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Audra Simpson | Savage States: Settler Governance in an Age of Sorrow

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March 20, 2019
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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Sty-Wet Great Hall, University of British Columbia

The UBC Department of History is pleased to invite you to this year’s 9th Annual Burge Lecture “Savage States: Settler Governance in an Age of Sorrow” with guest lecturer Dr. Audra Simpson, Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University.

Organized by the UBC History Graduate Student Association, the Burge Lecture is an annual endowed lecture made possible by a generous donation from UBC alumnus William Burge. The Burge Lecture series provides students, faculty, alumni and community members the opportunity to connect with historians and scholars engaged in exciting research.

The 2019 Burge Lecture is featuring Audra Simpson (Department of Anthropology) from Columbia University on March 20th at 5pm at Sty-Wet-Tan Hall, UBC Longhouse.

This year’s Burge Lecture is co-sponsored by the First Nations and Indigenous Studies Program, Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies at UBC.

(Source: University of British Columbia)