This year’s lecture, “Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape” will be given by Lauret Savoy, author of Trace. This lecture is made possible by…

Dystopias Achieved is the forthcoming feature film of Sanz Fuentes, a poetic and subtle exploration of the complex relationships between human beings, nature, and technology at play in various contemporaneous spaces and issues, such as migratory movements, climate change, and the mechanization of life.

Sponsored by Bates’ Learning Associates Program. With the participation of Bates’ Environmental Studies, Hispanic Studies, and Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies Departments.

Land Back, rematriation and conservation work led by Indigenous peoples intersects with several of the key issues impacting the well-being and cultures of our Indigenous nations and peoples, including, but not limited to, environmental and climate justice, food sovereignty, health, and economic justice. In this talk, Dr. Ranco will explore the ways in which Wabanaki Tribal Nations are engaging this work in relation and partnership with land trusts and conservation organizations in Maine, and its impact on land relations and Tribal sovereignty.

Dr. Ranco is a member of the Penobscot Nation, is a Professor of Anthropology, Chair of Native American Programs, and Faculty Fellow at the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine.

Campbell is a poet, essayist, and book printer who has written extensively about the polar regions and ice. In 2018 she was appointed UK’s Canal Laureate by the Canal & River Trust and The Poetry Society. Her two works of nonfiction are The Library of Ice (2017) and Fifty Words for Snow (2020). She received the Royal Geographical Society Ness Award 2020 and the Birgit Skiöld Award 2015, and is a former MarieClaire ‘Wonder Woman’.

The Bates College Philip J. Otis Committee invites you to attend The 25th Annual Otis Lecture, made possible by the Philip J. Otis ’95 Endowment Carolyn Finney,…

Winona LaDuke, economist, activist, and author, will deliver a talk titled:  “The 7th Fire and a Just Transition:  Indigenous People and the Next Economy” A book…

The annual Otis lecture is made possible by the Philip J. Otis ’95 Endowment.

Lecture and Discussion with Yemi Amu, co-founder of Oko Farm, Brooklyn NYC.

Maggie O’Shea: Intern, Sierra Club, Rocky Mt. Chapter
Nell Pearson: Historical Horticulture Intern, Plimoth Plantation
Lars Schuster: Intern, Fishpond
Elliot Wilson: La Plata Open Space Conservancy

“The Work Of Imagination In the Age of Catastrophe” 1/30/19

“On Rising: Exertion, Activism, and Art in the Age of Climate Change”

Ken Ilgunas walked 1,700 miles across North America, following the proposed route of the Keystone XL pipeline, from Hardisty, Alberta, to the Gulf Coast of Texas.…

“Devils in the Details: The Roles for Scientific Engagement in the Development of California’s Climate Policy”

Seventh Annual Otis Lecture – “Life in an Expanding Universe”

2001 Annual Phillip J. Otis Lecture “Coming Home to Eat”