The Rural Reconciliation Project was honored to host Dr. Nicholas Jacobs—professor, researcher, and resident of rural Maine—to discuss his new book on the political attitudes of rural communities. The Rural Voter: The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America, co-authored with Dr. Daniel Shea, examines both historical and modern factors that have influenced and shaped the ‘rural voter’ and is the end result of the largest-ever survey targeted at understanding rural political beliefs.

Event announcement. Join Dana Fritz, Hixson-Lied Professor of Art, Art History and Design, for an important reflection on how humans make, shape, and understand landscapes. Like a virtual fieldtrip to the Nebraska Sandhills, but through the lens of the most thoughtful and introspective of guides, visual artist Fritz will discuss and share photographs from her new book, “Field Guide to a Hybrid Landscape.” The book examines, in provocative ways, the unique hand-planted forest of the Bessey Ranger District and now includes some of the last images captured before the 2022 wildfires near Halsey. Event on February 21, 2024, at 4pm at the University of Nebraska College of Law.

Event details for a May 2024 spring prairie walk through the tallgrass hosted by the Project and Theo Michaels. RSVP required.

Event announcement. Join Dana Fritz, Hixson-Lied Professor of Art, Art History and Design, for an important reflection on how humans make, shape, and understand landscapes. Like a virtual fieldtrip to the Nebraska Sandhills, but through the lens of the most thoughtful and introspective of guides, visual artist Fritz will discuss and share photographs from her new book, “Field Guide to a Hybrid Landscape.” The book examines, in provocative ways, the unique hand-planted forest of the Bessey Ranger District and now includes some of the last images captured before the 2022 wildfires near Halsey. Event on February 21, 2024, at 4pm at the University of Nebraska College of Law.

Law and Rurality Workshop Schedule for Fall 2023

This July, the Rural Reconciliation Project hosted interdisciplinary scholars in Lincoln, Nebraska, to discuss pressing issues related to the changing ownership of land and water resources.

An announcement of South Dakota Law Review’s upcoming Symposium on Rural Lawyers, marking the 10-year anniversary of South Dakota's Project Rural Practice.

Land & Water: Rural Resources, Rural Livelihoods - Introducing our 2023 research program series, including a range of events aimed at addressing the core question: Who really owns rural America?