity to learn about ideas and issues that we might
not otherwise encounter. Our students are exposed to worlds
of scholarship that they have never thought about.”
The
Loker Student Union on the campus of CSU Dominguez Hills
is located off Victoria Street near Tamcliff Street in
the city of Carson. Parking permits for the metered lots
on campus
are $3 and can be purchased at yellow kiosk machines on
the perimeter of each lot.
For more information, contact
Jerry Moore at (310) 243-3845.
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CSU Dominguez Hills -- California
State University, Dominguez Hills is a highly diverse,
urban university located in the South Bay, primarily
serving the
Los Angeles metropolitan area. The university prides itself
on its outstanding faculty and friendly, student-centered
environment.
Known for excellence in teacher education, nursing, psychology,
business administration, and digital media arts, new degree
programs include computer science, criminal justice,
recreation and leisure
studies, social work, and communication disorders. On campus
is the Home Depot Center, a multi-purpose sports complex
that hosts
world-class soccer, tennis, track and field, lacrosse, and
cycling.
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