Stories are Medicine: Indigenous Sovereignty, Connection, and Healing
August 31, 2022
Speaker: Melissa Tehee, Utah State University
What is Critical Race Theory, Anyway, and Why Do Politicians Care?
October 14, 2021
Panelists: Dr. Luis Othoniel Rosa, Dr. Cynthia Willis-Esqueda, Dean Richard Moberly, Jordan Charleton, and Eli Ornelas
Brazil under the Far Right: Political Antagonism and Discourse Analysis
September 22, 2021
Speaker: Idelber Avelar, Tulane University
Author of Eles em nós: retórica e antagonismo político no Brasil do século XXI.
"Attack of the Fifty-Foot (Lakota) Woman"
March 11, 2021
Speaker: Tiffany Midge
Colloquium on Racial Justice: What is Indigenous Sovereignty, and Why Does It Matter Now?
March 10, 2021
Panelists: Margaret Huettl, Jessica Shoemaker, Colette Yellow Robe, Tom Gannon
Moderator: Lory Dance
Colloquium on Racial Justice: Racial Inequities as Health Inequities
October 26, 2020
Panelists: Jonathan Alcántar, Trey Andrews, Virginia Chaidez, Margaret Huettl, Angela Palmer-Wackerly
Moderator: Sergio Wals
What are some explanations for the racial health disparities evident in the Covid-19 pandemic? How can we address these disparities? How do these reflect larger issues of racial inequality in health and health care?
Racing and Erasing History
September 28, 2020
Panelists: James Garza, Kristen Hoerl, Casey Kelly, and Cynthia Willis-Esqueda
Moderator: Sergio Wals
Is is right to tear down historic statues? When should a sports team's mascot be changed? Should buildings named after slaveholders be renamed? How can we make decisions that are fair?
To Die for the Fatherland!
Daniel Howell
Howell talked about the Luis Victoriano Betancourt poem “To Die for the Fatherland!”, 19th-century Cuban nationalism, and Havana's multiracial working class.
Ghosts of the Atlantic: Decoding America's Slave Trading Past
Sowande' Mustakeem
October 17 at 5:00 p.m. in the Union Ballroom:
Dr. Sowande' Mustakeem will deliver the talk “Ghosts of the Atlantic: Decoding America’s Slave Trading Past” to commemorate the 400th anniversary of African enslavement in North America. She is the author of the award-winning book, Slavery at Sea: Terror, Sex, and Sickness in the Middle Passage.
This is a unique event since Dr. Mustakeem's band, Amalghemy, will also be playing.
The Seventh City
David Krugler
Krugler commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Will Brown lynching in Omaha, which took place on September 28, 1919.
Blackness, Africans and African Americans
Mukoma Wa Ngugi
Ngugi explored how historical forces including slavery, colonialism, pan-Africanism and globalization have colored how Africans and African Americans see each other politically and culturally.
