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Chief Thunderwater: An Unexpected Indian in Unexpected Places. by Gerald F. Reid (2023)
Journal Article
Porter, J. (2023). Chief Thunderwater: An Unexpected Indian in Unexpected Places. by Gerald F. Reid. Western Historical Quarterly, Article whad027. https://doi.org/10.1093/whq/whad027

Gripping, freshly unearthed research often reads like a detective story. This example of superb sleuthing is no exception. Gerald Reid has taken a second look at a figure buried under narratives from the past and gifted to readers a revealing, painst... Read More about Chief Thunderwater: An Unexpected Indian in Unexpected Places. by Gerald F. Reid.

Fear and Weakness (2023)
Other
Porter, J. (2023). Fear and Weakness

JOY PORTER applauds a powerful new book that emphasises Indigenous agency within the story of North American colonisation

Director's Seminar: Indigenous Environmental History and Its Relevance to Future Prosperity (2022)
Digital Artefact
Porter, J. (2022). Director's Seminar: Indigenous Environmental History and Its Relevance to Future Prosperity

The world is grappling with a number of widespread and indeterminate risks that we ourselves created. Perhaps the most fundamental risk to our wellbeing as the Fourth Industrial Revolution unfolds is Natural Producer Extinction- the irreversible loss... Read More about Director's Seminar: Indigenous Environmental History and Its Relevance to Future Prosperity.

IHR Partnership Seminar: New Approaches to Material Culture in Historic Houses (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Cusworth, H., Porter, J., & Herlihy, L. (2022, June). IHR Partnership Seminar: New Approaches to Material Culture in Historic Houses

Using Material Culture in Historic Houses to Unlock New Research Perspectives and Methodologies: Miskito Indigenous Cultures, Mahogany and Environmental Futures.

Alan Graham Memorial Lecture: Wildness and Indigenous American Futures (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Porter, J. (2022, April). Alan Graham Memorial Lecture: Wildness and Indigenous American Futures. Presented at Irish Association of American Studies Annual Conference 2022: America Gone Wild, Dublin City University

“In wildness is the preservation of the world” said Henry David Thoreau, but was he right? Does the idea of the wild instead enshrine outdated thinking that works to prevent the West from addressing the wicked problems of a warming world? Is wildness... Read More about Alan Graham Memorial Lecture: Wildness and Indigenous American Futures.

Dress To ReDress: Exploring Native American Material Culture (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Dress To ReDress: Exploring Native American Material Culture. Exhibited at American Museum & Gardens, Bath, UK. 19 March 2022 - 3 July 2022. (Unpublished)

The American Museum & Gardens presents Dress to Redress, an exhibition of the work of contemporary Anishinabe artist Celeste Pedri-Spade, from 19 March to 3 July. Featuring a series of spectacular wearable-art pieces, personal artefacts and photog... Read More about Dress To ReDress: Exploring Native American Material Culture.

Treatied space: North American indigenous treaties in a global context (2021)
Book Chapter
Porter, J. (2021). Treatied space: North American indigenous treaties in a global context. In A. McGrath, & L. Russell (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Global Indigenous History (259-278). London: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315181929

All communities and individuals living on North American land are, in a geo-political sense, ‘treaty people’ and attention to treaty history is vital to the challenge of addressing the profound environmental, technological, and resource-use changes o... Read More about Treatied space: North American indigenous treaties in a global context.

Podcast: Trauma, Primitivism and the First World War: The Making of Frank Prewett (2021)
Digital Artefact
Porter, J. (2021). Podcast: Trauma, Primitivism and the First World War: The Making of Frank Prewett

In Trauma, Primitivism and the First World War: The Making of Frank Prewett (Bloomsbury Academic, 2021), Joy Porter examines the extraordinary life of Frank “Toronto” Prewett and the history of trauma, literary expression, and the power of self-repre... Read More about Podcast: Trauma, Primitivism and the First World War: The Making of Frank Prewett.

The Making of Frank 'Toronto' Prewett: Poetry, Trauma and Identity (2021)
Exhibition / Performance
Porter, J. (2021). The Making of Frank 'Toronto' Prewett: Poetry, Trauma and Identity. [British Library Player Archive]. Performed at London. 15 June 2021. (Unpublished)

Drawing from her new biography, Trauma, Primitivism, and the First World War: The Making of Frank ‘Toronto’ Prewett, Joy Porter explores the extraordinary life of this Canadian veteran, poet and exceptional man of letters, and the history of trauma,... Read More about The Making of Frank 'Toronto' Prewett: Poetry, Trauma and Identity.

Trauma, Primitivism and the First World War: The Making of Frank Prewett (2021)
Book
Porter, J. (2021). Trauma, Primitivism and the First World War: The Making of Frank Prewett. London: Bloomsbury Press

This book examines the extraordinary life of Frank “Toronto” Prewett and the history of trauma, literary expression, and the power of self-representation after WWI. Joy Porter sheds new light on how the First World War affected the Canadian poet,... Read More about Trauma, Primitivism and the First World War: The Making of Frank Prewett.

Frank 'Toronto' Prewett (2020)
Journal Article
Porter, J. (2020). Frank 'Toronto' Prewett. War Poetry Review, 2020(1), 13-23

An excerpt from the Introduction to "Trauma, Primitivism, and the Making of Frank 'Toronto' Prewett" by Joy Porter, forthcoming from Bloomsbury.

Native American Indian freemasonry (2020)
Book Chapter
Porter, J. (2020). Native American Indian freemasonry. In F. Jacob, & H. Reinalter (Eds.), Masonic lodges and their impact in North and South America (71-89). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann

Native America: A New Narrative (2019)
Other
Porter, J. (2019). Native America: A New Narrative

David Treuer’s new book reaches the reader garlanded in praise from the world’s most revered arbiters of taste. It is a New York Times bestseller; the paper admires the way it ‘suggests the need for soul-searching’. Vanity Fair likes its ‘hopeful vis... Read More about Native America: A New Narrative.

Plenary lecture: Who Fights for Canada as the Climate Changes? (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Porter, J. (2019, April). Plenary lecture: Who Fights for Canada as the Climate Changes?. Presented at British Association for Canadian Studies Annual Conference, 2019, The Eccles Centre for American Studies, London

This lecture addresses what is amongst Canada’s greatest challenges as the twenty-first century progresses – climate change and issues linked to the environment. The overall objective is to suggest that aspects of Canada’s self-image and self-represe... Read More about Plenary lecture: Who Fights for Canada as the Climate Changes?.

The power of metaphorical language in treaty diplomacy (2019)
Report
Hatton, H., & Porter, J. The power of metaphorical language in treaty diplomacy. UNESCO

Submitted to UNESCO World Report of Languages 2019 https://en.unesco.org/feedback/call-research-papers-within-context-2019-international-year-indigenous-languages

The horror genre and aspects of Native American Indian literature (2018)
Book Chapter
Porter, J. (2018). The horror genre and aspects of Native American Indian literature. In K. Corstorphine, & L. Kremmel (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook to Horror Literature (45-60). London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97406-4_4

Porter offers a fascinating exploration of the limitations of genre in relation to certain horror literature produced by authors who identify as American Indian. She explores the horror genre as a context within which the Native dispossession foundat... Read More about The horror genre and aspects of Native American Indian literature.