Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture 2026

Contested Sovereignties: Visions of Land and Housing Reform by Wisconsin Oneida Activist Laura Cornelius Kellogg

The UWM Libraries will host the 57th Annual Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 8, at 4 p.m. in the Fourth Floor Conference Center of the Golda Meir Library and via Zoom. UWM School of Architecture & Urban Planning Assistant Professor Maura Lucking will present “Contested Sovereignties: Visions of Land and Housing Reform by Wisconsin Oneida Activist Laura Cornelius Kellogg.”

Lucking will investigate Oneida activist Laura Cornelius Kellogg’s Lolomi plan, a proposed urban development initiative based on Europe’s Garden City movement. The plan envisioned self-sustained and self-governed greenbelt villages that would support the expansion of the Six Nations Confederacy land base. Lucking will also describe how Kellogg’s Progressive Era ideals and controversial methods of raising capital shape the perception of Kellogg and the Lolomi plan today. The lecture will feature a response from Mark Freeland, director of the UWM Electa Quinney Institute.

This event is free and open to the public. Email libadmin@uwm.edu to request accommodations.

In-person and Zoom registration link coming soon.