Advanced Research Seminar. “Indigenous Periodicals: A Print Media Anthology Project
Winter 2023/24
From the nineteenth century to the present, Indigenous periodicals have served as mediators for both complex decolonial translations, as well as an important archive documenting and representing Indigenous people and issues. Indigenousnewspapers, magazines, newsletters, and other periodic publications are vital sources for literary history and forms of Indigenous writing. This advanced research seminar evolves from a publication project (Nebraska University Press) that aims to anthologize and recover Indigenous periodicals with a focus on media history. It will offer a good selection of Indigenous periodicals together with digital archives producing a representative collection of Indigenous periodicals from their inception in the late 1820s to the present. The selection will be set in relation to understanding, theorizing, and reading these periodicals within the context of recent trends in Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS). Students will be invited to discuss Indigenous periodical and journalistic work alongside Indigenous webs of community and writing. They also participate in a publication project tied to the leading press in the field of NAIS and discuss topics with experts invited to this course.
Indigenous Print Cultures, Media, and Literatures. International Symposium in Mainz, Germany, July 06-09, 2022
Co-organized with the Humanities Research Center at Virginia Commonwealth University, Prof. Dr. Oliver Scheiding (JGU, Mainz) and Dr. Cristina Stanciu (VCU) hosted the symposium "Indigenous Print Cultures, Media, and Literatures" at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany. With a variety of speakers from all over the world (USA, Canada, New Zealand, France, and Germany, the symposium brought together experts in the field to discuss new work, current trends, and upcoming projects. We were happy to host the event in Germany, and we would like to extend our utmost gratitude to the organizers, the three keynote speakers (Mishuana Goeman, Gerald Vizenor (pre-recorded), and Beth Piatote (Zoom)), the speakers, chairs, and of course the guest who attended the conference as a whole or in part. Please find an outline of the program below, and click here to download a digital version of the conference program.
Program
Wednesday, July 6, 2022 (Atrium Maximum, Campus JGU)
16:00 Registration
17:00 Welcome Reception:
Opening remarks: Dr. Cristina Stanciu (VCU, co-organizer)
Greeting: Noenoe Silva (UH Manoa)
Vice President for Research and Innovation, VCU, Dr. P. Srirama Rao
Vice-Presidents for Research JGU, Prof. Dr. Stefan Müller-Stach
Director of the Obama Institute, Prof. Dr. Alfred Hornung
Concluding Remarks: Prof. Dr. Oliver Scheiding (JGU, co-organizer)
17:45 In-person Keynote Lecture
Chair: Mark Rifkin (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
Mishuana Goeman (Tonawanda Band of Seneca, Professor of Gender and American Indian Studies, University of California, Los Angele). “Carrying Our Ancestors Home: The Importance of Storytelling, Digital Projects, and Centering Tribal Voices”
18:30 Virtual Keynote Lecture
Gerald Vizenor (UC Berkeley, Emeritus), “Waiting for Wovoka: Scenes from a Novel of Good Cheer and Native Hand Puppet Parleys”
19:00 Reception (Atrium Maximum)
Thursday, July 7, 2022 (Venue: Helmholtz-Institute Mainz (HMI))
9:00-10:30 Session 1
Indigenous Print Cultures and Language
Chair: Jutta Ernst (U of Mainz)
Noenoe Silva (UH Manoa): “The Twentieth-Century Hawaiian-Language Newspapers”
Christopher Pexa (U of Minnesota). “‘Bringing the Language Together’: Ochéti Šakówiŋ Pasts and Futures in the Iapi Oaye (The Word Carrier) Newsletter”
Philip Round (U of Iowa): “The Role of Indigenous Languages in the Production of Native Texts/Periodicals at the End of the Nineteenth Century”
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Session 2
A Lasting Legacy of Periodicals and Politics
Chair: Mark Rifkin (UNC Greensboro)
Adam Spry (Emerson College), “The Demosthenes of White Earth: Theodore Beaulieu, The Progress, and the Recovery of an Indigenous Intellectual Tradition”
Jill Doerfler (U of Minnesota, Duluth), “‘A Few Honest Words’: Writing for the Anishinaabeg Today in the Twenty-first Century”
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:45-15:15 Session 3
Boarding School Publications
Chair: Cristina Stanciu (Virginia Commonwealth U) and Frank Newton (U of Mainz)
