Center for Western Studies

About the Center for Western Studies

"Improving the quality of social and cultural life in the Northern Plains ... achieving a better understanding of the region, its heritage, and its resources ... and stimulating interest in the solution to regional problems through the application of knowledge areas of concern to the Center for Western Studies." – CWS Constitution

Center for Western Studies

Detail from "Midnightsun Light in the Mountains" by Lars Westvig

Dakota Conference on "Where the West Begins"

Founded by author and Augustana College English Professor Herbert Krause, the Center serves as a repository for over 500 substantive collections and maintains a library in excess of 36,000 volumes on the American West.

In addition, the Center holds an extensive art and artifact collection, and sponsors annual events such as the Boe Forum, the June Event, the Dakota Conference, and the Artists of the Plains Art Show and Sale.

With more than 70 publications to its credit, the Center is a major academic publisher in South Dakota.

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Forbidden Landscapes: The Secrets of Northern Norway: An exhibit of images by Norwegian photographer Lars Westvig is on display from October 10, 2014 - February 21, 2015.

47th Dakota Conference: Proposals for the 2015 Dakota Conference on "Where the West Begins?: Geography, Identity, and Promise" are due Friday, Feb. 13.

Exhibit Expansion Initiative, 2013-2015: See what's coming for the Fantle and Froiland Galleries at CWS in 2015!

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