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04.30.11
2011 Annual Coalition for Great Plains Research Symposium
04.30.11
2011 Annual Coalition for Great Plains Research Symposium
The Hastings College Coalition for Great Plains Research presents our Annual Spring 2011 Symposium:
Unveiling a Ponderous Landscape
A gathering open to students, academics, and all who are interested in the Great Plains.
Saturday April 30th, 1:00-4:30PM at the Nebraska Nature and Visitors’ Center. South of the I-80 Alda exit, 6 miles west of Grand Island.
Provisional program
 | Introduction: Bill Beachly The Great Plains Landscape on our minds: an interdisciplinary coalition |
 | Session 1: Tom Lynch The Lilac by the Door: Settler Colonial Women’s Agrarian Narratives in the U.S. and Australia Tom is an Associate Professor of English at UN-Lincoln who focuses on ecocriticism. |
 | Session 2: Lisa Knopp From the Center: Writing About the Midwest and Great Plains Lisa is an author and associate professor of non-fiction writing at UN-Omaha. |
| Break: Refreshments, discussion, viewing of gallery photographs and microscopes | |
 | Session 3: David Lovekin Lebanon, Kansas: The Geospiritual Center of the United States David is a Professor of Philosophy at Hastings College and an avid photographer. |
 | Session 4: John Janovy Jr. Looking at the Great Plains through a Microscope John is a Professor of Biological Sciences at UN-Lincoln and the author of numerous books on the life of the Great Plains. |
For more information contact Bill Beachly, wbeachly@hastings.edu.
