Vanessa Agard-Jones to deliver American Ethnological Society key-note lecture

The department is proud to share the news that this year's keynote lecture for the American Ethnological Society will be delivered by our own Vanessa Agard-Jones. The lecture, entitled 'Ground Wars: Vegetality and the Undoing of the Plantation Form,' will be given at the annual meetings of the American Anthroplogy Association, on November 21. You can find out more about the event here. The text of the lecture is published in the Association's journal, American Ethnologist.

November 14, 2026