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02/8/2012
1862 Great Sioux Uprising is topic of Feb. 15 Olson Seminar
The Great Sioux Uprising, also known as the U.S.-Dakota War, is often considered the first of the Plains Indians Wars, said Hugh Reilly, associate professor in the School of Communication at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. … 		02/15/2012
03/29/2012
1862 Morrill Act is topic of April 11 Olson Seminar
"Reflections on the Morrill Act and the Man for Whom It's Named," is the title of the April Olson Seminar at the Center for Great Plains Studies. F. Edwin Harvey, director of the Justin Smith Morrill Scholar… 		04/11/2012
04/5/2007
1875 English author's take on Nebraska is April 18 Olson seminar topic
In 1875, English author Edwin Curley published a book, "Nebraska: Its Advantages, Resources, and Drawbacks," which detailed his impressions of the eight-year-old state. The book will be the topic of the spring semester's final Paul A. Olson Seminar i… 		04/18/2007
03/12/2012
19th-century Fort Peck Assiniboine topic of March 14 Olson Seminar
"Nineteenth-Century Fort Peck Assiniboine Cultural Persistence," is the title of the March Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies. Dennis J. Smith, associate professor of History and Native American s… 		03/14/2012
02/15/2007
19th-century social history scholar to speak Feb. 20
Helen Horowitz, a visiting scholar from Smith College and expert on 19th-century social history, will lecture and participate in a panel discussion Feb. 20 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Horowitz's featured talk, "The Flash Press in the 1840s… 		02/20/2007
10/9/2015
2015-16 Heuermann series to kick off with Buffetts
How every person can play an important role in solutions to local, national and global challenges will be the focus of the first Heuermann series event of the 2015-16 season on Oct. 21. Howard G. Buffett and Howard W. Buffett will take part in a dis… 		10/21/2015
01/27/2016
2016 Great Plains Symposium to explore life of Neihardt
Though he is best known for his book "Black Elk Speaks," Nebraska poet laureate in perpetuity John G. Neihardt was the author of scores of other poems, stories and essays about the Great Plains, science, spirituality, Native people and the settlement… 		02/10/2016
09/21/2004
2nd lecture in Kansas-Nebraska Act sesquicentennial series is Oct. 4
The second in a series of four lectures celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Kansas-Nebraska Act will examine why Nebraska was so much more peaceful than Kansas in the aftermath of the act's passage. In "Where Popular Sovereignty Worked: The Kans… 		10/4/2004
08/10/2006
3 to receive military commissions in Aug. 12 ceremony
Three University of Nebraska-Lincoln students who have participated in the Reserve Officer Training Corps at UNL are scheduled to receive commissions in the U.S. Army and Navy on Aug. 12. Following UNL commencement exercises, a joint commissioning ce… 		08/12/2006
10/3/2007
Academic freedom and homeland security lecture at UNL Oct. 11
Barbara Weinstein, history professor at New York University and president of the American Historical Association, will give the sixth annual Carroll R. Pauley Memorial Lecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Oct. 11. Sponsored by the UNL Depart… 		10/11/2007
03/24/2011
ACLU president to discuss national security issues March 31 at Law College
National security issues and their interplay with the court systems, such as surveillance, detainment of alleged terrorists in Guantanamo, and extraordinary rendition victims, will be the subject of the Winthrop and Frances Lane Foundation Lecture on… 		03/31/2011
02/6/2014
Activist Wu to address U.S./China relations in 21st century
The University Program Council at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will present "In the Mouth of the Dragon: U.S./China Relations in the 21st Century" with human rights activist Harry Wu on Feb. 10. Wu wil… 		02/10/2014
10/2/2009
Additional viewing for Obama adviser Axelrod at UNL Oct. 9
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 2, 2009 -- Additional locations have been organized to allow overflow viewing of the Oct. 9 lecture by David Axelrod, senior adviser to President Barack Obama, at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Axelrod will speak at 6 p.m. a… 		10/9/2009
02/22/2005
Afghan author Farooka Gauhari to speak March 2 at UNL
The University Program Council at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will sponsor a lecture, reception and book signing with Afghan author Farooka Gauhari March 2 at the Nebraska Union, 1400 R St. The lecture begins at 7:30 p.m. in the Centennial Roo… 		03/2/2005
02/24/2009
Afghanistan expert Chayes is next Thompson Forum speaker at UNL
Sarah Chayes, a former National Public Radio reporter, will give the next E. N. Thompson Forum lecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her talk, "Notes from Afghanistan," will be at 7 p.m. March 4 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N.… 		03/4/2009
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