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Lecture Series Video Library

Video lectures can be accessed for free any time by clicking the links below.  Select videos are also available on our YouTube channel.  


Fairhaven

Connections Between Art-making, Research and Education

Verónica Soria Martínez
Assistant Professor
Curriculum and Instruction
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Fairhaven

Tragicomedy in the 20th Century


Michael Y. Bennett
Associate Professor
Literature, Writing and Film
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Fairhaven

Chimes at Midnight: Shakespearean Adaptations and the Late Career of Orson Welles
Erica Moulton
Assistant Professor
Literature, Writing, and Film
February 26

Fairhaven

Kaftans, Carpets, and the Kaaba: Textiles in the Islamic World

Ashley Dimmig
Director
Crossman Gallery
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Fairhaven

D.H. Lawrence and the Question of American Literature

Jonathan Ivry
Associate Professor and Chair
Literature, Writing, and Film
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Fairhaven

The Handmaiden Historical Context of the Japanese Occupation of Korea
Donald Jellerson
Associate Professor
Literature, Writing, and Film
March 18

Fairhaven

Manufacturing “Talent”: How I Teach the Art of Performing

Benjamin Whitcomb
Professor
Music
April 8

Fairhaven

Nice Poets. Rude Poets: Satire and Obscenity in Arabic Political Poetry

Asmahan Sallah
Associate professor
Literature, Writing, and Film
April 22

Fairhaven

Is the Golden-Age of the Broadway Musical Still Golden?

Bruce Cohen
Associate Professor
Theatre & Dance
April 29

Fairhaven

From Institutionalization to the College Classroom: Opening Doors for Young Adults with Significant Disabilities

James Collins, Associate Professor
Special Education
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Fairhaven

Learning for the Ages




Jon Werner, Professor
Management
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Fairhaven

Food and Memory: Grinding Stones, a Year of Cooking, and Other Ways to Stay in Touch with Las Abuelas


Pilar Melero, Professor
World Languages & Cultures
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Fairhaven

Barley, Barberry, and Biological Warfare: A Short History of Stem Rust, 4,000 BCE – Present


Karl Brown, Associate Professor
History
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Fairhaven

The Significance of Reefs in Earth’s Ancient History

Rex Hanger, Professor
Geology, Geography & Environmental Science
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Fairhaven

Celebrating 40 Years of the Fairhaven Lecture Series




October 16, 2023

Fairhaven

The Agenda of Public Discourse



Brian Schanen, Lecturer
Communication
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Fairhaven

Previewing the 2024 Presidential Election
Susan Johnson, Associate Dean, College of Letters and Sciences
Associate Professor, Politics, Government and Law
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Fairhaven

The Road to Nationals: Performances of the UW-Whitewater Forensics Team



UW-Whitewater Forensics Team
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Fairhaven

Institutional Integrity and Legitimacy: Today’s Supreme Court

Jolly Emrey, Associate Professor, Politics, Government and Law
November 13, 2023

Fairhaven

Talking to Doctors: Health Communication Tips to Improve Your Healthcare Experience
Jonathan Dellinger, Assistant Professor
Communication
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Fairhaven

Trophies of War: Ottoman Tents Won in the Siege of Vienna in 1683

Ashley Dimmig, Director
Crossman Gallery

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Fairhaven

Bilingual Education and School Privatization in Milwaukee

Andrew Hurie, Assistant Professor
Curriculum & Instruction


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Fairhaven

Exploring Special Education and Adult Outcomes of Students with Disabilities through an Intersectional Lens
Courtney Wilt, Assistant Professor
Special Education
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Fairhaven

Feminism, Race, and White Privilege
Olivia McLaughlin, Assistant Professor
Sociology, Criminology, and Anthropology


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Fairhaven

Too Much of a Good Thing is Wonderful: Liberace's Wisconsin Roots and Flamboyant Visibility from Milwaukee to Las Vegas
Anna Hajdik, Lecturer
Languages and Literatures

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Fairhaven

History Underwater: An Introduction to Maritime Archaeology
Michelle Damian, Assistant Professor
History



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Fairhaven

The Challenge of Ethical Technical Communication: Revisiting the Organizational and Communication Failures of the Challenger Explosion
Jessica Lauer, Assistant Professor
Languages & Literatures

March 6, 2023

Fairhaven

Disability Representation in Children's and Young Adult Literature

Lauren Zepp, Assistant Professor
Special Education

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Cedar Crest

Navigating Childhood Trauma

Gina Martin, Assistant Professor, Counselor Education
Thursday, March 9, 2023

Cedar Crest

The Art and History of Black Muslims in Early America
Ashley Dimmig, Director, Crossman Gallery
Thursday, March 16, 2023

