Center for Western Lands and Peoples

Check out this upcoming talk by Professor Sarah Deer, prominent feminist author, professor and activist.

Don't forget! Shannon Weatherly Memorial Lecture April 2nd featuring Professor Sarah Deer!

http://www.montana.edu/news/17459/msu-western-film-series-resumes-with-the-searchers-on-feb-24

MSU Western film series resumes with ‘The Searchers’ on Feb. 24 The John Wayne classic is the next film in the Center for Western Lands and Peoples Western film series. Film professor Andrew Patrick Nelson will introduce the film.

https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/montana_state_university/the-revenant-author-inspired-by-western-history/article_029424e7-4e67-50a7-a408-85dafc94666c.html

An amazing lecture last night by author, Michael Punke

'The Revenant' author inspired by Western history The eclectic career of Michael Punke is almost as full of surprising turns as the larger-than-life figures from Western history who have inspired his books.

Full house for Michael Punke's lecture.

Happening now a reading and discussion with Claire Vaye Watkins

Another excellent event co-sponsored by the Center for Western Lands and Peoples

MSU American West series begins Oct. 2 with lecture by author Claire Vaye Watkins The award-winning novelist, short story writer and faculty member at the University of Michigan will read selections from her fiction that reflect the inspiration she draws from her Western roots and will discuss regionalism and the West in her work.

What a unique treat for those of us attending Doig Country.

What better way to spend a rainy day, then learning about Montana writer, Ivan Doig?

A conversation with Lois Welch and Carol Doig happening now.

The Doig Symposium starts in just a few minutes in the Montana State University Library The symposium will continue through today and tomorrow.

Ivan Doig's Montana Author Ivan Doig talks about Montana and his family connections to the state in a radio interview about his novel "Dancing at the Rascal Fair."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOQSy6idTIY&index=11&list=PLt1pNhbuElU89rq45fPLo_36IThBNguky

Doig Country: Imagining Montana and the West starts at Montana State University in one week.
Click here to register:
http://ivandoig.montana.edu/symposium-2017/doig-symposium-registration.html

Ivan Doig's Montana Author Ivan Doig talks about Montana and his family connections to the state in a radio interview about his novel "Dancing at the Rascal Fair."