Centered on a special issue of the <em>Alabama Review </em>to be published in April that explores the state’s environmental history\, the symposium offers a window into a rapidly growing number of studies that has called attention to the historical intersections of nature and culture in the South. Speakers include Jack Davis\, University of Florida; Jason Hauser\, Mississippi State; Erin Mauldin\, Samford University; Ellen Spears\, University of Alabama; and Nick Timmerman\, Mississippi State.
The symposium is a program of <a href=\'http://auburn.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e8f813e1bfd52cbea154b18e7&id=8c292a35f2&e=d4b0ddedfd\' target=\'_blank\' rel=\'noopener\'>2017 Breeden Eminent Scholar</a> Mark Hersey. The Daniel F. Breeden Eminent Scholar Chair was established in 1989 to provide support for both the academic and the outreach missions of the College of Liberal Arts. The chair is supported by an endowment from Dr. Daniel F. Breeden.

The symposium is free and open to the public.