Lionel Larré (Université Bordeaux-Montaigne), “A Magazine not only About Indians, but Mainly byIndians: Native Representations in the Carlisle Publications at the Beginning of the 20th Century”
Frank Newton (U of Mainz), “Indigenous Dialogues: Early 20th Century Native American Discourse in Boarding School Publications”
Jane Griffith (Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada), “Nineteenth Century Printing Programs and Indian Boarding Schools: What Archival Newspapers Reveal About Settler Colonialism Today” (Zoom)
15:15-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-17:00 Session 4
Indigenous New Media and Literature
Chair: Philip Round (U of Iowa)
Bethany Hughes (U of Michigan), “Little Chahta News Bird: Biskinik and Twitter as Sovereign Spaces”
Dallas Hunt (U of British Columbia). “The Archive in Conflict: The Contours of Resource Extraction Literatures in Canada”
17:30-18:30 Keynote Lecture (Zoom)
Chair: Chadwick Allen (U of Washington)
Beth Piatote (UC Berkeley): “The Indigenous Archive and The Beadworkers: Stories“
19:15 Reception (City Hall, Mayor-Mainz)
Friday, July 8, 2022 (Venue: Helmholtz-Institute Mainz (HMI))
9:00-10:30 Session 5
Indigenous Writing, Rights, and Activism
Chair: Matt Bokovoy (U of Nebraska Press)
Cari M. Carpenter (West Virginia University), “‘What the Curious Want to Know’: Ora Eddleman Reed Advising Land Development and Rejecting Racial Stereotypes in Indian Territory”
Cristina Stanciu (Virginia Commonwealth U), “Gender and the Editors of the Indian Boarding School Press”
Miranda Johnson (U of Otago, New Zealand), “Indigenous Writing, Indigenous Rights: Activisms in the Post-War South Pacific”
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:30 Session 6
Progressive Era Indigenous Periodicals and Magazines
Chair: Frank Newton (Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz)
Jonathan Radocay (UC Davis), “California Indian Paper Routes: Winnemem Wintu Futures in Progressive-Era Periodicals”
René Dietrich (KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt), “Literary Sovereignty and the Politics of Indigenous Anthologies”
12:30-13:45 Lunch
14:00-15:30 Session 7
Indigenous Printscapes and Indigeneity
Chair: Oliver Scheiding (Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz)
Kathryn Walkiewicz (UC, San Diego), “Indigenous Printscapes: Media Culture in Late Nineteenth-Century Indian Territory”
Frank Kelderman (U of Louisville), “Children’s Pages, Indigenous Writing: Reframing Labor, Learning, and Leisure, 1880-1913”
Mark Rifkin (University of North Carolina at Greensboro), “Indians Gone ‘Wild’: The Politics of Ethnographic Form in Zitkala-Ša’s Stories”
15:30-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-17:30 Session 8
Project Presentations: Indigenous Modernities
Chair: Chris Andersen (U of Alberta)
Kirby Brown (U of Oregon, Eugene), Co-editor of the Routledge Handbook to North American Indigenous Modernisms (2022)
Oliver Scheiding (U of Mainz), Editor of Anthology Project: “Indigenous Periodicals: American Indian Newspapers and Magazines, 1880-1930”
Chadwick Allen (U of Washington, Seattle), “Canoeing the Whale: Fred Graham’s Te Waiata o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwaat the Burke Museum(s)”
19:00-23:00 Dinner at “Strausswirtschaft Peter Dohm, Mainz” (Vinery Peter Dohm). Local transportation will be provided. http://winzerfamilie-peter-dhom.de
Saturday, July 9, 2022 (Venue: Faculty Room, Philosophicum I)
10:00-11:00: Roundtable
Chadwick Allen, Cari Carpenter, Mishuana Goeman, Mark Rifkin, Philip Round, Oliver Scheiding
Graduate Seminar: Native American Periodicals and Indigenous Non-Fiction Writing, 1890-1920
Summer 2020
The graduate seminar "Native American Periodicals and Indigenous Non-Fiction Writing, 1890-1920" is taught by Prof. Dr. Oliver Scheiding this summer term. With the focus on indigenous studies and marginalized ethnic literary products, Native North American Native archives have experienced a great amount of attention in recent years. As such, nineteenth and twentieth century works of Native American literature are receiving more attention in scholarly work. Especially the literary form of the periodical is being considered as ist own genre, requiring a close look not only at individual publications but also at a broader range of publications. This Seminar will explore not only the circulation of These periodicals within the context of periodical studies, but aims to put the periodical itself at the forefront of research.
