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Thinking More Widely About Sustainability in Space @ Cambridge (22 February 2023)
‘Thinking More Widely About Sustainability in Space‘ (hybrid event) Abstract National and corporate interest in space has increased drastically in the past decade, and the space economy is expected to…
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 Earth by 2050—that is about…
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 indelibly marked its present day….
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 Details Matthias Wong gave this…
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 Cusworth will be presenting a…
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 by Dr Celeste Pedri-Spade.
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 friends at the Georgian Papers…
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 be viewed below:
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:
Podcasts & Media
Treatied Spaces broadcasts on a range of environmental and Indigenous topics
Indigenous Matrilineal Communities
Indigenous Peruvian scholar Dr Mariaelena Huambachano (Quechua, Syracuse University) and Joy Porter spoke on BBC Women’s Hour about Matrilineal Communities on 27 August 2022.
Indigenous naming practices
Joy Porter spoke with BBC Radio Bristol’s John Darvall about Indigenous naming practices, on 12 July 2022.
Pocahontas and Pop Media
Joy Porter spoke to Stig Abell about the story of Pocahontas, on Times Radio Breakfast on 5 April 2022.
Pekka Hämäläinen, Can Colonial Nations Truly Recognise the Sovereignty of Native People? (Aeon) Pekka Hämäläinen, The Pipe Holds Them All Together (Lapham’s Quarterly) Joy Porter, Oscar first for Native American…
Scotland and Native America
Joy Porter appeared on BBC Radio Scotland as part of a special feature on connections between Scotland and Native America. Airdate: 26 January 2020. A report on her comments appeared…
Black Lives Matter
Greg Smithers (British Academy Global Professor) with text and photographs on The Power of Empty Pedastals, and providing a range of commentary on race and product branding in The New…
Mount Rushmore
Joy Porter appeared on the BBC News Channel to provide commentary on President Trump’s speech at Mount Rushmore on 3 July 2020.
Racism and Advertising
British Academy Global Professor Greg Smithers contributed to a Bloomberg Quicktake, ‘Behind the Design’ that explores how racial prejudice is built into the design of tech products and algorithms.
New Books Network
Charles Prior commissions and hosts author interview podcasts on the New Books Network. Pitch an interview. Featured episode
Trauma, Primitivism and the First World War: Frank Prewett
Joy Porter published her new book Trauma, Primitivism and the First World War: The Making of Frank Prewett with Bloomsbury Academic in 2021. Book Launch hosted by the Eccles Centre…