For ESA’s upcoming centennial in 2015, Bulletin editor Ed Johnson has announced a new series called The Paper Trail (pdf), to be published in the Bulletin beginning with the January issue. We expect these essays will become a significant contribution to ESA’s historical record. The Bulletin is ESA’s oldest journal, and the new series will consist of essays that provide…
Enjoy our Twitter series on Eminent Ecologists without signing up for Twitter! If you do have a Twitter account, be sure to follow us @ESAhistory, and check here to make sure you didn’t miss anything in this set. For more of our posts on Twitter, see Romping through the Records. You can see the full list of honorees on our…
ESA Centennial in 2015 Carol Brewer , Hal Balbach , Nancy Huntly from the Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 94:204–209. Hello ESA Colleagues, The Ecological Society of America celebrates its Centennial in 2015, and many Society-sponsored activities already have been planned and are being developed. However, many other things remain to be organized, including the theme and program…
We’ll be celebrating ESA’s history again this year, with major displays and demos at our joint Historical Records/Centennial Committee booth. Look for us in the Exhibit Hall all week, but especially during poster sessions. (Booth 613) In addition to our booth, several sessions related to ESA history are planned by the HRC Program Subcommittee and others. To learn more about…
The British Ecological Society is celebrating their centennial this year. To reflect on all they’ve accomplished, they’ve compiled a list of 100 of the best papers in their archives – with commentary! See the results here.
At the Portland meeting, HRC sponsored an entire poster session, as well as an organized oral session, devoted to history. We’ll be continuing that trend this year with new sessions in Minneapolis.The nine posters in the 2012 session explored various ways history can help clarify current research problems or shed light on the foundations of ESA as a society and…
Looking for a little ecoentertainment? We’ve been sharing little known facts about ESA’s eminent ecologists and presidents via our Twitter account, @ESAhistory! We’re also interested in Women in Ecology, especially during Women’s History Month. See links below. (Tweets have been edited slightly for web presentation; we also added dates to some for clarity.) Twitterati are welcome to join us @ESAhistory—we…
Numerous visitors stopped by our 3rd annual HRC booth during the 2012 annual meeting in Portland last August. Lots of posters were on view, generating lively discussions. Draft of Living Past Presidents’ Timeline Jean Langenheim displayed a draft of the print timeline of ESA presidents since 1968 at the HRC booth in Portland. Above, she discusses details with Dennis Knight,…