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1801 Lecture Series: An Afternoon with Alie Ward

Science communicator and host of the Ologies podcastOn Ologies—named one of TIME magazine’s top 50 podcasts—Alie Ward turns curiosity into conversation, asking experts the questions many of us have wondered but never thought to ask. Join the Emmy Award-winning science correspondent for a lively moderated conversation about curiosity, storytelling, and the human side of science. Big questions. Surprising answers. The joy of…


Dwayne Tomah: The Doctrine of Discovery

Join UGA's Institute of Native American Studies fro a talk on the Doctrine of Discovery and its lasting implications for Native Americans, tribal sovereignty, "in trust" reserve land, and land title in the United States by Passamaquoddy language keeper, Dwayne Tomah. Tomah is a storyteller, cultural preservationist, and youngest fluent speaker of Passamaquoddy language, and director of the Sipayik Musuem at Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point…


Tracie Revis, Muscogee Nation Ocmulgee National Park & Preserve Initiative

UGA’s Native American Student Association and the Institute of Native American Studies invite you to join us Friday, April 3 at 5pm for a talk from Tracie Revis, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Advocacy for the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma’s Ocmulgee National Park & Preserve Initiative (ONPPI) in Georgia. Tracie was the first woman to serve as the Chief of Staff to the Principal Chief of the Muscogee Nation. She is currently leading…


Archaeological Institute of America Lecture with Mireille Lee | “Reflections on Ancient Greek Mirrors”

The Lamar Dodd School of Art welcomes the Archaeological Institute of America for the Barbara Tsakirgis Memorial Lecture with scholar Mireille Lee. Art History Associate Professor Mark Abbe invited Lee in partnership with the Athens chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America to deliver this special talk. “Reflections on Ancient Greek Mirrors” Mirrors are so ubiquitous in our own culture, we tend to take them for granted. But mirrors are…


“Navigating Place” | Visiting Artist Talk with Artist in Residence Oscar Palacio

The Lamar Dodd School of Art welcomes Boston-based photographer Oscar Palacio as inaugural artist in residence for a two-week visit to the school. Through this residency, Palacio aims to extend his exploration of place and environment into the vibrant cultural fabric of Athens, GA, using the Oconee River as a lens to examine the interplay between the natural and the built environment. All are invited to hear from Palacio on his practice during…


Rebecca Nagle, “By the Fire We Carry"

The  In conjunction with the Georgia Museum of Art's exhibition “asinnajaq: Three Thousand,” join us for a conversation between visiting writer and journalist Rebecca Nagle and Kathryn Hill, the museum's associate curator of modern and contemporary art. Citizen of the Cherokee nation and author of “By the Fire We Carry,” Nagle is an award-winning advocate and writer focused on advancing Native rights, expanding…


Indigenous People’s Day: Tulio Viteri, the Director of International Relations for the Indigenous Kichwa community of Sarayaku in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

In honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2025, the Department of Anthropology is hosting a public screening of the film Helena from Sarayaku, followed by a Q&A with the director Eriberto Gualinga, an internationally recognized Indigenous filmmaker from the Kichwa community of Sarayaku in the Ecuadorian Amazon. The full-length documentary depicts Sarayaku’s struggle against environmental degradation in their territory and how this struggle gave…


Emily Bowen Cohen: “Two Tribes: Real Life Stories of a Jewish Native American"

The Emory Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies ant the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies with support from programs and units across Emory’s campus invite you to attend a very special event. Emily Bowen Cohen is Jewish and a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Her award-winning graphic novel Two Tribes was published in 2023. Copies will be available at the event, which is free and open to the public. 


Perspectives on Tribal Stewardship at Warnell

Warnell Speaker Series - Coffee and Conversation on Thursdays Throughout the Semester - PERSPECTIVE ON TRIBAL STEWARDSHIP  Join guest speakers National Program Lead for Tribal Research Forest Service R & D Serra Hoagland and Assistant Professor of Rangeland, WIldlife and Fisheries management Texas A&M Ty Werdel for a discussion of Tribal Stewardship.


Archaeology, Sovereignty, and Community in Western North Carolina

Dr. Ben Steere is an Associate Professor and the Department Head of Anthropology and Sociology at Western Carolina University (WCU) in Cullowhee, North Carolina. He directed WCU’s Cherokee Studies Program from 2017-2022. His research and teaching are focused on the archaeology of the built environment in western North Carolina. In this guest lecture, Dr. Ben Steere discusses lessons learned from ongoing archival and archaeological research about…
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