Cedar Crest

A Path Towards Inclusion
Vanessa Perez, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Diversity, Engagement and Success
Thursday, March 30, 2023

Cedar Crest

The Lavinia Goodell Cases: Wisconsin’s First Female Lawyer and Her Fight for Justice
Jennifer Motszko, Head of Archives
Thursday, April 6, 2023

Fairhaven

Who are the Supremes? A Discussion of the Lives of Supreme Court Justices
Monica Lineberger
Assistant Professor
Polititcal Science
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Fairhaven

Educational Innovators: Profiles from the American Past
Anne Durst
Associate Professor
Educational Foundations
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Fairhaven

An Opportunity and a Burden: The Lives of Loyalist Woment in Revolutionalry Philadelphia
Kimberly Nath, Associate Professor
History
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Fairhaven

Forgetting and Remembering the "Spanish" Flu Pandemic
Karl Brown
Associate Professor
History
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Fairhaven

Flaco Jimenez and the Accordion: Global Intersections
Erin Bauer
Assistant Professor
Music
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Fairhaven

Profile of Wisconsin Mass Media History
Brian Schanen
Lecturer
Communication
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Fairhaven

The Poison Widow of Whitewater: Mystery,  Mayhem, and Murder
Jennifer Motszko
Digital Scholarship &
Preservation Archivist
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Fairhaven

Life at the Intersections: The Labor, Activism, and Legacy of Pauli Murray
Ashley Barnes-Gilbert
Lecturer
Women's and Gender Studies
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Fairhaven

Wendell Willkie and the We Want Willke Campaign
Dick Haven
Professor Emeritus
Communication
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Fairhaven

What Makes the Northern Cardinal Such a Winner?
Susan DeVries
Assistant Professor
Biology
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Fairhaven

A Jamaican Student Teaching Experience
Amy Stevens
Professor and Chair Special Education
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Fairhaven

Chemistry in the Kitchen
Kim Kostka Professor
Chemistry

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Fairhaven

Monitoring Shoreline Erosion and Slope Stability Along Lake Michigan
Juk Bhattacharyya
Professor
Geology, Geo & Environl Science
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Fairhaven

Inventions, Innovations and Publications
Ozgur Yavuzcetin
Associate Professor
Physics
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Fairhaven

Biophysics: Where Magnets and Neurons Collide
Martin Tchernookov
Assistant Professor
Physics
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Fairhaven

Citizen Science: A Tool for Bird Conservation
Tom Klubertanz
Professor
Biology
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Fairhaven

Climate Change & Changing Seasons in WI and the Great Lakes Region
John Frye
Associate Professor
Geology, Geo & Environ Science
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Fairhaven

Why the COVID-19 Vaccine was Created in Less Than Six Months
John Ejnik
Associate Professor and Chair
Chemistry
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Fairhaven

Patagonia: Building Resilience through Nature-Based Tourism
Andrea Ednie
Kinesiology

Fairhaven

Exiled Child: Territory, Community, and Politics in Louis XIV’s France
James Coons
History

Fairhaven

COVID-19 and my Semester at Sea Experience:  Or “Why I am in love with cities I have never seen.
Sue Wildermuth
Communication

Fairhaven

A Heartland Visa to Revive and Internationalize the Midwest
Jonathan Burkham
Geography and Environmental Studies

Fairhaven

The Sights and Peculiarities of Thailand
Carol Scovotti
Marketing

Fairhaven

Displacement, Nostalgia, and Hmong Homeland Politics: Hidden Legacies of America's Secret War in Laos
Nengher Vang, History

Fairhaven

Fiscal and Monetary Policy Responses to Covid-19 and its Implication on Presidential Elections
Narendra Regmi
Economics

Fairhaven

Presidential Transitions: Understanding the Period between Campaigning and Governing
Louis Fucilla
Political Science

Fairhaven

Election Results: Winners, Losers, and What Happens Next
Jolly Emrey, Susan Johnson, and Eric Loepp
Political Science

Fairhaven

One Week Left: The Final Days of the 2020 Campaign and What to Look for on Election Night
Eric Loepp
Political Science

Fairhaven

Natural Disasters, Man-made Calamities & the Economy: Making or Breaking the Incumbent President in an Election
Krastina Dzhambova, Economics

Fairhaven

Who Owns the Central Bank? Monetary Policy, Government and Elections
Eylem Ersal
Economics

