Tagged: Center for History and Social Change

Eleanor Roosevelt scholar to headline UW-Green Bay Historical Perspectives event

Eleanor Roosevelt scholar to headline UW-Green Bay Historical Perspectives event

A prominent George Washington University professor will speak on Eleanor Roosevelt and the issue of human rights at 2:15 p.m. Monday, March 26, in the Christie Theatre of UW-Green Bay’s University Union. The address from Prof. Allida Black, author of Casting Her Own Shadow: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Shaping of Postwar Liberalism, is the semester’s third installment of UW-Green Bay’s long-running Historical Perspectives Lecture Series.

Reminder: Reagan and PATCO

Reminder: Reagan and PATCO

Labor historian Joseph McCartin received major national attention last fall with the release of his book Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike That Changed America. In it, he labels...

Author to speak at UW-Green Bay about supermax prisons

Author to speak at UW-Green Bay about supermax prisons

Sharon Shalev, internationally known author of Supermax, Controlling Risk Through Solitary Confinement, will speak on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus at 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, in the Christie Theatre located in the University Union. Shalev will speak out against supermax prisons and their impact on society. This event is free and open to the public.

Visiting one-man show stars ‘Thomas Paine’

Visiting one-man show stars ‘Thomas Paine’

The 25th anniversary of the Historical Perspectives Lecture Series continues with a performance of Citizen Paine at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10, in the Christie Theatre. Adam Altman, of the Iron Age Theatre Company...