Discover the rich history of political and social demonstrations in Oklahoma with the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities' upcoming exhibition, We Protest. This exhibition provides a unique insight into the different forms of civil disobedience, including protests, rallies, marches, and sit-ins, and how they have shaped our constitutional rights to free speech and peaceful assembly. […]
Cristina Cruz Gonzalez, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Art History, Oklahoma State University David D'Andrea, Professor of History, Oklahoma State University Autumn Bean, Art History GTA, Oklahoma State University. Brummett Echohawk: Art, Agency, and Archive This seminar will be led by key scholars involved with the Echohawk Project, an ongoing multidisciplinary research group that attempts to […]
Join us at the Helmerich Center for American Research for a Brown Bag Talk featuring Joel Zapata, Assistant Professor of History, Oregon State University. "Mexicans in the Oklahoma Plains" For centuries, Mexican people have significantly influenced the economy, infrastructure, and culture of the Southern Plains, including an Oklahoma portion of the 240,000 square mile region. […]
The Tulsa and University of Tulsa communities are invited to join TU's College of Law and Greenwood Rising for this annual event that commemorates the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. This year, we are pleased to have authors Richard Rothstein and Leah Rothstein speaking on their book "Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the […]
Note: This event takes place at Rudisill Regional Library TU faculty, staff and students join us in the Deep Greenwood Community reading. To coincide with the anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, this event will consist of a panel discussion about Greenwood’s future. The talk will focus less on policy and more on vision […]
Tiya Miles, the Michael Garvey Professor of History at Harvard University, will present a keynote address to highlight the launch of The University of Tulsa's new academic program, Historical Trauma & Transformation. The event is co-sponsored by the Tulsa Institute for Trauma, Adversity & Injustice, National Endowment for the Humanities, and John Hope Franklin Center […]
Join Kendall College for a lecture by Penn State University Associate Professor of Native American and American History Julie Reed, "May your search for knowledge bring you home: On Becoming a Cherokee Historian of Cherokee History." In this talk, Reed will discuss the evolution of her work as an ethnohistorian between the publication of her […]
Join Gilcrease Museum at Circle Cinema for a screening of Thomas Allen Harris’ “Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People.” Attendees will also hear from Don Thompson, photographer, former industrial engineer, educator and Greenwood documentarian, about the history of black identity through photography, and learn about the photograph of Willie […]
