Coast in Crisis Speaker Series

1204 Johnston Street,Lafayette LA 70506

21 April, 2023

Description

Louisiana's coast is in crisis. Since the 1930s, it has shrunk over 2,000 miles, now averaging a loss equivalent to a football field of land per day. This speaker series reflects on the historical and current complications faced by coastal communities in Louisiana and the ways that scholars have attempted to study, assist, or mitigate the effects of this coastal crisis. The Coast in Crisis Speaker Series is sponsored by the J. J. Burdin & Helen B. Burdin Professorship in Louisiana Studies and the Center for Louisiana Studies. "Louisiana and Climate Migration"March 17 -- Speaker 1 -- Maida Owens, Louisiana Division of the Arts Folklife Program Director. Note: this event takes place at the Dupré Library Room 221. "Climate Change and the Future of the Louisiana Coast: Facing the Realities of Sea Level Rise"March 31 -- Speaker 2 -- Director of the LSU Law Center Climate Change Law and Policy Project and Clarence W. Edwards Professor of Law, Clarence W. Edwards Professor of Law, John P. Laborde Endowed Professorship in Energy Law, LSU Law School Faculty member, Edward P. Richards. IMPORANT Note: This event takes place at the UL Alumni Center (https://goo.gl/maps/ffUBgLigtdw3sPH76). "State of Disaster: Does Coastal Restoration Neglect People?"April 18 -- Speaker 3 -- Professor Emeritus of the LSU Department of Geography & Anthropology Craig Colten. Note: This event takes place at the Roy House. "Forced Retreat: Stories of the Jean Charles Choctaw Nation"April 21 -- Speaker 4 -- Associate Professor of Curriculum & Instruction and Paul Burdin/BORSF Endowed Professor Heather Stone. Note: This event takes place at the Roy House.