Environmental Humanities Lecture • Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, “Theory of Water”

Join us for a talk by Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, followed by a reception marking the launch of the Center for Environmental Humanities at Brown (https://events.brown.edu/cehab/event/302945-cehab-launch).Free, open to the public. For questions or to request special services, accommodations, or assistance, please contact humanities-institute@brown.eduor (401) 863-6070.About the SpeakerLeanne Betasamosake Simpson is a Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg scholar, writer, and musician. She is the author of eight books, including the novel Noopiming: A Cure for White Ladies (University of Minnesota Press, 2022), which was short-listed for the Dublin Literary Award and the Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction. Her album, Theory of Ice (You’ve Changed Records, 2021) was short-listed for the Polaris Music Prize, and she was the 2021 winner of the Prism Prize’s Willie Dunn Award. Her latest project, “Theory of Water,” will be published by Knopf Canada/Haymarket Books in the spring of 2025. She is a member of Alderville First Nation.Seminar Brown University students are also invited to a special seminar with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson (https://events.brown.edu/cehab/event/leanne-simpson-seminar) Tuesday, February 11 at 9:30 am.Presented by the Center for Environmental Humanities at Brown.