Tag: History
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Faculty note: Senior Lecturer Kevin Kain to continue international research, part of large grant
Senior Lecturer Kevin Kain (Humanities and History) is a member of an international research project entitled “Orthodoxies and Politics” awarded a $1,450,000.00 grant by the European Research Council. Former UWGB Visiting International Scholar Ovidiu-Victor Olar (Austrian Academy of Sciences) is the principal investigator. The project will investigate the religious reforms of Early Modern Eastern and South-Eastern…
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Faculty note: Associate Prof. Eric J. Morgan (Democracy and Justice Studies and History) Featured in Business Insider Podcast
Associate Prof. Eric J. Morgan (Democracy and Justice Studies and History) is featured in this week’s episode of Business Insider’s podcast, “Brought To You By…” The episode explores the story of the Polaroid Corporation’s engagement with South Africa and apartheid during the 1970s. “What responsibilities do corporations have to support social justice, democracy, and human…
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Faculty note: Associate Prof. Reilly publishes book on the 1920s United States
UW-Green Bay Associate Prof. Kimberley Reilly (DJS, History, Women’s and Gender Studies) has published a book, The Politics of Prosperity: Mass Consumer Culture in the 1920s, with Oxford University Press. The book is part of the “Debating American History” series, edited by David J. Voelker (UW-Green Bay) and Joel M. Sipress (UW-Superior), which allows students…
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Emily Miller and Mackenzie Ringer take first place in the UW-Green Bay Liberal Arts Essay Contest
Twenty-five students submitted essays and two students claimed the top prizes and a scholarship for the annual Liberal Arts Scholarship Essay contest. The Selection Committee was composed of Rebecca Abler, Vicki Medland, Chris Williams and Xan Bozzo. The essays will be published in the Sheepshead Review. The first-year award went to Emily Miller (Psychology/Spanish). The…
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Associate Prof. Jon Shelton quoted on impact COVID-19 can have on teachers | Education Week
Associate Prof. Jon Shelton (History) was recently quoted about how a pandemic can impact teacher contracts and unions. Source: Teachers’ Unions and Districts Hammer Out New Expectations for Remote Teaching | Education Week.
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Professor David Voelker will be the program director for Common CAHSS 2020: Beyond Sustainability: Imagining an Ecological Future
UW-Green Bay Prof. David Voelker (History, Humanities) will be the program director for Common CAHSS 2020: Beyond Sustainability: Imagining an Ecological Future. The conference, which will be held on Dec. 1, 2020 at the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts will focus on Imagining an Ecological Future. The Covid-19 pandemic, which has cast intense light on…
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‘A Conversation with Michael Beschloss,’ Thursday, April 23, 6 p.m. — A free streamed event
Media Contact: Diane Nagy 920-465-5101|nagyd@uwgb.edu Weidner Center for the Performing Arts University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Presidential Historian to be featured in an online streaming event: ‘A Conversation with Michael Beschloss’ This free event is sponsored by the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (Green Bay, Wis.) The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership and…
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Associate Prof. Jon Shelton quoted on Chicago teacher strikes | Star Tribune
Associate Prof. Jon Shelton (History) was quoted in a piece on the recent strikes from Chicago teachers. Shelton states, “Obviously, this is part of a trajectory—big-city unions organizing with these kinds of demands. The crucial thing is they have been able to win. They’ve mobilized the community.” Read more via St. Paul teacher contract talks headed down…
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Kimberley Reilly to deliver presentation on women suffrage-Door County Pulse
UW-Green Bay’s Kimberley Reilly (Democracy and Justice Studies, History, Women’s and Gender Studies) will deliver a Door County Talks presentation, “Woman Suffrage 100 Years Later: Assessing Its Triumphs and Limits” on Feb. 22, 10 a.m., at the Door Community Auditorium in Fish Creek. One hundred years after women won the constitutional right to vote, Reilly…
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UW-Green Bay faculty lead ‘Door County Talks’
This month, there will be three presentations given by UW-Green Bay faculty and staff in Door County. The first is on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020 at 10 a.m. with Vince Lowery (History), the director of Student Success and Engagement at UW-Green Bay, called “How Many Reconstructions Does it Take to Be Free? A Meditation on…