Michael Tate
Professor of History and Native American Studies, and the Charles and Mary Martin Chair of Western History, University of Nebraska at Omaha
September 19 — From Cooperation to Conflict: Indian and Emigrant
Relations Along the Overland Trails,
1840-1865
Winner of the 2006 Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize
P. Stephen Baenziger Eugene W. Price Distinguished Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
October 17 — Global Treasures: The Origins of Plants that Sustain Life
J. Dixon Esseks
Visiting Scholar, Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Emeritus Professor of Public Administration, Northern Illinois University
November 14 — What kinds of farms and ranches can survive in urbanizing
areas?
Hobby and/or commericial? Temporary and/or lasting?
Spring 2008
Ann Bleed
Former Director, Nebraska Department of Natural Resources
January 23 — Formulating Policies for Future Water Use on the Great Plains
Guy Reynolds
Professor of English and Director, Cather Project, UNL
February 20 — Permanence and Transmission: Willa Cather's Entropology
James Hewitt
Attorney and Adjunct Professor of History, Nebraska Wesleyan University
March 12 — Taking the Court Public
Robert Oglesby
Professor of Climate Modeling, Department of Geosciences and School of Natural Resources, UNL
