Tag: Historical Perspectives Series
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Busy Tuesday
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The history of holism and its contrasts with our current health care system will be the topic of the first After Thoughts presentation of the 2015-16 series tonight (Oct. 6). Associate Professor of Nursing T. Heather Herdman is the featured speaker at the event 5 to 7 p.m. at the Weidner Center. With a reception,…
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Meanwhile, Kaye prepares to host Brookhiser visit
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Another fan of Thomas Paine is Richard Brookhiser, historian, author and nationally known conservative intellectual, who’ll be on campus for a Historical Perspectives Lecture Series appearance at 7 p.m. next Tuesday (Oct. 6) in the University Union. His campus host, Prof. Harvey Kaye of Democracy and Justice Studies, is promoting the lecture. He offers a…
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UW-Green Bay hosts Lincoln lecture by leading conservative voice
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Nationally renowned historian and journalist Richard Brookhiser — senior editor of the National Review, a respected voice of the conservative movement and author of biographies of Washington, Hamilton and, now, Lincoln — will speak Tuesday evening, Oct. 6, in a free public lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Brookhiser’s topic is “Founders’ Son: A…
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More Phactoids: Buried forest, teaching awards, Spielmann on ‘Noon Ball’
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The countdown to our 50th anniversary continues. New since our last edition of the Log: • About 12,000 years ago, the UWGB campus was a cool-weather boreal forest, advancing north as the glaciers retreated. Then, the glaciers came back, burying that forest a few dozen feet below the paths, trees, lawns and roads that occupy…
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Monday’s Historical Perspective: ‘The New Jim Crow’
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Rachel Watson, a faculty member with the African-American Studies program at the University of Illinois, Chicago, is the featured guest lecturer Monday (April 20) as part of UW-Green Bay’s Historical Perspectives Lecture Series. Watson will speak at 12:45 p.m. in the Union’s Christie Theatre. Her topic is “The New Jim Crow? Figuring the Past in…
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Free talk by national columnist Nichols is set for Tuesday
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Just a reminder: Nationally known political writer and journalist John Nichols will address the topic “Socialism in America” as the next installment in UW-Green Bay’s long-running Historical Perspectives Lecture Series. Nichols’ talk, free and open to the public, takes place at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 24 in the Christie Theatre. Nichols has worked as associate…