Holland Talks Visionary Speakers + Community Conversation
The Holland Talks lecture series invites nationally and internationally recognized experts to lead community conversations about timely and provocative ideas that challenge and broaden understandings of a wide range of topics, including science, technology, the arts, ethics, and philosophy.
Each event in the ongoing lecture series will convene diverse audiences for a ticketed lecture event, alongside programming in the community to expand the conversation and elevate Omaha as a home for cultural and civic discourse.
We will be announcing the 2025 lecture season soon. Stay tuned!
Thanks to the Generous Support of the Holland Foundation
Holland Talks is made possible through a generous grant from the Holland Foundation. The late Dick Holland established the Holland Foundation to support the arts and education in Omaha. The Foundation funded the original Holland Lecture Series from 2005 through 2017, setting the stage for thought-provoking dialogue in our community.
Inaugural Speaker
ROBIN WALL KIMMERER
Friday, December 6, 2024
On Friday, December 6 Kiewit Luminarium was honored to welcome Robin Wall Kimmerer – author and world-renowned botanist – as our inaugural Holland Talks speaker. Wall Kimmerer’s work explores Indigenous and scientific practices of sustainability, ecological restoration, and plant ecology. An enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Wall Kimmerer is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, which has been on the New York Times best-seller list for the past three years and was selected as Omaha Public Library’s 2023 Omaha Reads book.
Photo credit: Credit John D. And Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Holland Talks Benefactors
The inaugural Holland Talks lecture with Robin Wall Kimmerer was made possible thanks to the support of our generous benefactors: