Historian Lockard reflects on 40 years in a 40-minute ‘Last Lecture’
Lately History Professor Craig Lockard has been ruminating over 40 years of scholarship and teaching, preparing to distill it into a “final” lecture.
Tagged: Social Change and Development
Aspiring writer events feature alumni, students, Meacham, Samudra
Aspiring writers may be interested in a pair of free public events Thursday (Nov. 5). The Humanistic Studies academic unit is sponsoring “Turning and Returning: A reading of Creative Work” from 3:30 to 4:30...
Historical Perspectives Series examines race in America
The second presentation in this semester’s Historical Perspectives Lecture Series is scheduled for 12:45 p.m. Monday (Oct. 26) at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay with a presentation by Yale University Prof. Jonathan Holloway titled:...
Faculty note: Lockard
Prof. Craig Lockard, history and Social Change and Development, presented a paper at the Northwest World History conference in Seattle on Oct. 9 and 10. The paper was titled “’Get Up, Stand Up’: Popular...
Faculty note: Prof. Kaye
Prof. Harvey Kaye of Social Change and Development was once again a call-in guest on the Mort Mecklosky political talk show aired by public radio station WUSB, originating from the campus of SUNY-Stony Brook...
Nielsen reflects on Helen Keller
A bronze statue of Helen Keller was unveiled Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol, recognizing her efforts on behalf of people with disabilities. But that’s only a sliver of Keller’s story. Kim Nielsen, UW-Green Bay...
New publication by Center for Food in Community and Culture
The two-volume collection Critical Food Issues: Problems and State-of-the-Art Solutions was just published by Praeger Publishing (Santa Barbara, Cal.). Volume One, edited by Laurel Phoenix of the Public and Environmental Affairs faculty, has fifteen...
Faculty note: Kaye FDR essay
The Greater Southeastern Massachusetts Labor Council published Prof. Harvey Kaye’s article “FDR’s Forgotten Freedoms,” on its website recently. The article is a short reflection on President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his ideals. Kaye, a...
Kaye essay on new Moore film, FDR’s Four Freedoms
UW-Green Bay faculty member Harvey Kaye, Social Change and Development, is author of an essay published in the national political-issues blog The Daily Beast. Kaye notes that Michael Moore’s new film, “Capitalism: A Love...
BC scholar visits for Historical Perspectives talk
The scholar and author is John Summers of Boston College, and his topic will be “C. Wright Mills and the Politics of Truth” at 10:35 a.m. Monday (Sept, 21.) in the Union’s Christie Theatre....
