Tag: humanities
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Faculty note: Prof. Nesvet published article in French journal
Professor Rebecca Nesvet’s (English) article “Lady Clara Cavendish: Reynolds and Rymer’s Political Hoax” (“Lady Clara Cavendish : le canular politique de Reynolds et Rymer”) is published in the journal Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens. The volume’s editors, Drs. Francoise Dupeyron and Fabienne Moine, write: “essays purport to show how these popular writing practices enable the ‘minor’…
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Great Decisions Lecture: Changing Demographics, April 6 via Zoom
Prof. Alise Coen (Political Science), will discuss the impact of migration and displacement on the world’s changing demographics in a Zoom presentation on April 6, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public. In the 20th and 21st centuries, the world has experienced remarkable demographic changes that continue today and have…
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Faculty note: Emeritus faculty Gregory Aldrete publication
UW-Green Bay Professor Emeritus Gregory Aldrete (History and Humanities) had an article published in the peer-reviewed journal “Film and History” Winter 2021, Vol. 51(2) pp. 12-22. The article is titled “Bread and Circuses: Ancient Rome, Modern Science Fiction and the Art of Political Distraction,” and it traces the surprisingly widespread influence that a line from…
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In Phoenix-fashion, Eric Friedland has a way of re-incarnating himself
It’s the resilient who pick themselves up and start all over again. Eric Friedland is notable in that regard—he’s picked himself up a few times and started all over again—even after being successful. His current professional re-incarnation is as a financial advisor at Edward Jones. A position, he admits, that he’s just getting started at.…
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Great Decisions Lecture: Climate Change
The ideological divide in the United States on the subject of climate change has impeded progress in curbing greenhouse emissions. But extreme weather events at both ends of the thermometer have focused attention on the consequences of inaction. Join the conversation March 23, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Associate Prof. Elizabeth Wheat (Public and…
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Great Decisions lecture: Drug Policy in Latin America, March 9
March 9, 2020 at 6:30 p.m., this Great Decisions lecture via ZOOM will discuss the drug policy in Latin America. The issue of migration to the United States from Latin America has overshadowed the war on drugs, which has been underway for decades with little signs of progress. What are the roots and the bureaucratic…
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Great Decisions Lecture: Russia and the United States, Feb. 23, 6:30 p.m.
Russia and the United States have many areas of conflict and some possible areas of mutual interest. Arms control, Russian interference in U.S. elections and support of cyberattacks, the status of Ukraine, the fate of opposition politicians in Russia, all continue to be concerning. Join us as Prof. Ora John Reuter, Political Science, UW-Milwaukee, offers…
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UW-Green Bay Professor Chuck Rybak featured in latest issue of The Drift
UW-Green Bay’s Chuck Rybak was featured in the latest issue of The Drift for a poem he wrote titled “bye”. This poem is a constraint-driven poem that does not include any letters that appear in the word ‘coronavirus’. Read the poem here. Chuck Rybak is the dean of the UW-Green Bay College of Arts, Humanities, and…
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Great Decisions lecture series, Feb. 9, 2022
UW-Green Bay will again be joining with St Norbert College for this semester’s Great Decisions lecture series, Feb. 9, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. It is free and open to the public. The series spotlights top political scientists and policy analysts who will speak about important issues of our time as selected by the Foreign Policy…
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Announcing UW-Green Bay’s 2022–23 Wisconsin Teaching Fellows and Scholars
Congratulations to faculty members Associate Prof. Clif Ganyard (History, Humanities) and Prof. Michelle McQuade Dewhirst (Music) for being selected to represent UW-Green Bay as 2022–23 UW System Wisconsin Teaching Scholars! Each year, two faculty or teaching academic staff from each UW System campus are chosen through a competitive application process to participate in this unique…