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  • Faculty note: Prof. Nesvet article

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    Sue Bodilly

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    UW-Green Bay Associate Prof. Nesvet (English, Humanities) was invited to contribute an article on “James Malcolm Rymer”—author of penny dreadfuls and inventor of fictional murderer Sweeney Todd—to the Oxford Bibliography in Victorian Literature (Oxford University Press). The volume will be out in 2021.

  • Common CAHSS keynote is Nov. 30

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    Sue Bodilly

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    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…

  • Part 3 of Common CAHSS: Beyond Sustainability Speaker Series to focus on Ecopoetics

    Part 3 of Common CAHSS: Beyond Sustainability Speaker Series to focus on Ecopoetics

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    Join Assistant Professor Chris McAllister Williams (English and Humanities) on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020  from 4 to 5 p.m to learn about ecopoetics. Ecopoetics is more than just poems about nature. Rather, it is poetry that positions humankind in relationship to ‘the natural,’ embodying the tensions between ecological landscapes and late capitalism in, as scholar Lynn…

  • The Emancipation of George Jackson: Featuring Professor Nolan Bennett, Oct. 23

    The Emancipation of George Jackson: Featuring Professor Nolan Bennett, Oct. 23

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    This virtual talk in collaboration with UW-Madison draws on the writings and legacy of 1970s activist George Jackson to articulate what he and fellow radicals envisioned as the political potential and limitations of writing as emancipatory and to consider what hope we should see in prison writing today. This virtual lunch event featuring UW-Green Bay Prof.…

  • ‘The Civil Rights Movement meets the Environmental Movement: How We Can Advocate for Environmental Justice’

    ‘The Civil Rights Movement meets the Environmental Movement: How We Can Advocate for Environmental Justice’

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    Sue Bodilly

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    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…

  • Prof. Wheat to lead environmental justice/civil rights presentation, Thursday, Oct. 22

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    Sue Bodilly

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    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…

  • Global Studies Roundtable is Friday, Oct. 9

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    The next Global Studies roundtable is Friday, Oct, 9 at 1:00 pm ET,  and welcomes Ben Levelius, Vice Consul from the U.S. Consulate General in Hyderabad, India. Levels is a native of Wisconsin and will also be discussing his path to foreign service in the U.S. State Department. The U.S.-India relationship plays a key role…

  • What You Should Be Watching: Documentaries to the Rescue

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    Sue Bodilly

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    Prof. David Coury speaks about new Netflix Documentaries on Common CAHSS’s segment, “What You Should Be Watching.”

  • Video: Pestilence and Print History recorded event

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    Editorial Student

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    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…

  • Faculty note: Kevin Kain publication

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    Sue Bodilly

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    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…