The History of Violence, the Violence of History: Dilemmas and Challenges in Writing the History of Native American Genocide

Native American and Indigenous Student Interest Group (NAISIG) is bringing Professor of History at Columbia University Karl Jacoby to campus for a graduate student workshop and a public lecture for the UM community. Jacoby is author of several monographs, such as the 2001 Crimes Against Nature: Squatters, Poachers, Thieves and the Hidden History of American Conservation, then 2008’s Shadows at Dawn: A Borderlands Massacre and the Violence of History. Just recently, he published his third monograph, 2016 The Strange Career of William Ellis: The Texas Slave Who Became a Mexican Millionaire. He will be presenting on his current work, working on the violence of history and race. His lecture is titled, “The History of Violence, the Violence of History: Dilemmas and Challenges in Writing the History of Native American Genocide.” This very relevant and engaging lecture will comment on the state of/in indigenous history and its stakes for cross-ethnic studies.

Additional sponsors that don't have a tag: U-M Bicentennial; RIW Border Collective; Martin Luther King, Jr.•César Chávez•Rosa Parks Visiting Professors Program