Renowned Native American author Paula Gunn Allen, Ph.D., is the first presenter in the University of New Mexico Native American Studies 2004-05 Lecture Series.
She will give a free, public lecture Tuesday, Sept. 28, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Kiva Auditorium, UNM campus.
Gunn Allen received a 2004 Pulitzer Prize nomination for her book “Pocahontas: Medicine Woman, Spy, Entrepreneur, Diplomat,” in bookstores this October and published by HarperSan Francisco, a division of Harper Collins.
Gunn Allen, of Laguna Pueblo/Metis and Sioux descent, is hailed as the founder of American Indian literary studies. She earned her Ph.D. from UNM in 1976.
Among the foremost Native American literary critics, she is professor emerita of English at University of California, Los Angeles. She is author of “The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Literature,” “Song of the Turtle: American Indian Literature,” and “As Long as the Rivers Flow: Stories of Nine Native Americans.”
“Paula has done ground breaking work in Native American women studies. Her work examines the traditional roles of Native American women and their concerns. She has played a ground breaking role contributing innovative research,” said Elizabeth A. Archuleta, Ph.D., assistant professor of English and NAS affiliated faculty.
Gunn Allen lectures widely and has received several awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Indian Writers Association, 2001; and the Hubbell Prize for Lifetime Achievement in American Literary Studies from the Modern Language Association, 1999. She has been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and received the Before Columbus Foundation National Book Award.
On Sept. 28, Gunn Allen will also speak to students from 3:30-4:30 in Dane Smith Hall, rm. 224.
The lecture series continues through the fall and is sponsored by UNM's Native American Studies, English and Women Studies departments.
Posted by scarr at September 21, 2004 03:31 PM