{"id":157,"date":"2010-06-03T20:16:07","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T20:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub-dev.bates.edu\/environmental-studies\/?page_id=157"},"modified":"2025-12-22T08:42:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T13:42:42","slug":"annual-otis-lecture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-studies\/the-otis-program\/annual-otis-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"The Annual Otis Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inaugurated in 1996, the annual Otis Lecture features a prominent speaker who visits the campus for a short residency, meeting with students and faculty, especially in environmental studies, to share their interests and discuss topics of concern.<\/p>\n<h4>Past Otis Lecturers<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>1996: Max Oelschlaeger, author of\u00a0<em>The Idea of Wilderness<\/em><\/li>\n<li>1997: Arlene Blum, pioneer woman mountain climber, author of\u00a0<em>Annapurna, A Woman&#8217;s Place<\/em><\/li>\n<li>1998: Terry Tempest Williams, author of\u00a0<em>Refuge<\/em><\/li>\n<li>1999: Barry Lopez, author of\u00a0<em>Arctic Dreams<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2000: Richard Nelson, author of\u00a0<em>The Island Within<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2001: Gary Paul Nabhan, author of\u00a0<em>Coming Home to Eat: The Pleasure and Politics of Local Foods<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2003: Pattiann Rogers, author of\u00a0<em>The Dream of the Marsh Wren<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2004: Franklin Burroughs<\/li>\n<li>2005: William J. 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