Workshop: Native American Periodicals
February 11, 2020
Transnational Periodical Cultures, Workshop VIII
The international workshop "Native American Periodicals", organized by Frank Newton, was held on February 11, 2020 at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz. The workshop sought to bring together international scholars with a particular interest in Native American periodicals, presenting current findings, theoretical approaches, and new perspectives from different scholarly fields. Dr. Cristina Stanciu (Virgina Commonwealth Universtiy) gave an insight into the cultural work of the Society of American Indians between 1911 and 1923, highlighting what might be considered indigenous modernities. Dr. Cora Bender (Universität Siegen) introduced and discussed perspectives from media anthropology, focusing on Native American print media and sovereignity. René Dietrich (JGU Mainz) drew attention to the contemporary media form Podcast and other current forms of Native journalism, while Frank Newton (JGU Mainz) gave an insight into genre and indigeneity of Native American periodicals at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Transnational Periodical Cultures: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
January 29-31, 2020
The conference "Transnational Periodical Cultures: Interdisciplinary Perspectives took place January 29-31, 20202 at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz. Over the course of three days, a variety of international scholars and experts gave insights into their dealings with periodicals and periodical studies. Apart from excellent scholarly contributions from a wide range of fields (among them book studies, American studies, German studies), professionals in text design and layout, editors, publishers and contributors shared their expertise in regards to interdisciplinary transnational periodical cultures. The quantity of different perspectives was complemented by the in-depth quality of each panel and individual presentation, drawing attention not only to specific approaches within discipilnes, but pointing out the added value of synthesizing theories and methodologies to further an understanding of periodical studies in a transnational and interdisciplinary context.
Graduate Seminar: Native American Periodicals and Indigenous Non-Fiction Writing, 1890-1920
Summer 2020
The graduate seminar "Native American Periodicals and Indigenous Non-Fiction Writing, 1890-1920" is taught by Prof. Dr. Oliver Scheiding this summer term. With the focus on indigenous studies and marginalized ethnic literary products, Native North American Native archives have experienced a great amount of attention in recent years. As such, nineteenth and twentieth century works of Native American literature are receiving more attention in scholarly work. Especially the literary form of the periodical is being considered as ist own genre, requiring a close look not only at individual publications but also at a broader range of publications. This Seminar will explore not only the circulation of These periodicals within the context of periodical studies, but aims to put the periodical itself at the forefront of research.
Workshop: Native American Periodicals
February 11, 2020
Transnational Periodical Cultures, Workshop VIII
The international workshop "Native American Periodicals", organized by Frank Newton, was held on February 11, 2020 at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz. The workshop sought to bring together international scholars with a particular interest in Native American periodicals, presenting current findings, theoretical approaches, and new perspectives from different scholarly fields. Dr. Cristina Stanciu (Virgina Commonwealth Universtiy) gave an insight into the cultural work of the Society of American Indians between 1911 and 1923, highlighting what might be considered indigenous modernities. Dr. Cora Bender (Universität Siegen) introduced and discussed perspectives from media anthropology, focusing on Native American print media and sovereignity. René Dietrich (JGU Mainz) drew attention to the contemporary media form Podcast and other current forms of Native journalism, while Frank Newton (JGU Mainz) gave an insight into genre and indigeneity of Native American periodicals at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Transnational Periodical Cultures: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
January 29-31, 2020
The conference "Transnational Periodical Cultures: Interdisciplinary Perspectives took place January 29-31, 20202 at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz. Over the course of three days, a variety of international scholars and experts gave insights into their dealings with periodicals and periodical studies. Apart from excellent scholarly contributions from a wide range of fields (among them book studies, American studies, German studies), professionals in text design and layout, editors, publishers and contributors shared their expertise in regards to interdisciplinary transnational periodical cultures. The quantity of different perspectives was complemented by the in-depth quality of each panel and individual presentation, drawing attention not only to specific approaches within discipilnes, but pointing out the added value of synthesizing theories and methodologies to further an understanding of periodical studies in a transnational and interdisciplinary context.