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Internationally known innovator and author Yi-Fu Tuan will give a free lecture at the University of Hawaii at Manoa’s Art Auditorium at 6:30 p.m. March 13.
He is a winner of the Lauréate Prix International de Géographie Vautrin Lud, the highest award in the field of geography, and has been called "one of the most remarkable and creative forces in the intellectual life of our time," according to a news release.
The author of more than two dozen influential books, Tuan "has redefined the field of human and cultural geography by exploring the aesthetic and moral dimensions of human culture and the meanings of home, place, wilderness, human goodness, art and environment," the release said.
Born and raised in China, Tuan earned degrees from Oxford University and the University of California at Berkeley, and taught at the University of Minnesota and the University of Wisconsin at Madison before retiring as the J.K. Wright and Vilas professor emeritus of geography.
His most recent books include "Landscapes of Fear," "Human Goodness," and "Coming Home to China." He is perhaps best known for the groundbreaking "Topophila: A Study of Environmental Perception, Attitudes, and Values."
The UH-Manoa Colleges of Arts and Sciences is hosting "Cultural Diversity and the Ideal of Progress: An Evening with Yi-Fu Tuan."Other sponsors are the College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature; the Geography Department; the Dai Ho Chun Endowment Selection Committee; and Manoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing.
For more information, visit manoa.hawaii.edu/artsci/alumni or contact Laarni Gedo at 956-5790 or gedo@hawaii.edu.
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