History
Indigenous Studies
Roast and Toast
Indigenous Historical Scholars! Let’s connect pre-NAISA Oklahoma! Join us to celebrate and critique the things about our disciplines that make us smile and the things that make us sigh. We’ll “Roast” and “Toast” Indigenous Studies and History prompted by their interesting, frustrating, challenging, and amusing quirks that Indigenous historical scholars experience when practicing within, across and between these disciplines.
When: June 25, 2025 (June 26, 2025, in Aotearoa)
Where: Online and at Copeland Hall, Native Nations Centre, University of Oklahoma
When: 1-4 pm
Light Snacks and Transportation from OMNI hotel to University of Oklahoma will be provided
The Indigenous historical collectives Shekon Neechie and Te Pouhere Kōrero are organizing this hybrid event (in-person and video conferencing) for June 25, 2025, in connection with the 2025 NAISA Conference. It is open to all Indigenous historical scholars including Indigenous faculty and Indigenous graduate students.
This is our third shared event since the pre-conference gathering at NAISA 2023 (Toronto). We are excited to reconvene in Oklahoma and initiate further conversation among Indigenous scholars especially on issues connected to disciplinarity that can become invisible to those working within disciplines, but highly visible to those outside of it. These issues help us to reflect on what matters to us as scholars and can help deepen critical reflection on why and where we work. Participants will receive guidelines on contributing to the event closer to the time.
We aim to attract a range of scholars at different career stages, from both sides of the border and across the Pacific Ocean. We’ll begin with a ‘lightning’ Roast and Toast round by senior Historians and Indigenous Studies scholars, followed by a discussion and response among the group. Smaller sessions will then follow, which will discuss tailored questions about methodological, personnel, and structural strengths and challenges to better articulate what works and doesn’t work in the gaps and overlaps among these areas of scholarly activity.
The in-person stream of the event will run from 1:00-4:00 pm at the Native Nations Centre, University of Oklahoma and the online event will begin at 1:30 pm Central Daylight Time (6:30 am on 26 June New Zealand Standard Time; 2:30pm Eastern Standard Time, 11:30 am Pacific Daylight Time and so on).
If you are interested in participating in person OR online, please register here.
If you have questions, please contact us at: indigenoushistoricalcollective@gmail.com