A new agreement has expanded the publishing relationship between UNL’s Center for Great Plains Studies and the University of Nebraska Press. Under the terms of the deal, the NU Press will assume responsibility for production, marketing and subscription services for the Center for Great Plains’ flagship journals, “Great Plains Quarterly” and “Great Plains Research.” For […]
The Cooper Foundation has awarded grants to two UNL units. The awards were among 19 grants totaling $245,021 approved during the foundation’s March meeting. The Center for Great Plains Studies received $15,000 for the symposium “1862 and the Making of the Great Plains.” The symposium will be hosted by the Center for Great Plains Studies […]
History, politics and personal narratives on immigration will be the focus of an upcoming symposium that will feature local and national scholars and writers. On March 4 the Center for Great Plains Studies will host its 37th interdisciplinary symposium, “Diverse Faces, Shared Histories: Immigrants on the Great Plains.” All presentations will be in the Great […]
In 1862, four landmark pieces of federal legislation were passed that fundamentally shaped the society and culture of the Great Plains as we know it today. Those pieces of legislation — the Homestead Act, the Morrill Act, the Pacific Railroad Act, and the act that established the U.S. Department of Agriculture — will be recognized […]
The Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will host a reading by writers and an exhibit by photographers whose work appears in Volume 12 of Plains Song Review at 7 p.m. April 21 at the Great Plains Art Museum. The event will feature readings by authors whose work is published in […]
“Czech and Slovak Americans: International Perspectives from the Great Plains,” is the theme for the 36th international conference hosted and sponsored by the Center for Great Plains Studies at UNL. The conference April 7-9 at the Great Plains Art Museum and the Nebraska Union will examine Czech and Slovak immigrants and their descendants in the […]
The Center for Great Plains Studies has announced the finalists for this year’s Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize. The winner of the $5,000 cash prize will be announced May 5. The winning author will be invited to UNL to present a lecture on the book topic. For more information, go to www.unl.edu/plains or call 472-3082. […]
Great Plains Quarterly, an academic journal published by the Center for Great Plains Studies, kicks off 30 years of continuous publication with its newly released winter issue. The interdisciplinary journal presents an eclectic range of research related to the Great Plains. Articles in the winter edition include accounts about the Battle of Platte Bridge, the […]
The mass immigration to the Great Plains that occurred between the U.S. Civil War and World War I might be best understood in the international context that emerged in the 1860s out of four large wars. That context will be the subject of the next Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies March 10 […]
UNL climatologist Ken Dewey will discuss “Searching for a Climate Change Signal Amidst the Noise of Climate Variability” in the Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 17 in the Great Plains Art Museum, Hewit Place. The seminar and a 3 p.m. reception in the museum are free and open […]
