Does American pluralism also require a single-minded embrace of the idea of the liberal rights-bearing subject, or could we also imagine a pluralism built around political collectivities?  It turns out that United States history has resources for considering group-based pluralism, in the form of American Indian nations.  An imaginative return to the first formal American treaty points directly to the key elements in what we might read as an Indigenous Constitution, hiding in plain sight within the U.S. Constitution.

Dr. Philip Deloria, the Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History at Harvard University, gave this virtual lecture on Thursday, November 18th, 2021 from 4-5:30pm. 

This event was free and open to the public. 

Philip J. Deloria is the Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History at Harvard University, where his research and teaching focus on the social, cultural and political histories of the relations among American Indian peoples and the United States.  He is the author of several books, including Playing Indian (Yale University Press, 1998), Indians in Unexpected Places (University Press of Kansas, 2004), American Studies: A User’s Guide (University of California Press, 2017), with Alexander Olson, and Becoming Mary Sully: Toward an American Indian Abstract (University of Washington Press, 2019), as well as two co-edited books and numerous articles and chapters.  Deloria received the Ph.D. in American Studies from Yale University in 1994, taught at the University of Colorado, and then, from 2001 to 2017, at the University of Michigan, before joining the faculty at Harvard in January 2018.  

Deloria is a trustee of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian.  He is former president of the American Studies Association, an elected member of the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the recipient of numerous prizes and recognitions, and serves as president of the Organization of American Historians in 2022. 

This event was made possible by the Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA), the Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies (CNAIS), and the Doctoral Consortium for the Literatures and Languages.

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In recognition of , the largest literary celebration in the world, the Center for Humanities & the Arts (CHA) has put together a "Poem of the Day" project highlighting a new poet every day on . 

Our intentions with this project are to share a new poet and poem every day, spotlighting CU Boulder faculty, students, and alumni and their work as frequently as possible. We aim create connections with the Boulder community and beyond through poetry.

Below, you can find an archive of the poems shared each day in April 2021.

Poem a Day Archive, 2021

April 1st: "" by (read by Dani Urbina, CHA Student Assistant)
April 2nd: "" by  (via The Rumpus)
*April 3rd: "" by Julie Carr (via the Colorado Poets Center)
***April 4th: "" by (via the American Poetry Review)
April 5th: "" by (via Terrain.org)
April 6th: "" by (via the Poetry Foundation)
April 7th: "" by (via the Poetry Foundation)
**April 8th: "" by (via the Jellyfish Review)
*April 9th: "" by (via the Poetry Foundation)
April 10th & 11th: "" by (via the Poetry Foundation)
April 12th: "" by (via the Poetry Foundation)
April 13th: "" by (via poets.org)
April 14th: "" by (via poets.org)
April 15th:  "" by (via the Poetry Foundation)
*April 16th: "" by Ruth Ellen Kocher (via poets.org)
*April 17th & 18th: "" by Jessica Lawson (via Pulpmouth.net)
April 19th: "" by (via poets.org)
April 20th: "" by (via the Poetry Foundation)
April 21st: "" by (via poets.org)
April 22nd: "" by  (via poets.org)
April 23rd: "" by (Read by *Erika Randall, Associate Professor and Chair of CU Boulder Theatre & Dance)
April 24th & 25th: "" by (via the Poetry Foundation)
April 26th: "" by (via poets.org)
*April 27th: "" by (via poets.org)
***April 28th: "" by  (via BREAKWATER REVIEW)
April 29th: "" by  (via ScienceMag.org)

* The asterisk designates CU Boulder faculty or instructors.
**The double asterisk designates CU Boulder student.
***The triple asterisk designates CU Boulder alumni. 

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Citizenship, its definitions, and its obligations has been very much in the news lately. 

After watching the Inauguration, please join us for a panel discussion on citizenship on Wednesday, January 20th at 12pm noon MT. The panel features experts on the history, law, and ongoing meaning of citizenship in the United States.

We'll meet on Zoom at .  

Many thanks to our sponsors: CHA, the History Department, and the Law School's Immigration and Citizenship Law Program.

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