In addition to ongoing regular programming, Oregon Humanities occasionally offers public lectures, panels, and reading and discussion series in communities around the state. We also work in partnership with other organizations to offer this type of programming.
Podcasts for Commonplace Series events now available.
Commonplace Series events were offered throughout Oregon between 2006 and 2008. For this series, OCH engaged public scholars as lecturers, panelists, and facilitators to explore provocative issues that were of special interest to a particular Oregon community, but that also resonated on statewide and national levels. With each event, OCH aimed to spark community conversations, both as part of the event and on an ongoing basis as a result of the questions and ideas raised. All events were free and open to the public.
Some past Commonplace events were published as limited-run chapbooks, which can be purchased for $5 apiece online at the OCH Store or by calling (503) 241-0543. They can also be downloaded as PDFs and, when possible, as MP3 sound files.
Past Commonplace Lectures
Summer 2008
“Crossing (Class) Lines: Art, Meat, and the American Angler” delivered by Henry Hughes, Oregon Book Award-winning poet and assistant professor of English at Western Oregon University, at McMenamins Old St. Francis School in Bend on June 6, 2008.
Listen to “Crossing (Class) Lines” part 1 (about 36 minutes)
Listen to “Crossing (Class) Lines” part 2 (audience Q&A) (about 34 minutes)
Fall 2007
“Roads, Interstates, and the Oregon Trail” delivered by Mark Trahant, editorial page editor of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, at the Native American Student & Community Center on the campus of Portland State University in Portland on October 26, 2007.
Download “Roads, Interstates, and the Oregon Trail”
Spring 2007
“Far from Home: Slavic Refugees and the Changing Face of Oregon” delivered by Susan W. Hardwick, University of Oregon professor of geography, at Willamette University in Salem on May 19, 2007.
Download “Far from Home”
Winter 2007
“Against Nostalgia: The Roots of a New Direction for Architecture and Planning in Oregon” delivered by Randy Gragg, architecture critic for the Oregonian, at Temple Beth Israel in Portland on February 24, 2007 (photo above)
Download “Against Nostalgia”
Listen to “Against Nostalgia” part 1 (about 30 minutes)
Listen to “Against Nostalgia” part 2 (about 33 minutes)
Listen to “Against Nostalgia” part 3 (about 16 minutes)
Fall 2006
“The Lab and the Flag: Science, Democracy, and a New Worldview” delivered by Mott Greene, John B. Magee Professor of Science and Values at the University of Puget Sound, at the Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center in Portland on October 20, 2006
Download The Lab and the Flag
Spring 2006
“‘Round the Next Bend: Pendleton, Walla Walla, and the Transformation of the Rural West” delivered by Donald Snow, visiting Mellon Professor of Environmental Studies at Whitman College in Walla Walla, at the Slickfork Saloon in Pendleton on May 19, 2006
Download “‘Round the Next Bend”
Winter 2006
“At Liberty: A Town’s Story and a Theater’s History” delivered by Matthew Stadler, novelist and former editor of Clear Cut Press and Nest Magazine at the Liberty Theater in Astoria on February 24, 2006
Download “At Liberty”
08 September 2008 | Permalink | Comments? (1 so far)
On the Special Projects page under Podcasts for Commonplace Series events, I see text that says “Listen to” and “Download” but none of them seem to be links. Clicking any of them does nothing, and the cursor is a text entry bar instead of an arrow. I have not encountered this problem on any other web site. Are you sure your new site is all working correctly?
Paulianne | Port Orford | 30 Oct at 09:37 AM
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