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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Center for Great Plains Studies

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Paul A. Olson Seminars in Great Plains Studies

 

The Paul A. Olson Seminars in Great Plains Studies offer an opportunity for interested scholars, students, and members of the community to come together to examine various topics related to the Great Plains. The seminars, offered monthly during the academic year, are free and open to the public.

Spring 2008

 
 
January 23
Formulating Policies for Future Water Use in the Great Plains

    Speaker: Ann Bleed, Director, Nebraska Department of Natural Resources


 
 
February 20
Permanence and Transmission: Willa Cather's Entropology

    Speaker: Guy Reynolds, Professor of English and Director, Cather Project, UNL


 
 
March 12
Taking the Court Public

    Speaker: James Hewitt, Attorney and Adjunct Professor of History, Nebraska Wesleyan University

 
 
April 9
Causes of Drought in the Great Plains

    Speaker: Robert Oglesby, Professor of Climate Modeling, Department of Geosciences and School of Natural Resources, UNL