Dr. Kim TallBear, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, will speak on The Indian’s Death to Make Settler "Indigenous" Life: Genetics, Ancestry, and Self-Indigenization in the USA and Canada

Join us for a book talk with Dr. Teresa Mares, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Vermont and '02 alum of the CSU [...]

Scientific models play a crucial role in many policymaking decisions. Underlying the use of these models for policymaking purposes is the extensive use of idealization and values. This interdisciplinary workshop seeks to investigate the roles that idealization, values, and models play in scientific policymaking and how their contributions are assessed and managed. The workshop will bring together philosophers and scientists working at the intersections of these areas in the hopes of bridging gaps between the scientific modeling literature, literatures surrounding the role of values in science, and discussions of science-based policy construction.  

Please join the Blake Center in April 2026 for our first Humanities Research Day! This event builds on our past end of the year events [...]