How I Got a Letter From Abeche Chad (IN PERSON)
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Description: This is a story about meeting Erick Chénier, a contractor for the French Army, and how he sent me a letter from a town in the middle of the Sahara desert. It is part of a larger story about becoming obsessed with the stamps of sub-Saharan Africa, and being led to study the history and biology of a part of the world that most Americans know almost nothing about.
Bio of presenter—Scott Poethig is an emeritus member of the Biology Department of the U. of Pennsylvania. In addition to studying the genetic regulation of plant development, Scott taught courses across Penn’s curriculum, for which he received a Lindback award. In retirement, he is teaching a course on the History and Biology of Food with a colleague from Classical Studies, completing on-going research projects, organizing his extensive stamp collection, and building furniture.
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Rachel Amin
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Description: This is a story about meeting Erick Chénier, a contractor for the French Army, and how he sent me a letter from a town in the middle of the Sahara desert. It is part of a larger story about becoming obsessed with the stamps of sub-Saharan Africa, and being led to study the history and biology of a part of the world that most Americans know almost nothing about.
Bio of presenter—Scott Poethig is an emeritus member of the Biology Department of the U. of Pennsylvania. In addition to studying the genetic regulation of plant development, Scott taught courses across Penn’s curriculum, for which he received a Lindback award. In retirement, he is teaching a course on the History and Biology of Food with a colleague from Classical Studies, completing on-going research projects, organizing his extensive stamp collection, and building furniture.
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