Oliver Baker Chosen for Newberry Library Summer Seminar

Oliver Baker been chosen to attend the "Competing Narratives: Native American and Indigenous Studies Across Disciplines NCAIS" Summer Institute from July 8 through Aug 2.

This four week summer institute will compare competing narratives as they relate to indigenous studies.The seminar will address the theoretical models produced by various disciplines in the humanities and social sciences in order to engage in comparative analyses. Students from across academic disciplines will engage works of autobiography, literature, history, anthropology, and visual studies among others. Our work will also allow participants to become familiar with the extraordinary resources of the Newberry Library.

The seminar will be led by Prof. Erin Debenport, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico and Dr. Scott Stevens, Director, D’Arcy McNickle Center.