UO Native Studies Research Colloquium Series

Native Strategic Initiatives seeks participations and proposals for the Native Studies Research Colloquium Series for the 2015-2016 academic year. Gathering 2-3 times per term in the Many Nations Longhouse (dates/times TBD), the colloquium series provides a forum to share ideas and scholarship, provide support and visibility for Native Studies on campus, and continue to build an intellectual community here at UO.

Last year’s series was a great success, bringing scholars and community members from across disciplines at all levels of the academy to discuss everything from Native theater and environmental justice to Native feminist reading methodologies to the role of gender in defining indigenous climate change experiences. We’d like to continue that momentum this year and invite individual proposals or panel sessions focusing on research, scholarship, pedagogy or creative work with significant Native content. Presentations at all levels of development are welcome, including recently-published work that we might engage, discuss, and more importantly, celebrate as a community.

If you’d like to propose a topic or have a specific idea, please send a short description along with a brief biography and the term in which you prefer to present to Lani Teves (lteves@uoregon.edu). We’ll work with the Longhouse and potential presenters to develop a schedule of events which should be finalized by mid-to-late-September.