Tag: History
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Faculty and staff note: Kevin Kain announces new publications
UW-Green Bay Senior Lecturer Kevin Kain (Humanities, History, Global Studies) has published a set of books co-edited with David Goldfrank (Georgetown U.): Russia’s Early Modern Orthodox Patriarchate 2 vols. 1. Foundations and Mitred Royalty, 1589-1647 and 2. Russia’s Early Modern Orthodox Patriarchate: Apogee and Finale, 1648-1721(Washington: Academia Press, 2020). This project originated with a 23,000 Euro grant awarded to Kain and former UWGB…
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Assoc. Prof. Jon Shelton recently published in Jacobin magazine
Associate Professor Jon Shelton (History) recently published the article, “The End of Public Schools Would Mean the End of the Common Good” in Jacobin online magazine. Shelton discusses the idea of looking at schools as institutions to educate kids to be citizens in a democracy with expectations for better lives instead of “human capital.” This site has…
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Common CAHSS keynote is Nov. 30
November 30, 2020 from 6 to 7 p.m. Prof. David Voelker (Humanities, History) leads the discussion, Beyond Sustainability; Imagining an Ecological Future. Here’s a description: “It’s time for an honest conversation about sustainability—not to demolish the concept, but to recognize that it has fallen short in helping us change our unsustainable ways. Although the dominant…
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Teachers unions will have newfound influence in a Biden administration (Prof. Shelton quoted)
“There’s going to be a lot of competing priorities and any sort of big, transformative education law that would create longer-lasting funding increases is probably not going to be forthcoming right away because most of the attention is going to go to the coronavirus,” said Jon Shelton, an associate professor of history at the University…
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Aldrete lectures on Amazon Prime
Professor Emeritus Gregory Aldrete’s (History) recorded series of lectures, “The Rise of Rome,” can be found on Amazon Prime until 11/1. After Oct. 31, subscribers will have to pay extra to watch the show. Description from Amazon: “The Roman Republic was one of the most breathtaking civilizations in world history. This powerful civilization inspired America’s founding…
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‘The Civil Rights Movement meets the Environmental Movement: How We Can Advocate for Environmental Justice’
Green Bay, Wis.—University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Associate Prof. Elizabeth Wheat will discuss environmental justice and its relationship to civil rights in a presentation, Thursday, Oct. 22 at 4 p.m. It is free and open to the public and can be accessed at https://cahsseffect.org/events/. According to the event description, Wheat will be diving into the environmental…
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Prof. Wheat to lead environmental justice/civil rights presentation, Thursday, Oct. 22
UW-Green Bay Associate Prof. Elizabeth Wheat will discuss environmental justice and its relationship to civil rights in a presentation, Thursday, Oct. 22 at 4 p.m. It is free and open to the public and can be accessed at https://cahsseffect.org/events/. According to the event description, Wheat will be diving into the environmental justice movement in the…
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Video: Pestilence and Print History recorded event
On September 17, 2020, a virtual public program called Pestilence and Print History organized by the American Antiquarian Society (AAS) in Massachusetts took place. UW-Green Bay’s own assistant professor Sarah Schuetze (English) was one of the speakers during the event. In this panel presentation, scholars David Paul Nord, Assistant Prof. Sarah Schuetze, and Kelly Wisecup…
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Faculty note: Kevin Kain publication
Senior Lecturer Kevin Kain, (Humanties and History) announced the appearance of his article, “Conceptualizing New Jerusalem. The Resurrection of the Resurrection ‘New Jerusalem’ Monastery in the Reign of Tsar Fedor Alekseevich (1676-1682)” Canadian-American Slavic Studies 54 nos. 1-3 (2020): 134-169. The volume is devoted to “Rethinking Religion in Early Modern Russia” and comprises work of ten international scholars invited to Yale University to…
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School’s In: How college students are adapting to changes in their lives | WFRV talks to Prof. Voelker
(WFRV) – School’s in for the fall semester, but how are college students adjusting to the changes that are in effect around campus? Local 5 talked to a NWTC nursing student, UW-Green Bay Prof. David Voelker and other college officials to get a better picture of what students are facing when heading to campus this…