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SUMMARY:Many Wests Book Series with Dr. Traci Brynne Voyles
DESCRIPTION:\nThe Richards Center and \;Dr. Christina Snyder\, McCab
e Greer Professor in the American Civil War Era\, will host the second a
nnual \;Many Wests \;manuscript workshop on March 21 and 22 at t
he Nittany Lion Inn. This workshop is part of the \;Many Wests \
;book series \;published by the University of Nebraska Press. The se
ries publishes works on \;environmental\, indigenous\, borderlands\,
gender\, social\, public\, and legal history of the American West. Dr.
Snyder serves as one of the editors of the series.\n\nThis year&rsquo\;s
workshop features \;Traci Brynne Voyles\, Associate Professor and C
hair of Women&rsquo\;s and Gender Studies at Loyal Marymount University.
She will deliver a public talk\, \;Bound for the Sky: California&rs
quo\;s Salton Sea\, Settler Colonialism\, and New Environmental Historie
s of Disaster \;on \;Thursday\, March 21\, 4:00 p.m.\, \;in
the Nittany Lion Inn&rsquo\;s Boardroom I. The talk will offer a unique
perspective on the consequences of environmental disasters. It \;exp
lores the accidental creation of southern California&rsquo\;s Salton Sea
over 100 years ago\, which ultimately enabled agricultural development
in the region. Dr. Voyles will examine how settler colonial and white su
premacist power structures turned this environmental calamity to profit.
A workshop for Dr. Voyles&rsquo\;s book manuscript will follow on \
;Friday\, March 22.\n\nFor more information\, or to register for the eve
nt\, please contact the Richards Center at \;RichardsCenter@psu.edu.
Attendees must register by \;March 13.\n\nFor more details: https:/
/events.la.psu.edu/event/many_wests_book_series_with_dr_traci_brynne_voy
les/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Richards Ce
nter and Dr. Christina Snyder, McCabe Greer Professor in the Americ
an Civil War Era, will host the second annual Many Wests manuscript workshop on March 21 and 22 at the Nittany Lion Inn. This w
orkshop is part of the Many Wests book series
published by the University of Nebraska Press. The series p
ublishes works on environmental, indigenous, borderlands, gender, s
ocial, public, and legal history of the American West. Dr. Snyder serves
as one of the editors of the series.
This year’s workshop f
eatures Traci Brynne Voyles, Associate Pr
ofessor and Chair of Women’s and Gender Studies at Loyal Marymount
University. She will deliver a public talk, Bound for the Sky:
California’s Salton Sea, Settler Colonialism, and New Environmenta
l Histories of Disaster on Thursday, March 21, 4:00 p.m.,&
nbsp;in the Nittany Lion Inn’s Boardroom I. The talk will offer a
unique perspective on the consequences of environmental disasters. It&nb
sp;explores the accidental creation of southern California’s Salto
n Sea over 100 years ago, which ultimately enabled agricultural developm
ent in the region. Dr. Voyles will examine how settler colonial and whit
e supremacist power structures turned this environmental calamity to pro
fit. A workshop for Dr. Voyles’s book manuscript will follow on&nb
sp;Friday, March 22.
For more information, or to register for the
event, please contact the Richards Center at RichardsCenter@psu.edu. Attendees
must register by March 13.
For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/many_wests_book_series_with
_dr_traci_brynne_voyles/
URL:https://richardscenter.la.psu.edu/news-events/many-wests-book-series-wit
h-dr-traci-brynne-voyles
LOCATION:The Boardroom, The Nittany Lion Inn
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