Join The Explorers Club 50 honoree and archaeologist George Bey in a conversation surrounding the current role and future of exploration in the 21st century.
What does it mean to be an explorer in the modern world? How do we think about the nature and role of exploration in the 21st century and how has the explorer changed since the Explorers Club and Smithsonian Institution were founded? Is there a role for the traditional idea of the explorer or has a new explorer completely replaced the old ideas on exploration? This talk will feature a look at Bey’s work and other EC50 members as examples of 21st century explorers. Smithsonian Museum Specialist Bethanee Bemis and Explorers Club archivist Lacey Flint will join the conversation – adding historical context that will help inform the idea of explorer in the 21st Century.
This in-person event at the Explorers Club Headquarters will include an audience Q&A.
RESERVATIONS
This will be an in-person lecture at Explorers Club Headquarters.
In-person tickets are $20 for Members, and $35 for the General Public.
Check-in will begin at 6:00 pm, with a beer and wine reception from 6:00 – 7:00 pm
George Bey
George J. Bey III holds a Ph.D. from Tulane University. He is currently a professor of Anthropology at Millsaps College, where he holds the Chisholm Chair in Arts and Sciences. Dr. Bey is a Maya Archaeologist who directs research in the Puuc Region of the Yucatan, exploring the rise and fall of ancient Maya civilization. He is also president of the Kaxil Kiuic A.C. an non-profit organization that owns and operates 4,500 acres of tropical forest. Kaxil Kiuic is dedicated to conserving the ecology of the region, studying the ancient Maya and working with local Maya communities. He has spent the last 25 years exploring this region and is a National Geographic Explorer and a member of the Explorers Club 50. Featured in several National Geographic documentaries, his most recent monograph is Pathways to Complexity: A View from the Maya Lowlands with M. Kathryn Brown.
Bethanee Bemis
Bethanee Bemis is a public historian specializing in public memory of the national narrative, currently working at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. She is the author of Disney Theme Parks and America’s National Narratives: Mirror, Mirror for Us All.
Lacey Flint
Lacey Flint is the Archivist and Curator of Research Collections at The Explorers Club. She has worked as a contributing curator on the Travel Channel’s Mysteries at the Museum and Discovery’s Tales from The Explorers Club.
