Paul A. Olson Seminars in Great Plains Studies
Fall 2009
September
Plains Regional Fiction and the National Market: The Case of Bess Streeter Aldrich's A Lantern in Her Hand
Melissa Homestead,
Associate Professor, Department of English, UNL
Spring 2009
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January
A Crash Course in Infrastructure: Expensive but Essential Components for Rural (and Urban) Nebraska's Future
Sandra Scofield
Director, University of Nebraska Rural Initiative
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February
The Fossil Record and the Fact of Evolution
George F. Englemann
Professor of Geology and Biology, Department of Geography and Geology, UNO
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March
Historic Presence of Trees Along Rivers in the Great Plains
Greg Ruark
Director, USDA National Agroforestry Center
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April
Youth Select Baseball in the Midwest: The Shape of Things to Come
David Ogden
Associate Professor, School of Communication, UNO
Spring/Fall 2008
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January
Formulating Policies for Future Water Use on the Great Plains
Ann Bleed
Former Director, Nebraska Department of Natural Resources
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February
Permanence and Transmission: Willa Cather's Entropology
Guy Reynolds
Professor of English and Director, Cather Project, UNL
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March
Taking the Court Public
James Hewitt
Attorney and Adjunct Professor of History, Nebraska Wesleyan University
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April
Causes of Drought in the Great Plains
Robert Oglesby
Professor of Climate Modeling, Department of Geosciences and School of Natural Resources, UNL
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September
American Colony: Pine Ridge Reservation inthe 20th Century
Akim Reinhardt
Associate Professor of History, Towson University, Towson, Maryland; Winner of the 3rd Annual Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize
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October
Plain Speaking & Straight Shooting: Documentary Art in Flyover Country
Michael Farrell
Photographer and TV Production Manager, NET Television; Adjunct Faculty, College of Journalism and Mass Communication, UNL
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November
From Fire to Ice: A Geological Perspective on One Billion Years of Landscape Evolution in Eastern Nebraska
J. Dixon Esseks
Associate Professor, Conservation and Survey Division, School of Natural Resources and Department of Geosciences, UNL
Fall 2007
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September
From Cooperation to Conflict: Indian and Emigrant Relations Along the Overland Trails, 1840-1865
Michael Tate
Professor of History and Native American Studies, and the Charles and Mary Martin Chair of Western History, University of Nebraska at Omaha; Winner of the 2006 Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize
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October
Global Treasures: The Origins of Plants that Sustain Life
P. Stephen Baenziger
Eugene W. Price Distinguished Professor, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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November
What kinds of farms and ranches can survive in urbanizing areas? Hobby and/or commericial? Temporary and/or lasting?
J. Dixon Esseks
Visiting Scholar, Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Emeritus Professor of Public Administration, Northern Illinois University
Grassland Conservation & Sustainable Communities Lecture
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March 2008
Wildlfe & Sustainable Rural Development in Namibia: Are There Applications to the Northern Great Plains?
Chris Weaver
Managing Director of the United States based World Wildlife Fund in Nambia
