CONTENTS
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This Thursday: âGoverning the Moon: A Historyâ Seminar by Stephen S. Buono
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February 20: Peter Soland on âA Godâs Eye View: Aviators and the Re-Conquest of Latin Americaâ
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March 26: Amy Kaminski Presents on NASA, the Shuttle Era, and Public Engagement After Apollo
This Thursday: âGoverning the Moon: A Historyâ Presentation by Stephen S. Buono
Thursday, February 6 at 1 p.m. CST (2 p.m. EST and 11 a.m. PST)
In this first session of the
Aerospace Latin America history symposium series, Stephen S. Buono (University of Chicago)
will provide a nuanced history of the unratified Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, more commonly known as the Moon Treaty. Buono will
discuss the treaty's deep origins, the contributions of international space lawyers, the details of the negotiating process, the role played by the United States in shaping the final text, and the contributions of the treaty's single most important author,
Argentine lawyer, Aldo Armando Cocca.
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February 20: Peter Soland on âA Godâs Eye View: Aviators and the Re-Conquest of Latin Americaâ
Thursday, February 20 at 1 p.m. CST (2 p.m. EST and 11 a.m. PST)
Brazilian flyer Alberto Santos-Dumont incarnated turn-of-the-century enthusiasm for aviation. The wealthy, stylish, thrill-seeking inventor possessed a maniacal drive to push the limits of human and technological
achievement. Aviation enthusiasts across the globe mistook his 1906 flight as the first aerodyne flight in world history. Louis Cartier crafted the original pilotâs wristwatch for him, as a personal favor. Poet Eduardo das Neves immortalized him in the popular
anthem, âA Conquista do Arâ (The Conquest of the Air): one of Brazilâs earliest popular audio recordings. Santos Dumont established the archetype of the aviator as a modern conquistador. Although he is best remembered for inspiring generations of pilots to
take to the skies, nation builders with grand, modernizing visions for Latin American societies were likewise deeply influenced by his legacy. Peter Solandâs talk scrutinizes the aviator-conquistador metaphor. It examines airplane pilots as personifying high
modernism and the technological sublime in Latin America from the turn of the century through the early Space Age, when spaceships and astronauts eclipsed airplanes and aviators.
Peter Soland is a scholar of Latin American History specializing in modern Mexico and Latin America. He earned his doctorate in History from the University of Arizona in 2016. and subsequently accepted a position
as a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Center for Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO during the 2016-2017 academic year. Most recently, he was an Assistant Professor of Latin American History at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau,
MO. His first book, Mexican Icarus: Aviation and the Modernization of Mexican Identity (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2023) examined the development of aviation in Mexico. His current monograph project, The Radiance of Tlatelolco: Politics, Culture,
and Nuclear Technology in Latin America, 1938â1994, investigates the history of atomic science and nuclear development in Latin America. He was awarded a 2023 Research Fellowship from the Arizona Historicalââ.
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March 26: Amy Kaminski Presents on NASA, the Shuttle Era, and Public Engagement After Apollo
You wonât want to miss the next installment of the NASA History Office Speakers Series on March 26, 2025 at 12 p.m. EDT! Amy Kaminski, author
and champion for public engagement with space, science, and technology, will be presenting on NASA,
the Shuttle Era, and Public Engagement After Apollo. She'll talk about how NASAâits leaders, astronauts, engineers, and public affairs
and outreach officersâmade the decision to try to connect the space shuttle program to broad segments of the American public. In the shadow of Apollo and under NASA's post-Apollo constraints, how did the space shuttle become a celebrated symbol of America's
technological ambitions?
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