When
ISIE 2025 Speaker Series | “Native American Ontologies at the World’s Columbian Exposition”
Speaker: Emily C. Burns
When: March 25 | 12 p.m. via Zoom
About the Lecture
Throughout the World’s Columbian Exposition in 1893, Native American “artifacts” were on display in multiple venues. While these exhibitionary contexts impose narratives of decline and assimilation and the fluid appropriation of Native American material culture by settler society, re-thinking material forms as animate and relational Belongings invites new interpretations about how Indigenous epistemologies inhere and communicate even within restrictive contexts.
A recording of the lecture will be available for registered participants for seven days following the event upon request to the email listed below.
About the Speaker
Emily C. Burns is Director of the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West and an Associate Professor of Art History at University of Oklahoma. Burns is a scholar of the transnational nineteenth century, with an interdisciplinary research practice that analyzes artists and works of art moving through space and between cultures, with a focus on relationships between U.S. and Native American artists, as well as dialogues between French, U.S., and Native American artists.
About ISIE
The Institute for the Study of International Expositions (ISIE) is a global interdisciplinary network of researchers exploring the design, promotion, reception, and impact of world’s fairs and expositions since 1851. Our members come from diverse fields, including architecture, science, diplomacy, art, and technology. We welcome scholars, historians, and enthusiasts to join us in uncovering the lasting influence of these international events.