Events
Angie Debo, Kate Barnard, and "A Life on Fire"
March 30, 2023, 3:00-4:30 pm Peggy V. Helmerich Browsing Room, Edmon Low Library, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Please join the Center for Oklahoma Studies for a talk and book signing with author Connie Cronley. Her award-winning book, A Life on Fire: Oklahoma's…
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"Talking Black in America": film screening and discussion with Prof. Walt Wolfram
November 7, 2018, 6:00 pm Peggy V. Helmerich Browsing Room, OSU Library
Professor Wolfram will be screening and discussing his recent award-winning documentary on African-American Vernacular English, and campus and community…
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Show and Tell: Centering Modernism exhibit
November 1, 2018, 5:30 - 7:00 pm OSU Museum of Art
Know J. Jay McVicker or have an artwork by him? Share with exhibition curator Louise Siddons and other museum visitors. Throughout the exhibition, visitors…
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Mid-Century Modern Architecture in Oklahoma: The OSU Influence
October 29, 2018, 5:30 pm Donald W. Reynolds School of Architecture Building
Lynne Rostochil will kick off the opening reception for the exhibit "Oklahoma's Most Endangered Historic Places 2018" by presenting on OSU's impact…
(Read more)Oklahoma's Most Endangered Historic Places 2018
October 29 - November 9, 2018, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Donald W. Reynolds School of Architecture Building
Come get a glimpse into Oklahoma’s fading past with “Oklahoma’s Most Endangered Historic Places 2018.” This six-panel exhibit will be on display for…
(Read more)Reception: Centering Modernism
September 27, 2018, 5:00-7:00 pm OSU Museum of Art
Join the OSU Art Museum to celebrate the opening of Centering Modernism: J. Jay McVicker and Postwar American Art. When: Sept. 27, 2018, 5-7 pm RSVP: RSVP…
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Artists Panel Discussion: Oklahoma Modern
September 26, 2018, 6:00 pm OSU Museum of Art
Moderated by exhibition curator Louise Siddons, this discussion brings together Oklahoma artist colleagues of J. Jay McVicker to discuss their experiences…
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Centering Modernism: J. Jay McVicker and Postwar American Art
September 25, 2018 - January 19, 2019 OSU Museum of Art
This exhibition recovers the artistry of Jesse Jay McVicker (1911-2004), a mid-twentieth-century painter, printmaker, and sculptor on faculty at Oklahoma…
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Killers of the Flower Moon -- One Book, One Community
April 12, 2018 Gallagher-Iba Arena, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
The Center for Oklahoma Studies is proud to partner with the Stillwater Public Library and a broad range of community partners to bring programming…
(Read more)Justice for Jeantel (and Trayvon): Fighting Dialect Prejudice in Courtrooms and Beyond
February 1, 2018 Peggy V. Helmerich Browsing Room, Edmon Low Library
Professor John R. Rickford, the J.E. Wallace Sterling Professor of Linguistics and Humanities at Stanford University, will kick off African American…
(Read more)Author's talk and book signing with Rilla Askew
November 16, 2017, 5:00 pm Peggy V. Helmerich Browsing Room, Edmon Low Library
Author Rilla Askew discusses her book Most American: Notes from a Wounded Place. This talk is part of the Oklahoma Ovation series marking the anniversary…
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Dialects of English in Oklahoma
October 7, 2022, 12:30-1:30 pm Peggy V. Helmerich Browsing Room, Edmon Low Library, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Please join the Center for Oklahoma Studies on October 7th at 12:30 for its first event of the 2022-2023 academic year, and find out why our state sounds…
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Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame 2019, featuring inductee Teresa Miller
November 22, 2019, 7:00-9:00 pm OSU-Tulsa Auditorium, with reception at B.S. Roberts Room
On November 22nd at 7:00 pm the Center for Oklahoma Studies will be hosting the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame at OSU-Tulsa. This year’s inductee will…
(Read more)Warrior Women
April 20, 2021, 3:00-4:30 pm Virtual
Please join us on April 20, 2021 at 3:00 PM for a discussion of the film Warrior Women, with panelists Madonna Thunder Hawk, Beth Castle, and…
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