The Legal Issues in WI panel, an important and timely discussion of the current shortage of public defenders in Wisconsin, related law school curriculum and admissions, will be held on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Alumni Room (Room 103) located in UW-Green Bay’s University Union. Panelists include UW-Green […]
The Legal Issues in WI panel, an important and timely discussion of the current shortage of public defenders in Wisconsin, related law school curriculum and admissions, will be held on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Alumni Room (Room 103) located in UW-Green Bay’s University Union. Panelists include UW-Green […]
Prof. Gregory Aldrete (History, Humanistic Studies) has a new video course published with the Great Courses/The Teaching Company. The 24-lecture lecture is called “The Roman Empire: From Augustus to the Fall of Rome” and is a sequel to the “Rise of Rome” course. Learn more.
For those of you who missed “Searching for Romeo” during its two runs on the UW-Green Bay campus, you will now have another chance to see it. You just have to go to Idaho to do it, according to creator and emeritus faculty member Brian Sutton. The musical is slated to be performed by Vision […]
Prof. Emerita Louise Witherell (Humanistic Studies), passed away Jan. 16, 2018. Visitation will be held on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, from Noon until the time of service at 2 p.m. in Wauwatosa. Interment will be held at 11 a.m. Monday Jan. 29, 2018, at Highland Memorial Park, Appleton, Wis. See the full obituary.
Provost Greg Davis announced the appointment today (June 19, 2017) of Charles A. Rybak as interim Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. He will provide leadership in the areas of visual and performing arts, humanities, communication, computer and information sciences and social sciences. The Dean is responsible for budget, personnel, curriculum, […]
Humanistic Studies is currently an academic program and a unit on campus. The name for both has been changed to “Humanities.” The reason for the change is that the program and all the unit’s disciplinary programs are, in fact, all fields within the Humanities. The new name is also more widely recognized.
Senior Lecturer Kevin Kain (Humanistic Studies and History) served on a panel of 10 international experts invited to Yale University to discuss “Rethinking Religion in Early Modern Russia” April 7-8. The program was sponsored by the Yale Macmillian Center (European Studies Council) and funded by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation. The full-length version of […]
On Sunday, April 2, 2017 Prof. Derek Jeffreys (Humanistic Studies, religion) was featured on CW 14 Focus, with host Robert Hornacek. They discussed issues related to human dignity. “What I mean by dignity is called ‘inherent dignity,’ that you have value simply because you’re a person,” Jeffreys said. “It’s a value that your parents can’t […]
Several faculty members will be presenting their research at the spring Humanistic Studies Faculty Forum. The time has changed to 3 to 4:30 p.m. but the date and location remain the same — Friday, March 24 in the 1965 Room. Associate Prof. Chris Martin will present “We’re not as Real as We’d like to Think: Spinoza, […]