Colloquium Series

The American Indian Center hosts a Research Colloquium for graduate students and faculty working in American Indian Studies.

This interdisciplinary group meets on a monthly basis for about an hour. Students and faculty will have the oppurtunity to present and discuss their research with the group.

Upcoming Meetings...

Please mark your calendars for the Fall 2009 Meetings:

Wednesday, October 7, 2009- 5:30 p.m.

Samson Occum's voyage to England (1766-1768)
- Tyler Will - Ph.D. Candidate, History Department

More dates to come soon!

** All meetings will be held in AIC Conference Room (102 Abernethy Hall)

Previous Presentations

“Southern Spaces, Voided Spaces: Native American ‘Nations’, U.S. History, and the Absence of Native American People in the South”
- David Lowry - Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology
"The Three Creations of Breathmaker: Racial Formation among the Florida Seminoles, 1858-1935"
- Mikaela Adams - Ph.D. Candidate, History

" I Look on You . . . As My Children': Persistence and Change in Cherokee Motherhood, 1750-1835"
- Katy Smith - Ph.D. Candidate, Histor

"The Dangerous Power of Blood: Debating Osage Citizenship in the 21st Century"
- Jean Dennison, Ph.D. - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Anthropology

"Serpentine Warnings and Riverside Renewal: Cherokee Responses to the New Madrid Earthquakes, 1811-1812"
- Jonathan Hancock - Ph.D. Candidate, History

"The Meeker Massacre: Religious Identity as Cultural Exchange"
"An Oral Health Survey of the Lumbee Indians in Southeastern North Carolina"
"From Clan Kin to Orphan: Changing Understandings of Cherokee Children's Care from Removal through the Civil War"

Join the Listserv...

If you would like to added to the AIC Colloquium listserve please send an email to aic@unc.edu with your name, email address, and area/interest of study.