Thursday, May 21, 2026, 11-1PM at Social Science 1 Room 261

Please join us for a Center for South Asian Studies talk (cosponsored by the Center for Racial Justice):

We are honored to welcome Professor Laura Van Broekhoven for a lecture on Indigenous-led regenerative partnerships and the reframing of museum ethics for reconciliation and societal healing.

Professor Van Broekhoven is the Director of the Pitt Rivers Museum and Professor of Museum Studies, Ethics and Material Culture at the University of Oxford. This lecture draws on over a decade of collaborative work at the Pitt Rivers Museum across four landmark projects — Maasai: Living Cultures, Naga: A Path Home, Shuar: Proyecto Tsantsa, and Evenki: Wandering in Other Worlds. These collaborations highlight the multiplicity of pathways through which regenerative partnerships can shift power dynamics at both an institutional and societal level to center peace, healing, cultural care, reconciliation, and structural repair.

Join us for what promises to be a timely presentation and lively discussion.

Presented by the Center for South Asian Studies and co-sponsored by the Archaeology Lab, the Center for Racial Justice, the Department of Anthropology, the Department of History, the Humanities Institute, and the Indigenous Faculty Network

This event is open to all students, faculty, staff, and members of the public consistent with University policy and state and federal law.