Events
Celebrating 50 Years of Racial Justice Education at UNL
March 28 - April 4
This year's Spring Celebration featured an outstanding line-up of lectures by star academics and documentary screenings.
Recordings of the talks are available on the event page.
Visiting Distinguished Fellow
Each fall, Ethnic Studies brings an outstanding, nationally recognized scholar to campus (virtually or in person) as our Visiting Distinguished Fellow to teach ETHN 890, a one-week, one-credit-hour graduate course, and to offer a public lecture.
Melissa Tehee of Utah State University will teach and give a lecture during the fall 2022 semester.
Spring Celebration
Each spring, we celebrate another year of success and service with our Spring Celebration, which brings nationally recognized speakers to campus for lectures and receptions with students, staff, faculty, and the public.
Colloquia and guest speakers
We offer regular colloquia in which a panel of our faculty members discusses issues relevant to current events and to their own research and then facilitates a community discussion of the topic. We also regularly host guest speakers who talk on a variety of topics. All our events are free and open to the public.
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