Become a member and save up to 14% on your program registration price! Join today If you are already a member, log in to access your member price. Alexander von Humboldt and American Democracy Evening Lecture/Seminar Monday, September 30, 2024 - 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. ET Code: 1K0506 Location: This online program is presented on Zoom. Select your Registration Login $30 Member 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 $35 Non-Member Add to cart Log in to add this program to your wishlist! A 10% processing fee will be applied at checkout. Adding to your cart... Resize text Portrait of Baron von Humboldt by Charles Wilson Peale, 1804 One of the most influential intellectuals of the 19th century, Alexander von Humboldt was a Prussian polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer, and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science who visited the United States in 1804 specifically to meet President Thomas Jefferson, whose writings Humboldt had taken to heart. Preferring democracy to European monarchy, Humboldt used his influential voice to urge the United States to live up to its democratic ideals, especially the innate equality of all people. Smithsonian American Art Museum curator Eleanor Jones Harvey, author of Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature and Culture, illuminates Humboldt's efforts to influence American cultural values through the visual arts, sciences, literature, and politics. General Information View Common FAQs and Policies about our Online Programs on Zoom.
