Avery Point Auditorium
1084 Shennecossett Road
Groton, CT 06340
Please join us for our 28th season. This annual lecture series spans the breadth of human interactions with coastal waters, including speakers from the natural and social sciences as well as arts and humanities.
Lecture series is FREE and open to the public.
Lectures begin at 7:30 p.m.
Online or in person More information here.
This series is sponsored by Connecticut Sea Grant College Program, Ørsted, UConn Department of Marine Sciences, UConn Maritime Studies Program and the UConn Avery Point Campus Director’s Office.
Tuesday, February 20, 2024; 7:30 p.m.
A Tale of Two Estuaries
Patrick Lynch, artist | author | designer | photographer
Tuesday, March 5, 2024; 7:30 p.m.
Ramshackle Housing and the Erasure of Nineteenth-Century Atlantic Fishing Communities
Maura Coughlin, Ph.D., Department of Art + Design, Northeastern University
Tuesday, March 19, 2024; 7:30 p.m.
Ocean Acidification
Samantha Siedlecki, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut
Tuesday, April 2, 2024; 7:30 p.m.
Shadows in the Water: What Sharks Tell Us About Ourselves
Michaela J. Thompson, Ph.D., Sustainability & Environmental Management, Harvard Extension School
Tuesday, April 16, 2024; 7:30 p.m.
Spineless: The Magical World of Marine Invertebrates, and Perspectives on our Finger on the Pulse of Changes in Coastal Invertebrate Diversity
James T. Carlton, Ph.D., Professor of Marine Sciences Emeritus at Williams College and Director Emeritus of the Williams College-Mystic Seaport Maritime Studies Program
Krystal Rose, M.F.A., Curator of Collections, Mystic Seaport Museum