Malaspina University-College

Alexandro Malaspina

Alexandro Malaspina Research Centre with
the Vancouver Spanish Pacific Historical Society

Inaugural Symposium
Alexandro Malaspina:
Enlightenment Thinker?

October 22-23, 1999


Friday October 22: Nanaimo Campus

4:30 pm Exhibit Opening: Nanaimo Art Gallery
 

"Nootka: Return to a Forgotten History"
Photographs of drawings from Malaspina’s voyage

 
7:30 pm
 
Public Presentations: Arts & Science Building 355, Theatre 203
  President Rich Johnston, Malaspina University-College
 

Welcoming Remarks

  Dr. Donald Cutter, University of New Mexico
 

Sailing the North Pacific with Malaspina

  Dr. Patrick Dunae, Malaspina University-College
 

Malaspina: the Legacy and the Mural

  Dr. Eric Beerman, Madrid
 

The Queen and the Fall of an Enlightenment Thinker

   

Saturday October 23: Milner Estate, Qualicum Beach

10:00 am Symposium on the political thought of Alexandro Malaspina
12:00 noon Lunch
1:30 pm Planning Meeting for Research Centre


All Are Welcome to Attend the Public Presentations

To Attend the Saturday Symposium, contact John Black

For all details, contact John Black: (250) 753-3245, local 2171, or black@mala.bc.ca


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Posted September 20, 1999