Fairhaven Lecture Series
Since 1983, UW-Whitewater faculty and staff from the Whitewater and Janesville campuses, along with area business and community leaders, have been presenting multi-disciplinary lectures to thousands of lifelong learners. Continuing Education partners with Fairhaven Senior Services to host the lectures during the academic year.
Fall 2022 Lecture Series
Rediscovering Wisconsin
Our state has a rich history and promising future, filled with diverse people and unique places. Tourists and residents alike appreciate our natural beauty, talented artists, and change-makers. This fall, join us as we re-discover our upper Midwestern gem, and reflect on the events, individuals and communities that make up our past and are moving our state forward.
All lectures are free and open to the public and are heald on Mondays at 3 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Fairhaven Senior Services, 435 West Starin Road, Whitewater. Street parking is adjacent to the building. Masks may be required in common areas at Fairhaven Senior Services. Please be prepared on arrival.
Unable to attend? Links to videos of lectures, including those from prior series, can be found at http://www.uww.edu/ce/fairhaven.
If you have a disability and desire accommodations, please advise us as early as possible. Requests are confidential. UW-Whitewater provides equal opportunities in employment and programming including Title IX and ADA requirements. Please contact Kari Borne at 262-472-1003 or bornek@uww.edu for further information.
Wisconsin’s “Weird” Writer: August Derleth and the Founding of Arkham House
John Pruitt, Professor
English and Women’s & Gender Studies
Monday, September 26, 2022
Hmong in Wisconsin
Nengher Vang, Associate Professor
History
Monday, October 3, 2022
A Common and Public Nuisance: Wisconsin Breweries Fight Prohibition, 1918-1922
Karl Brown, Associate Professor
History
Monday, October 10, 2022
First Nations: Indigenous Peoples and Spiritualities of Wisconsin
Michael Gueno, Associate Professor
Philosophy and Religious
Monday, October 17, 2022
The Progressive Movement in Wisconsin
Jonah Ralston, Associate Professor
Politics, Government, and Law
Monday, October 24, 2022
What Colfax, Barneveld, and Oakfield Have in Common: The History of (E)F5 Tornadoes in Wisconsin
John Frye, Associate Professor
Geology, Geography, and Environmental Science
Monday, November 7, 2022
The Lavinia Goodell Cases: Wisconsin’s First Female Lawyer and Her Fight for Justice
Jennifer Motszko, Head of Archives
UW-Whitewater
Monday, November 14, 2022
Learn more about our programs and services in Continuing Education. We will keep you updated on future events.
Staff & Partners
Kari Borne
Outreach Prgm Assoc Dir
bornek@uww.edu
(262) 472-1003
Fairhaven Senior Services
Whitewater, WI
www.fairhaven.org
Let us know how we can help! Contact us any time via bornek@uww.edu.
If you have a disability and desire accommodations, please advise us as early as possible. Requests are confidential. UW-Whitewater provides equal opportunities in employment and programming including Title IX and ADA requirements. Please contact Kari Borne at 262-472-1003 or bornek@uww.edu for further information.
The content of each lecture in the Fairhaven Lecture Series is the intellectual property of the individual presenter.
