Past Symposia
| 2007 | Homesteading Reconsidered Co-Chairs: J. Clark Archer, Anthropology and Geography and Todd Arrington, Homestead National Monument of America, National Park Service |
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| 2005 | Changing
Natural Landscapes: Ecological and Human Dimensions Chair: Gary Willson, Great Plains Cooperative Ecosystems Unit, National Park Service |
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| 2004 | The Nature of Lewis and Clark on the Great Plains Chair: Gary E. Moulton, History |
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| 2003 | Religion on the Great Plains Co-Chairs: Robert Haller, English and Hugh Whitt, Sociology |
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| 2002 | Great Plains Migrations Co-Chairs: Mary Liz Jameson, Entomology/State Museum, and David Wishart, Geography |
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| 2001 | Five Voices, One Place Co-Chairs: Susan Rosowski, English, and John Wunder, History Educational Resource: biography, works, and critical bibliography of each author |
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| 2000 | Bison: The Past, Present, and Future of the Great
Plains Chairs: Ken Winkle, History, and Charlene Porsild, History Great Plains Quarterly Vol. 21 No. 2 (Spring 2001) and Great Plains Research Vol. 11 No. 1 (Spring 2001) are both special issues from this event. |
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| 1999 | The
Great Plains Music & Dance
Festival and Symposium Co-Chairs: Ron Bowlin, Director of Kimball, and Randall Snyder, Music |
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| 1998 | Health & Lifestyle, Sport & Recreation
on the Great Plains Co-Chairs: Suzanne Ortega, Sociology and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, and Keith Mueller, Political Science, UNL, and Preventive and Societal Medicine, UNMC |
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| Host for/and in charge
of registration Edward S. Curtis's Photographs of Plains Indians Chair: Eva Sartori, Libraries |
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| 1997 | Literatures of the Great Plains Chair: Frances W. Kaye, English and Great Plains Quarterly |
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| 1996 | Politics
and Culture of the Great Plains Co-Chairs: John Hibbing, Political Sciences, and John Peters, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Tennessee |
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| Host for/and in charge
of registration and tours Western History Association Annual Conference Grasslands and Heartlands: Remembering and Representing the Great Plains in History and Literature |
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| 1995 | African Americans and the
Great Plains Chair: Keith Parker, Sociology and African & African American Studies |
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| Host for/and in charge
of registration and tours Willa Cather's University Days: A Centennial Celebration 1895-1995 Cather Colloquium, UNL English Dept., and Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation |
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| 1994 | Great Plains Grasslands Chair: Kathleen Keeler, Biological Sciences |
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| Winter
Council Co-Chairs: Ron Bowlin, Director of Kimball, and Eric Jolly, UNL Director of Affirmative Action and Diversity |
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| 1993 | Architecture of the Great Plains Chair: Keith Sawyer, Architecture |
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| 1992 | Exploring
the Great Plains Chair: Gary Moulton, History and The Journals of the Lewis & Clark Expedition |
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| Host
for/and in charge of registration Suspect Terrain: Surveying the Women's West Committee from The Coalition for Western Women's History |
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| Host
for/and in charge of registration Healing the Hoop Co-Chairs: Ron Bowlin, Director of Kimball, and Clydia Nahwooksy, Director of Plains Indian Cultural Center |
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| 1991 | Law, the Bill of Rights and the Great Plains Chair: John R. Wunder, History |
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| 1990 | Climate Change on the Great Plains Chair: Kenneth Dewey, Geography |
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| 1989 | The Hispanic Presence on the Great Plains Chair: Miguel Carranza, Sociology and Ethnic Studies |
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| 1988 | The
Arts on the Plains: The
Role of Institutions Chair: Norman Geske, Director Emeritus Sheldon Art Gallery |
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| 1987 | Women's Culture in the Great Plains Chair: Helen Moore, Sociology |
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| 1986 | Plains Indian Cultures: Past and Present Meanings Chair: Paul Olson, English |
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| 1985 | Social Adaptation to Semi-Arid Environments Chair: John A. Braeman, History |
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| 1984 | European Influences on the Visual Arts of the
Great Plains Chair: Jon Nelson, Curator, Great Plains Art Collection |
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| 1983 | Mapping the North American Plains Chair: Brian Blouet, Geography |
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| 1982 | Intersections: Studies
in the Canadian and American Great Plains Chair: Frances W. Kaye, English |
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| 1981 | American Pioneer Landscapes Co-Chairs: Brian Blouet, Geography, and Frederick C. Luebke, History |
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| 1980 | Man and Changing Environments in the Great Plains Chair: Warren Caldwell, Anthropology |
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| 1979 | The
Great Plains: Perspectives and Prospects, A Symposium on the
Future of the Plains Co-Chairs: Merlin Lawson, Geography, and Maurice E. Baker, Agricultural Economics |
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| 1978 | Ethnicity on the Great Plains Chair: Frederick C. Luebke, History |
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| 1977 | Cultural Heritage of the Plains Chair: Brian Blouet, Geography |
