Past Events

The Center for Prairie Studies has videos of each of these symposia. The videos can be checked out at the CPS office.

Revitalizing Family Farms and Rural Communities (2001)

Walter Burley Griffin and Prairie-Style Architecture (2001) Videos 1, 2, & 3

Prairie Plants: Their History and Future as Food and Medicine (2001) Videos 12 & 13

New Faces in Iowa: The Challenges and Prospects Created by Recent Immigration (2001) Videos 17-22

American Dreamer: The Legacy of Henry A. Wallace in Agriculture and Progressive Politics (2002) Videos 28-30

Roots and Renewal of Prairie Style Landscaping (2003) Videos 35 & 36

What We Eat: Industrialization, Concentration, Globalization, Food Safety, Biodiversity, and Agrarianism (2004) Videos 41-47

Grinnell Wind Energy Symposium (2004)

On the Move: The New Immigration (2006)

Re-Wilding and Diversifying Our Meat Sources (2006)

Shadows, Echoes and Ghosts: An Interdisciplinary Look at the Power of Seeds (2006)

Louis Sullivan (1856-1923): From Chicago to the Prairie and Back (2006)

Global Climate Change and Our Energy Future: Will We Need to Rely on Nuclear Power? (2007)

The 2007 Farm Bill: What Will It Mean For Our Future? (2007)

Meskwaki Symposium (2008)

Reconnecting with Nature (2008)

Water Symposium (2009)