Prof. Meacham presents Live Q&A with Station Eleven author this Thursday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m.

In a free and open virtual event, UW-Green Bay Prof. Rebecca Meacham (English, Writing and Applied Arts) will interview Station Eleven author Emily St. John Mandel on Thursday, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m. CST.  A National Book Award finalist on countless major “best book” lists, Station Eleven is set in dystopian, post-pandemic Great Lakes region as a traveling symphony creates art while eluding violent threats. The event is the keynote of the NEA Big Reads: Door County program and will be broadcast via Zoom and Facebook live. 
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85264388568…
➤ Meeting ID: 852 6438 8568
➤ Passcode: 087542

Check Out This TED Talk On Why Romance Books Are Feminist – Women.com

Most romance fans have heard people say that, as a genre, romance books are trashy, anti-feminist drivel. Of course, the vast majority of folks who say or think that have never even read a romance! Fans of the genre know nothing could be farther from the truth and this TED Talk on why romance novels are feminist backs us up!Said TED Talk was presented at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay by Associate Professor of English, Writing, and Women’s and Gender Studies, Jessica Van Slooten. The nearly-seventeen-minute video is an excellent dive into the way romance novels provide women a way to explore their desires and fantasies.

Source: Check Out This TED Talk On Why Romance Books Are Feminist – Women.com

Common CAHSS

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

Chris McAllister Williams
Chris McAllister Williams

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 Keller terms it, the “self-conscious Anthropocene.” This talk will draw upon the work of bell hooks, Juliana Spahr, Forrest Gander, and others to situate the concerns of the Anthropocene—the proposed name for a new epoch when human activity is the dominant force reshaping the planet—alongside poetic approaches that seek to explore those concerns, culminating in a discussion about the interwoven nature of the ecological location, sustainability, and creativity.

To join the virtual event, visit the CAHSS and Effect website.

Insight Publications | Business on the move

UW-Green Bay, Manitowoc Campus is now offering bachelor’s degrees from start to finish in Environmental Science; Business; Health Information Management and Technology; Psychology; and Writing and Applied Arts.

Source: Insight Publications | Business on the move