Video Lecture: „Mourning, Celebrating, Revisiting: A. v. Humboldt in the United States, 1859-2009“
Mourning, Celebrating Revisiting:
Alexander von Humboldt in the United States, 1859-2009
Lecture held by Andreas Daum, professor in the Department of History at University at Buffalo (NY), on 05/06/2009 in the Library of Congress. It was part of the series of events Alexander von Humboldt – Remapping Global Perspectives in Washington, from May 2 to May 7.
Real Player Video, 80 minutes.
„Alexander von Humboldt achieved cultural hero status in the United States in the second half of the 19th century. His travels, experiments and knowledge transformed Western science. A lecture at the Library of Congress examined the influence and legacy of the German naturalist and explorer. Andreas Daum presented „Mourning, Celebrating, Revisiting: Alexander von Humboldt in the United States, 1859-2009.“
Between 1799 and 1804, von Humboldt explored Latin America and wrote about his scientific observations. Later, in 1845, he wrote the five-volume „Kosmos,“ which attempted to unify the various branches of scientific knowledge. …“ (source: The Library of Congress)
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For more information on the Commemoration of Alexander von Humboldt on the 150th Anniversary of His Death (May 4 & 6, 2009), see the website of the
