Fall Semester 2008 Events

Environmental Humanities: Framing a Regional Dialogue

“Academia and Region, or Blind Men and the Elephant: Humanities Perspectives”
Fri. Sept. 26, 5-7 p.m.
Gallery Theatre panel

“Regional Environmental Humanities in the Susquehanna Valley—A Roundtable”
Sat. Sept. 27 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Arches Lounge discussion

John Protevi, French Department (geophilosophy and critical theory), Louisiana State University
Cynthia Radding, History Department (environmental history), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Evan Thompson, Philosophy Department (environmental phenomenology), University of Toronto

Three prominent humanities scholars present multidisciplinary approaches to the problem of region: How can universities develop substantive theoretical frameworks for study that relate a cultural region to an ecoregion, as in the Susquehanna Valley? Friday night’s panel features perspectives from the cutting-edge work of the visiting speakers, together with responses from Bucknell faculty; Saturday morning’s roundtable features a discussion including Bucknell staff and community leaders.

Thinking Like a Watershed: The Susquehanna Valley as Ecoregion

Tues. Oct. 28, 5-7 p.m.

Benjamin Hayes (Environmental Center)
Craig Kochel (Geology)
Matt McTammany (Biology) and guests.

Bucknell scientists and regional partners examine the Susquehanna Initiative’s
progress and prospects in involving human societies in the region today with
ecological restoration.

Living Traditions: Native Americans and the Susquehanna Valley

“The Conestoga Creek Massacre and its Significance”
Mon. Dec. 1, 5 p.m.

“The Susquehanna Valley’s Heritage Across a Continent: A Potawatomi Perspective”
Tues. Dec. 2, 5 p.m.

Jerry Lewis, Pottawatomi Citizens Nation

The Susquehanna Valley and its Confluence were focal points to cultures of the Eastern Woodlands Indians, which had a great influence on the Algonquin
Indians of the Great Lakes, Canada and the Plains who consider the Lenap Indians of this region the “ancestor tribe.” Jerry Lewis, a Potawatomi Citizens tribal historian and former research fellow at the D’Arcy McNickle Center for Indian Studies, comes to Bucknell to speak of the heritage of the Susquehanna Valley among Native Americans across North America: Both infamous massacres and living traditions of the Algonquin cultures.

100 Nations: Native Americans in the 21st Century

by Obaidullah Mamoon, Ongoing Photo Exhibit, Bertrand Library Level 2,
August – December 2008, opening reception Saturday, Sept. 13, Collaborative
Lounge, to 4:30-5:30 p.m.

This ongoing exhibit presents visual perspectives on the lives and traditions of American Indians today, including scenes from powwows in the Susquehanna Valley and from Indian cultures associated with Susquehanna Valley traditions.