Events

The Future of Oklahoma and Indian Country

April 18, 2024, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Peggy V. Helmerich Browsing Room, Edmon Low Library, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

On April 18^th, The Center for Oklahoma Studies and the OSU Library will be hosting Robert Miller for a talk on the McGirt decision. His presentation,…

Angie Debo, Kate Barnard, and "A Life on Fire"

March 30, 2023, 3:00-4:30 pm Peggy V. Helmerich Browsing Room, Edmon Low Library, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Please join the Center for Oklahoma Studies for a talk and book signing with author Connie Cronley. Her award-winning book, A Life on Fire: Oklahoma's…

"Talking Black in America": film screening and discussion with Prof. Walt Wolfram

November 7, 2018, 6:00 pm Peggy V. Helmerich Browsing Room, OSU Library
Professor Wolfram will be screening and discussing his recent award-winning documentary on African-American Vernacular English, and campus and community… (Read more)

Show and Tell: Centering Modernism exhibit

November 1, 2018, 5:30 - 7:00 pm OSU Museum of Art
Know J. Jay McVicker or have an artwork by him? Share with exhibition curator Louise Siddons and other museum visitors. Throughout the exhibition, visitors… (Read more)

Mid-Century Modern Architecture in Oklahoma: The OSU Influence

October 29, 2018, 5:30 pm Donald W. Reynolds School of Architecture Building

Lynne Rostochil will kick off the opening reception for the exhibit "Oklahoma's Most Endangered Historic Places 2018" by presenting on OSU's impact…

Oklahoma's Most Endangered Historic Places 2018

October 29 - November 9, 2018, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Donald W. Reynolds School of Architecture Building

Come get a glimpse into Oklahoma’s fading past with “Oklahoma’s Most Endangered Historic Places 2018.” This six-panel exhibit will be on display for…

Reception: Centering Modernism

September 27, 2018, 5:00-7:00 pm OSU Museum of Art
Join the OSU Art Museum to celebrate the opening of Centering Modernism: J. Jay McVicker and Postwar American Art. When: Sept. 27, 2018, 5-7 pm RSVP: RSVP… (Read more)

Artists Panel Discussion: Oklahoma Modern

September 26, 2018, 6:00 pm OSU Museum of Art
Moderated by exhibition curator Louise Siddons, this discussion brings together Oklahoma artist colleagues of J. Jay McVicker to discuss their experiences… (Read more)

Centering Modernism: J. Jay McVicker and Postwar American Art

September 25, 2018 - January 19, 2019 OSU Museum of Art
This exhibition recovers the artistry of Jesse Jay McVicker (1911-2004), a mid-twentieth-century painter, printmaker, and sculptor on faculty at Oklahoma… (Read more)

Killers of the Flower Moon -- One Book, One Community

April 12, 2018 Gallagher-Iba Arena, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

The Center for Oklahoma Studies is proud to partner with the Stillwater Public Library and a broad range of community partners to bring programming…

Justice for Jeantel (and Trayvon): Fighting Dialect Prejudice in Courtrooms and Beyond

February 1, 2018 Peggy V. Helmerich Browsing Room, Edmon Low Library

Professor John R. Rickford, the J.E. Wallace Sterling Professor of Linguistics and Humanities at Stanford University, will kick off African American…

Author's talk and book signing with Rilla Askew

November 16, 2017, 5:00 pm Peggy V. Helmerich Browsing Room, Edmon Low Library
Author Rilla Askew discusses her book Most American: Notes from a Wounded Place. This talk is part of the Oklahoma Ovation series marking the anniversary… (Read more)

Dialects of English in Oklahoma

October 7, 2022, 12:30-1:30 pm Peggy V. Helmerich Browsing Room, Edmon Low Library, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Please join the Center for Oklahoma Studies on October 7th at 12:30 for its first event of the 2022-2023 academic year, and find out why our state sounds… (Read more)

Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame 2019, featuring inductee Teresa Miller

November 22, 2019, 7:00-9:00 pm OSU-Tulsa Auditorium, with reception at B.S. Roberts Room

On November 22nd at 7:00 pm the Center for Oklahoma Studies will be hosting the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame at OSU-Tulsa. This year’s inductee will…

Warrior Women

April 20, 2021, 3:00-4:30 pm Virtual
Please join us on April 20, 2021 at 3:00 PM for a discussion of the film Warrior Women, with panelists Madonna Thunder Hawk, Beth Castle, and… (Read more)