Jared Diamond
Pulitzer Prize Winning Author | MacArthur Genius
Sunday, May 12, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
Congregation Emanu El, 1500 Sunset Blvd., Houston, TX 77005
One of the deepest thinkers of our time, Jared Diamond returns to The Progressive Forum to discuss his upcoming book, Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis.
In his earlier monumental bestsellers, Guns, Germs, and Steel and Collapse, Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now in the final book of his epic trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crisis, including lessons for the United States and the world. The book features Diamond’s dazzling comparative approach, embracing history, geography, ecology, economics, and anthropology, as well as psychological answers for how individuals and nations can become more resilient.
Diamond won the Pulitzer Prize for Guns, Germs, and Steel, which has sold more than 2 million copies in 35 languages. In a poll by Foreign Policy and Prospect, he was ranked ninth among the world’s top 100 public intellectuals. His many awards include a MacArthur “genius” fellowship, the National Medal of Science, and election to the National Academy of Science. He has published more than 600 articles and several books, including The World Until Yesterday (2012), Why Sex Is Fun (1997), and The Third Chimpanzee (1991). He is a professor of geography at UCLA.
Diamond will sign books and greet fans at the end of the evening.
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Program starts at 7:30 p.m. at Congregation Emanu El, 1500 Sunset Blvd, Houston, TX, 77005, across from Rice University.
Complimentary book for all attending ticket buyers. Upon entrance, show your ticket to an attendant to have it marked and claim your book. One book per ticket. No books for ticket holders not attending. Dr. Diamond will sign books and greet fans at the end of the evening.
Free onsite parking. Enter the campus off Sunset Blvd. Uniformed officers will direct you to the parking facility at the rear of the campus.
Three levels of ticket prices. A $150 ticket includes a private speaker reception and reserve seating near the front. $70 general admission is for middle sections B,C,and D. $45 general admission tickets are for side sections A and E.
Disability patrons are eligible for any ticket price. Ushers will seat disability patrons in the aisles in the rear nearest restrooms. All rows are close to the speaker podium in the intimate seating environment.
Private patron reception with the speaker begins at 6:15 p.m. with cash bar and complimentary dessert bar for $150 ticket holders and those who have donated $1,000 or more in the past year. Reception located in the Oshman Multi-Purpose Room to the right of the main entrance, if entering from the parking garage. The speaker leaves the reception at 6:45 p.m. after a half hour. So that everyone in the speaker greeting line has a chance to chat with the speaker, there is no book signing, autographing, or photography with the speaker in the speaker greeting line. In the rest of the reception room, photography and videography are welcome.
During the lecture program, we will ask the audience to silence their personal digital devices, asking for no photography or videography.
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