All

“Red Natural History and the New Red Scare,” a roundtable on the conditions for activist research under the new “Red Scare.” Exploring the histories of state repression that led to the current crisis, the stakes for the Trump Administration, and the strategies people are developing to resist the current crackdown on dissident research and action, speakers reflect on the implications for their own institutions, disciplines, and practices, the histories and traditions we can learn from, and the resources we need—not just to survive this moment, but to shape what comes next.

SPEAKERS
*Rosalyn LaPier (Blackfeet/MĂ©tis), Historian and Red Natural History Fellow
* Andrew Curley (Diné), Geographer and Red Natural History Fellow
*Kai Bosworth, Geographer and Red Natural History Fellow
*Beka Economopoulos, Executive Director, The Natural History Museum

“The End of Green Capitalism,” a roundtable on the shifting landscape of carbon markets, green finance, and infrastructure subsidies—and what it means for the global working class. Livestreamed from the People’s Forum in New York City, this free roundtable discussion brings together organizers, political theorists, and environmental policy analysts to make sense of the crisis in green capitalism.

SPEAKERS

* Ajay Singh Chaudhary, Executive Director of the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

* Alyssa Battistoni, Political Theorist at Barnard College

* Brett Christophers, Professor of Human Geography, Uppsala University

* Kai Bosworth, Geographer and Red Natural History Fellow

* Ashley Dawson, Author, Climate Justice Activist, and Red Natural History Fellow

******

Held on April 10, 2025, this event was livestreamed from The People’s Forum in New York City and was curated by Kai Bosworth and Ashley Dawson as part of Natural History for a World in Crisis, a programming series organized by the 2023-2025 cohort of Red Natural History Fellows with The Natural History Museum. Made possible with support from the Henry Luce Foundation and 4Culture.

In this lecture, DinĂ© geographer Andrew Curley and NHM Research Director Steve Lyons introduce the theory and practice of “red natural history,” asking how, as the combative antithesis to the imperialist tradition of natural history, “red natural history” can orient us to the ongoing resource wars on the Colorado River, arguably the most colonized river in North America—as well as the struggles playing out over its future.

This lecture was presented at Dutch artist Jonas Staal’s Climate Propagandas Congregation at BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht on December 15, 2024.

Rosalyn LaPier (Blackfeet/MĂ©tis) is an environmental historian, traditional ecological knowledge practitioner, and one of The Natural History Museum’s inaugural Red Natural History Fellows. In this short video, Rosalyn argues that “red natural history” presents an opportunity for Indigenous people to define a practice of natural history that is aligned with their traditions of knowledge and relation to land.

Edited transcript of the full interview: https://bit.ly/RNH-red-is-sacred

“What Comes After the Wilderness Act,” a virtual roundtable exploring how we should understand the Wilderness Act on its 60th anniversary—a moment both of Indigenous resurgence and a rising far right. Bringing together historians, legal experts, and impacted community members, this roundtable explores a range of issues around the Wilderness Act, from the settler-colonial ideology undergirding its definition of “wilderness,” to the question of how this historic legislation might be revised or rewritten to serve the movement for land rematriation.

SPEAKERS

*Rosalyn LaPier (Blackfeet/MĂ©tis), Professor of History at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Red Natural History Fellow

*Heather Whiteman Runs Him (Apsaalooke/Crow), Director of the Tribal Justice Clinic and Associate Clinical Professor, University of Arizona Rogers College of Law

*Christen Falcon (Amskapi Piikani/Blackfeet), Blackfeet gatherer/hunter, Traditional Diet/Land Tenure Research Coordinator for Piikani Lodge Health Institute, and co-owner of Backpacker’s Ferry

*Karl Jacoby, Allan Nevins Professor of American History at Columbia University

******

Held on September 25, 2024, this event was organized by Rosalyn LaPier as part of Natural History for a World in Crisis, a programming series organized by the 2023-2025 cohort of Red Natural History Fellows with The Natural History Museum. Made possible with support from the Henry Luce Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundations and 4Culture.