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Reminder: Philosophers’ Café event this Wednesday

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Mar 8, 2021

The rise and speed with which globalization has spread across the world have increasingly brought different ethnic and cultural groups into greater contact than ever before. Wars, famine, and climate change have also increased the numbers of refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers which, in turn, has led to increased cultural conflict as well as renewed…

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Melt This Frozen Heart: Whiteout and Written in the Stars

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Mar 4, 2021

Melt This Frozen Heart: Whiteout and Written in the Stars is Associate Professor Jessica Lyn Van Slooten’s latest installment in her monthly ‘Happy Hearts’ column on Cahsseffect.org. Van Slooten is a professor of English, Writing Foundations, Humanities, and Women’s & Gender Studies at UW-Green Bay, Manitowoc Campus.

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Lecturer Xan Bozzo featured in Cambridge University publication

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Feb 10, 2021

Lecturer Xan Bozzo (Philosophy & Humanities) authored the paper, “Is Same-Sex Marriage Unjust?” and is accepted for publication in Think: Philosophy for Everyone, a journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy. This publication is by Cambridge University. Read the draft of the paper!

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Faculty note: Prof. Ortiz appointed to the Equal Rights Commission of the city of Green Bay

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Sue Bodilly

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Feb 1, 2021

UW-Green Bay Prof. Cristina Ortiz (Humanities, Global Studies and Spanish) has been appointed as a member of the Equal Rights Commission of the city of Green Bay. The Commission task is to monitor efforts to eliminate discrimination within city government and the Green Bay community. Ortiz’s appointment will expire on Feb. 1, 2023.

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Faculty note: Humanities and History lecturer Kevin Kain named Associate of Virtual Open Research Lab

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Jan 28, 2021

Senior lecturer Kevin Kain (Humanities and History) has been designated as an Associate of Virtual Open Research Laboratory (VORL) program at the Russian, Eastern European and Eurasian Center, the University of Illinois in Spring 2021 for his research project “Resurrection ‘New Jerusalem’ Monastery in Reigns of Empresses Elizabeth I and Catherine II: Patronage, Power, Sacralization…

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Professors Case, Williams and Carr present on dystopian video games, Jan. 31 at 2 p.m.

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Sue Bodilly

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Jan 28, 2021

On Sunday, Jan 31, at 2 p.m., as part of the NEA Big Read: Door County series on the post-pandemic set novel Station Eleven, three UW-Green Bay professors join local teens for a virtual panel discussion on dystopian games. Juli Case (English, Humanities), Chris Williams (English, Humanities), and Bryan Carr (Communication) will discuss games like…

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Meacham, Kopischke and Strickland discuss how arts will save humanity, Saturday at 1 p.m.

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Sue Bodilly

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Jan 28, 2021

On Saturday, Jan 30, at 1 p.m. via Zoom and Facebook Live, Rebecca Meacham (English, Humanities), Alan Kopischke (Arts Management, Theater) and Kelli Strickland, executive director of the Weidner Center for Performing Arts, will discuss how the arts sustain humanity during our darkest times. The event kicks off the NEA Big Read: Door County’s two-week program…

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NEA Big Read launches virtually in Door county with help of UW-Green Bay faculty/staff

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Sue Bodilly

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Jan 19, 2021

Door County Library is launching its newest NEA Big Read festival this upcoming week with all events being available virtually to the public for free, including a Keynote discussion from author Emily St. John Mandel set for February 11 at 7 pm. The library received an NEA Big Read grant along with financial support from the…

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Professors Boswell and Levintova announce new Syllabus Journal publication

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Sue Bodilly

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Jan 4, 2021

Caroline Boswell (Humanities) and Katia Levintova (Democracy and Justice Studies) co-editors of Syllabus Journal, housed at UW-Green Bay, would like to announce that the journal has just published its latest issue at http://www.syllabusjournal.org/syllabus. In the most current issue, readers will find articles, syllabi, and toolbox (assignments) entries relevant for teaching in the fields of mathematics,…

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Faculty and staff note: Kevin Kain announces new publications

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Sue Bodilly

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Dec 16, 2020

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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