Events

Institute of Historical Research Seminar: ‘Treaties and Cultural Connections’

By Professor Joy Porter and Professor Charles Prior IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London | 12 December 2024 | 5.30–7pm 2024 marks the 260th anniversary of a … Read more

Historical Association Webinar: “Histories of Indigenous peoples of North America”

By Professor Joy Porter Online | 3 December 2024 | 4–5pm Any study of the intercultural relationships between the Indigenous peoples of North America and … Read more

Leverhulme Lecture: Wiitkaamaaganak – Adoption and the Resurgence of Anishinaabe Citizenship Orders

By Leverhulme Visiting Professor Damien Lee Alan Walters Building G03 (LT1) The Business School, University of Birmingham / Online | 27 November 2024 | 4–6pm … Read more
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Leverhulme Talk: Adoption and Indigenous Citizenship Laws in Canada

By Leverhulme Visiting Professor Damien Lee American Museum & Gardens, Bath | 8 October 2024 | 2–3pm This free talk at the American Museum & … Read more

“Language and Intangible Cultural Heritage”, 14 June 2024, Dryden Enterprise Centre, Nottingham Trent University City Campus 

14 June 2024| Lounge, Dryden Enterprise Centre, NTU City Campus  Natalie Braber and Nicola McLelland are pleased to invite you to their upcoming event. The UK is currently … Read more

Roundtable discussion “Intellectual property law, artificial intelligence technologies and intangible heritage inventorying in the United Kingdom”, 3 June 2024, Online

3 June 2024| Online This roundtable, organized by the University of Hull, brings together about 35 experts from different backgrounds and disciplines to discuss the implications … Read more

Research Environment, Interdisciplinarity and Funding: Setting the Agenda, School of Humanities, University of Hull (3 May 2024)

Join us on 3 May at 10 am in Larkin LT C where Professor Jane Ohlmeyer (Trinity College Dublin) will be in conversation with Professor … Read more

The Historical Association Annual Conference 2024 @ Birmingham (10-11 May 2024)

“Indigenising the curriculum: engaging with indigenous histories“ Joy Porter and Malet Lambert History Subject Lead Nicole Ridley will discuss TSRG’s Knowledge Exchange work with AQA … Read more

British Academy Global Professorship Summative Event: “Water Futures: Historical Perspectives from Indigenous Ecological Knowledge”, 12 July 2024, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, in person.

12 July 2024| Ashmolean Museum (University of Oxford) British Academy Global Professor Gregory D. Smithers hosts an end-of-project in person symposium on July 12, 2024, at the Ashmolean Museum, University … Read more

“Indigenous Peoples, Traditional Knowledge, and Intellectual Property in International Law” @ Harvard (15 February 2024)

“TEK and Legal Incommensurability” Joy Porter has been invited to speak at the “Indigenous Peoples, Traditional Knowledge, and Intellectual Property in International Law” conference to … Read more

Connected Nations: Indigenous Rights and the Royal Proclamation of 1763

6-7 October 2023 | Queen’s University (Kingston) ‘Connected Nations’ marked the 260th anniversary of the Royal Proclamation of 1763, a document with a complex place … Read more

Resilience and reconstruction: Histories of the present @ Copenhagen (30 Nov – 1 Dec 2023)

Contemplating Post-Traumatic Futures: Indigenous History, Eco-Trauma, and Traumas of Technological Change (30 November to 1 December 2023) Joy Porter has been invited to speak at the … Read more

Handling the Black Box: How will We Protect and Learn from Indigenous Traditional Knowledge in the Age of Machine Learning? @ Oxford (18 September 2023)

Handling the Black Box: How will We Protect and Learn from Indigenous Traditional Knowledge in the Age of Machine Learning? Joy Porter delivered the opening … Read more

Stewardship, Communitarianism and (Intellectual) Property: The Philosophical Foundations of Traditional Knowledge Protection @ Harvard (14 April 2023)

Stewardship, Communitarianism and (Intellectual) Property: The Philosophical Foundations of Traditional Knowledge Protection Joy Porter has been invited to attend a seminar on Stewardship, Communitarianism and … Read more

The Legacies of James Pilling’s Bibliography of the Languages of the North American Indians in the Library (online, 23 March 2023)

‘The Legacies of James Pilling’s Bibliography of the Languages of the North American Indians in the Library‘ (online event). TSRG-British Library-AHRC CDA candidate Rebecca Slatcher will present … Read more

Sustainability in the Space Industry – rethinking ‘impact’ @ Cambridge (8 February 2023)

Sustainability in the Space Industry – rethinking ‘impact’ (in-person event) Abstract National and corporate interest in space has increased drastically in the past decade, and the … Read more

How Sustainable Is American Farming and Can Indigenous Agroecology Solve Its Key Challenges? @ UCL (14 November 2022)

‘How Sustainable Is American Farming and Can Indigenous Agroecology Solve Its Key Challenges?‘ (in-person event) Abstract Almost 10 billion people are predicted to exist on … Read more
The Treaty of Penn with the Indians by Benjamin West. Public Domain.

Discovering Britain through discourses of indigeneity @ Cambridge (online 9 November 2022)

‘Discovering Britain through discourses of indigeneity II: British Empire and colonialism’ (online) Abstract British history is rife with change; ethnic, social and linguistic shifts have … Read more

Lunar Ambassadors: British Perceptions of Moon Samples @ NASA & Georgetown (30 September 2022)

‘Lunar Ambassadors: British Perceptions of Moon Samples from NASA and the USSR’ (hybrid online/in-person event) This event is now over. View the recording below: Event … Read more

New Approaches to Material Culture in Historic Houses (9 June 2022)

‘New Approaches to Material Culture in Historic Houses: Miskito Indigenous Cultures, Mahogany and Environmental Futures‘ (online seminar via Zoom) Joy Porter and TSRG PhD Hannah … Read more

Cultures of Indigenous Diplomacy – A Digital Conference (19 May 2022)

This event is now over. A playlist of the presentations are available to view below: Title image by Linda Roy, featuring detail from Material Kwe … Read more
Map of Red River Gorge, United States

Britons in Iroquoia

Watch Charles Prior’s talk on ‘Britons in Iroquoia’, which was part of ‘Global Georgians: Transnational Interactions with the British Monarchy’, a roundtable hosted by our … Read more
Coconino National Forest, Sedona, United States

Wildness and Indigenous American Futures – Alan Graham Memorial Lecture (29 April 2022)

‘Wildness and Indigenous American Futures‘ – the Alan Graham Memorial Lecture 2022 (online event) This event is now over. A recording of the lecture can … Read more

Indigenous Environmental History and Its Relevance to Future Prosperity – Joy Porter’s Director Seminar @ UCL (10 March 2022)

‘Indigenous Environmental History and Its Relevance to Future Prosperity’ (hybrid online/in-person event) This event is now over. View the recording below: