ZOLTÁN GROSSMAN Faculty member in Geography and Native American Studies, The Evergreen State College Lab 1, Room 3012, 2700 Evergreen Pkwy. NW, Olympia, WA 98505 USA grossmaz@evergreen.edu Tel. (360) 867-6153

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SELECTED PRESENTATIONS / WORKSHOPS / COURSES

 

2013

 

Asserting Native Resilience: Pacific Rim Indigenous Nations Face the Climate Crisis

at Association of American Geographers (AAG) in Los Angeles (2013) and
TEDx Evergreen talk (video) on Asserting Native Resilience book (2012)

 

 

The Resilience Doctrine at Association of American Geographers (AAG) in Los Angeles (2013)

The Global War on Tribes, at Association of American Geographers (AAG) in Los Angeles (2013),

and Middle East Film Festival, The Evergreen State College (2010)

Shipping: The Achilles Heel of the Fossil Fuel Monster, to Olympia Confronting the Climate Crisis, and classes at The Evergreen State College

2012 

Climate Change and Pacific Rim Indigenous Nations

PowerPoint at Association of American Geographers (AAG) in San Francisco (2007),

Tribal Water Rights Conference (Squaxin Island WA 2007),

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians climate change conference (Seattle 2008),

Native Peoples/Native Homelands II (Shakopee MN 2009),

Coast Salish Climate Change Summit (Tulalip WA 2010),

Associated Tribes of Northwest Indians traditional knowledge workshop (Seattle 2011),

Coast Salish Gathering (Cowichan BC 2012).

New U.S. Military Bases: Side Effects or Causes of War?

on new base clusters from Iraq, Somali, Yugoslav and Afghan wars.

Geography Graduate Student Symposium, U.W.-Madison

Video of Seattle FoR presentation (2012) Pacifica radio interview (2003)

Veterans for Peace Hour on Thurston County TV (2009)

Newspaper quotes (2006) Translation in Portuguese

Blood and Borders: Tradition and Transformation in Central Europe:

Evergreen class lectures on Mapping Empires, Cold War/post-1989 Geopolitics

Soviet Bloc Environment & Economy, GDR Dissent, National Question,

Yugoslav Wars, Fascist Movements

2011

Militarized and Globalized Landscapes in Panama since the U.S. Withdrawal.

PowerPoint at Association of American Geographers (AAG) annual meeting in Seattle.

Angel Island: Layers of Empire in San Francisco Bay

to A People's Geography of American Empire program, The Evergreen State College.

2010

 

"Who's the Illegal Alien, Pilgrim?":

Intersections between Indigenous and Immigrant Geographies

PowerPoint at Association of American Geographers (AAG)

annual meeting in Washington DC, and the Native American and

Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) conference in Tucson AZ

Presentation text

Report on Tucson protests

 

 

Afghanistan: the Roach Motel of Empires, PowerPoint at

The Evergreen State College teach-in.

 

Colonial/Corporate and Community-based Solutions to the Climate Crisis,

PowerPoint at Traditions and People's Assembly (Olympia),

EcoNvergence conference (Portland).

 

Reindigenizing Place Names and changing Squaw Point on the Evergreen

campus (with Laura Grabhorn) at Day of Presence workshops

 

 

2009

 

Pomegranates and Grenades (poem and video)

Bison Restoration, Wild Rice, Native American Food Movement

PowerPoints to Evergreen spring quarter class on Food, Place and Culture.

 

Conceptualizing Native Place

Fall & Winter course at The Evergreen State College

Nisqually watershed podcasts student project

 

From Nisqually to Iraq: Placemaking and Reclaiming Space at Fort Lewis,

PowerPoint at Association of American Geographers (AAG)

annual meeting in Las Vegas.

 

2008

 

Mining issues panel at Indigenous Environmental Network's

Protecting Mother Earth Conference, Western Shoshone Nation, Nevada,

with Bob Shimek, Debi McNutt, Carrie Dann, and others.

 

The United League of Indigenous Nations and Cross-border Cooperation

PowerPoint at Association of American Geographers (AAG)

annual meeting in Boston.

 

Washington Treaty History for Our Place in History teacher

development Quinault, Wash.

 

Anti-War Resistance Around Fort Lewis

presentation at AAG in Boston.

 

Native Decolonization in the Pacific Rim II

Winter quarter course at The Evergreen State College, Olympia

(including powerpoint lecture links).

 

2007

 

Native Decolonization in the Pacific Rim I

Fall quarter course at The Evergreen State College, Olympia

(including powerpoint lecture links).

 

Opening introduction for Citizens' Hearing on the Legality of

U.S. Action in Iraq: The Case of Lt. Ehren Watada

(Tacoma, January 20).

 

War with Iran? A Geopolitical Backgrounder

PowerPoint at Association of American Geographers (AAG)

annual meeting in San Francisco, and to

Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace forum

and Evergreen State College programs.

(article & map)

 

People's Geography of American Empire

Spring course at The Evergreen State College, Olympia

(including powerpoint lecture links).

 

Political Economy and Social Movements II

Winter course at The Evergreen State College, Olympia

(including powerpoint lecture links).

 

Relations between Left & Indigenous Movements

to Evergreen program on Political

Economy and Social Movements

 

2006

 

Facing West: Manifest Destiny & Overseas Imperial Expansion

Powerpoint to Evergreen State College programs

on Imperialism and Anti-Indianism.

 

The U.S. Antiwar Movement: Getting Local and

Keeping Positive, to Evergreen program on

Political Economy & Social Movements

 

A People's Geography of American Empire,

with Dr. Joseph Nevins (Vassar College).

PowerPoint and script on joint book project at

Association of American Geographers

(AAG) annual conference, Chicago.

 

Native American Environmental Justice

Powerpoint to Evergreen State College program

on Indigenous Peoples and Ecological Change.

 

Political Economy and Social Movements I

Fall quarter course at The Evergreen State College, Olympia

(including powerpoint lecture links).

 

Anti-Indian Movements: Origins, Images, and Responses

Spring quarter course at The Evergreen State College, Olympia

(including powerpoint lecture links).

 

"What To Do When Hate Groups Come to Town,"

Unity in the Community panel at 1st Christian Church, Olympia.

 

American Frontiers: Critical Histories II

Winter quarter course at The Evergreen State College, Olympia

(includes powerpoint lecture links); Winter syllabus

 

 

2005

 

American Frontiers: Critical Histories I

Fall quarter course at The Evergreen State College, Olympia

(includes powerpoint lecture links)

Unlikely Alliances: Treaty Conflicts and Environmental

Cooperation Between Native American and Rural

White Communities, PowerPoint at Native Science

conference at Pitzer College, Claremont CA (2013), Association

of American Geographers (AAG) annual conference,

Chicago (2006); and Keynote at U.W.-Stevens Point

Earth Day, and talk at U.-W-Eau Claire Faculty Forum (2005).

Rich Tribes, Rich Jews: Comparing the

New Anti-Indianism to Historic Anti-Semitism

PowerPoint at Association of American Geographers

(AAG) annual conference, Denver, and Act 31 Conference

at U.W.-LaCrosse.

 

"Diversity in the Classroom: "Multicultural

Pedagogy Panel Discussion" at U.W.-Eau Claire.

 

2004

 

Revitalizing Native Traditions: Back to the Future

PowerPoint at Association of American Geographers

(AAG) annual conference, Philadelphia, and in

2005 Native American Awareness Week, U.W.-Eau Claire.

 

History of U.S. Military Interventions since 1890

PowerPoint at Association of American Geographers

(AAG) annual conference, Philadelphia.

 

Defending a Common Home: Native/non-Native

Alliances Against Mining Companies in Wisconsin,

With Dr. Al Gedicks at "Challenges and Paths to Justice"

annual conference of the Wisconsin Institute for Peace

and Conflict Studies, Marquette University (Milwaukee).

 

Native Countermapping, powerpoint at U.W.-River Falls

cartography class.

 

2003

 

Somali Immigrants in Small Minnesota & Wisconsin Communities
Faculty/Student Research Collaboration with Jessica Schaid.

PowerPoint at Wisconsin Geographical Society (WGS)

annual conference, Eau Claire, and at Association of American

Geographers (AAG) 2004 conference, Philadelphia.

 

Removal Reversed: Native/non-Native joint management of reclaimed lands,
on Kickapoo Valley, Sauk Prairie, and Crandon mine sites

in Wisconsin. PowerPoint at Association of American Geographers

(AAG) annual conference, New Orleans; and the Wisconsin

Geographical Society (WGS) annual conference, Eau Claire

 

The Wars in Iraq and the Geographies of September 11

powerpoints for UWEC Human Geography 111 course.

 

Geography Bee and Kent State Memorial Rededication

 

2002-05

 

Courses in University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Department of Geography

(including powerpoint lecture links):

Native Geographies

Human Geography & Globalization

Geography of Russia & Eastern Europe

International Environmental Problems & Policy

 

2002

 

Effects of White Racial Advantages in Environmental Alliances,

on Wisconsin Ho-Chunk/farmer alliances against low-level jet flights,

bombing range, and Perrier, at Association of American Geographers (AAG)

annual conference, Los Angeles.

 

2001-2002

 

Afghanistan war (U.W.-Madison, Aurora University, WilMar Center).

 

2001

 

"Place membership" in ethnic conflict management: the case of Native Americans

and white ranchers/farmers, on rural environmental alliances in Oregon, Montana,

and South Dakota, at Association of American Geographers (AAG)

annual conference, New York.

 

Native environmental justice and the Crandon mine (PowerPoint).

Lecture with Kenneth Fish (Menominee). Summer Institute on Environmental Justice

(U.W.-Madison) and Western Mining Activists Network conference (Albuquerque).

 

Workshop organizer,"Who Owns America? III" conference, Land Tenure Center,

U.W.-Madison, with Antone Minthorn (Umatilla), Charmaine White Face (Lakota),

and Chuck Sleeter (Wisconsin).

 

 

2000

 

Geographies of Inclusion: Interethnic Alliances for Environmental

Protection, on Wisconsin spearfishing and mining disputes,

at Association of American Geographers (AAG) annual conference,

Pittsburgh. Winner of 2000 AAG American Indian Speciality Group

student paper competition. Also at WestLakes AAG, (Northern Illinois

University, DeKalb), and Midwest Sociological Society conference (Chicago).

 

Treaty rights and anti-Indian groups, with Andrew Gokee and Debra McNutt,

Western States Center training (Portland, Oregon).

 

Geography as a discipline, at high school teachers' in-service training, Madison.

 

Multiracial coalition building, at Camp Upham Woods, Wisconsin Dells.

 

Chechnya conflict in Russia, at WilMar Center (Madison).

 

 

1999

 

Fall: Lecturer for Map Reading and Interpretation, U.W. Madison.

University of Wisconsin-Madison.

 

Spring: Teaching Assistant in "Global Patterns and Processes: An

Introduction to Human Geography."

 

Yugoslav conflict, at Edgewood College, WilMar Center,

Friends House, Pres House (Madison).

 

Treaty Rights and Sovereignty, Department of Public Instruction

teachers' in-service, and Wisconsin Sociological Society conference,

Pyle Center (Madison).

 

Geographic/historical field trip in southwestern Wisconsin,

U.W.-Madison Honors Program.

 

 

1998-2001

 

Wisconsin historical atlas presentations at Folklife Festival (Madison),

Wisconsin Council on Social Studies (Middleton), Map Society of Wisconsin

(Milwaukee) Teachers' Training (Milwaukee), Brown County Museum

(Green Bay), Milwaukee County Museum (Milwaukee), Wisconsin

Public Television.

 

Native environmental issues, in U.W.-Madison classes in History.

Environmental Studies, Geography, Anthropology, Rural Sociology, and Sociology.

 

1998

 

The Anti-Indian movement and interracial bridge-building,

at Center for Democratic Renewal conference (Atlanta) panel with

Rep. John Conyers; Center for New Community conference (Chicago).

 

Grassroots Organizing in the New Corporate Era at St. Benedict's Center (Middleton).

 

1996

 

Organizing skills, at College of the Menominee Nation (Keshena, Wis.).

 

1994

 

White supremacist group histories, United Church of Christ, Janesville.

 

1993-2001

 

Mining and Native Americans, at Lac du Flambeau Res.,

Mole Lake Res., Lac Courte Oreilles Res., University of Wisconsin-

Madison classes, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point panel,

Madison Area Technical College panels, various Madison-area public schools.

 

1993-1994

 

Relations between Native and white environmentalists,

Lac du Flambeau and Mole Lake Reservations.

 

1992

 

Mapping/art, at National Artists' Coalition conference (Austin, Texas)

panel with Guillermo Gómez-Peña.

 

Somalia conflict, at Pres House (Madison).

 

1989-92

 

Chippewa spearfishing conflict and Witness training, in Madison,

Lac du Flambeau, Boaz, Oshkosh, Watertown, Eau Claire,

Minneapolis, Evanston, etc.

 

1989-95

 

Maps and cartography, at various Madison-area public schools.

 

1985

 

Philippines slideshow, Chicago, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor,

University of Wisconsin-Madison.

 

1983

 

European anti-nuclear movement, various workshops in U.K. ,West Germany.

 

1981-83

 

Interventions and nuclear weapons, various presentations at

University of Wisconsin-Madison.

 

1981

 

South African nuclear program, University of Wisconsin-Madison,

Marquette University (Milwaukee), Midwest Watershed conference (Chicago).

 

1980

 

International alliances, at Black Hills International Survival Gathering

(South Dakota).

 

1979

 

Black Hills mining/Native rights workshops in West Germany,

France, Belgium, Switz., Neth., U.K.