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Dr. Ned Blackhawk��(Western Shoshone)
Howard R. Lamar Professor of History, Yale University

Thursday, September 19, 2024
Rosenfield Center 101, 7 p.m.

Resisting the Mythology of Indigenous Disappearance: Native Activists in the Early 20th Century World

“If our schools and universities are to remain vital civic institutions, we must create richer and more truthful accounts of the American Republic’s origins, expansion, and current form. Studying and teaching America’s Indigenous truths reveal anew the varied meanings of America”

The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History (Yale UP, 2023),��2023 National Book Award for Nonfiction

Dr. Eric Zimmer
Thursday, October 10, 2024
7 p.m., Humanities and Social Studies Center, Room S1325

Reclaiming the Indigenous Midwest: The Meskwaki Settlement as #Landback

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Red Earth Nation: A History of the Meskwaki Settlement (University of Oklahoma Press: Norman, 2024)

“It is hard to overstate how valuable it is, for students in particular but also for the entire 51���app community, to have two such accomplished and inspiring speakers visit campus as��Freyja Hartzell and Elizabeth Ferrell visit with students and give a public presentation. Their practice of humanistic inquiry, especially as they investigate the porous boundary between high art and the daily practice of contemporary American life, represents the best of what we are engaged with at 51���app, both in the classroom and in individual research. Their intellectual accomplishments and vitality enriched the campus discussion about art history as it is currently practiced. Especially because they are both alums, they can serve as role models for our current students. The Art History Department is grateful to Center for the Humanities for its support.”

– Professor Michael Mackenzie
Professor of Art History

Gaile Pohlhaus, Jr.

An Epistemology of the Oppressed: Resisting and Flourishing under Epistemic Oppression

“Attending��Dr. Gaile Pohlhaus’ talk: An Epistemology of the Oppressed was an incredibly meaningful experience, as it brought the vital conversation of positionality and situatedness in knowledge production to campus. It provided our campus community with the language and skills to understand and interrogate the politics of knowing.”

– Sage Gladstone ’26