Fairhaven

Presidential Elections in Times of Crises
Richard Haven
Communication

Fairhaven

COVID on the Campaign Trail: The Role of COVID-19 in 2020 U.S. Presidential Campaign Communication
Corey Davis, Communication

Fairhaven

A Recap of the 2020 Presidential Nomination Process
Susan Johnson, Assistant Dean
Political Science

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Fairhaven

Is Social Media a Positive or Negative Influence on Society?
David Beyea
Communication

Fairhaven

Superheroines in 21st Century Movies
Donald Jellerson
Languages and Literatures

Fairhaven

The Election of Barack Obama
Susan Johnson, Assistant Dean
Political Science

Fairhaven

A Stormy Start to the 21st Century
John Frye
Geology, Geography & Environmental Science

Fairhaven

Independence Movements in the 21st Century: Scots, Kurds, Catalans and Beyond
Larry Anderson
Political Science

Fairhaven

Unveiling Facts About Islam: Common Misconceptions, Western Media Representations and Stereotypes
Amal Ibrahim
Communication

Fairhaven

WWII and the Creation of the Modern Middle East

Molly Patterson
History

Fairhaven

Understanding the Soviet Experience in World War II

Elizabeth Hachten
Assistant Dean

Fairhaven

American Politics in the Shadow of World War II: Re-examining the Presidential Elections of 1940 and 1944
Louis Fucilla
Political Science

Fairhaven

The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb, Part 1


David McKay
History

Fairhaven

The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb, Part 2


Louis Fucilla
Political Science

Fairhaven

The Arsenal of Democracy: The WWII Speeches of Franklin Roosevelt


Richard Haven
Communication

Fairhaven

Hidden Pasts and Desires: Gay and Lesbian Lives During WWII
Ashley Barnes-Gilbert
Women's and Gender Studies

Fairhaven

Forgotten Wisconsin Authors and the Need to Revive Them
John Pruitt
English

Fairhaven

Two Years That Changed the Milky Way Galaxy: 1951 and 2018
Robert Benjamin
Physics

Fairhaven

Native American Spirituality and Practice
Michael Gueno
Philosophy and Religious Studies

Fairhaven

Manifest Ignorance: Manifest Destiny and Popular Culture in the U.S.
Rossitza Ivanova
Languages & Literatures

Fairhaven

Marxism, Masaryk, and King Alexander’s Monkey: Rebuilding Eastern and Central Europe, 1917-1923
Karl Brown, History

Fairhaven

The Great War and the Making of Arab Nationalism
Hala Ghoneim
Languages & Literatures

Fairhaven

How Long Must Women Wait for Liberty
Ashley Barnes-Gilbert, Women's and Gender Studies

Fairhaven

Have We Learned the Lessons of the War to End All Wars?
Jonah Ralston
Political Science

Fairhaven

"No One Wants to Go to War”: African Participation in World War I
Adam Paddock
History

Fairhaven

To Do and Die: World War I Poetry and the End of Victorian Progress
John McGuigan
Languages & Literatures

Fairhaven

From Shell Shock to Spanish Flu: Impacts of the Great War on Health and Medicine
Elizabeth Hachten, Letters & Sciences

Fairhaven

Woodrow Wilson’s Reluctant March to War in Europe
Louis Fucilla
Political Science

Fairhaven

Back to the Future: The Great War, Nationalism, Imperialism, and the Failure of Internationalism
F. Peter Wagner, Political Science

Fairhaven

The Third Space of Teacher Education for Future Elementary Teachers
Matt Vick
Curriculum & Instruction

Fairhaven

Socially Responsible Business & Making a Difference in Women Artisans’ Lives
Paul Ambrose, Business & Economics

Fairhaven

Where Is the Fort in Fort Atkinson? Engaging the Community Through Archaeology
Paul Reckner, Archaeologist
Pete Killoran, Sociology, Criminology & Anthropology

Fairhaven

Testing the Waters: Real-Time Mapping of the Water Quality on the Rock River

Eric Compas, Geography, Geology & Environmental Science

Fairhaven

All the World’s a Stage But There’s Only One Carnegie Hall


Glenn Hayes
Music

Fairhaven

The Wisdom of Ancient Trees



R. Bruce Allison
WisconsinHistorical Society

Fairhaven

Household Names: Case Studies of Strong, Enduring Brands
Rob Boostrom
Marketing

Fairhaven

Public Speaking: An American Political Tradition
Dick Haven
Communication

Fairhaven

Holding Tight and Letting Go Among the Amish and Mennonites
Evie Yoder Miller
Languages & Literatures

Fairhaven

Why Are Catholic Priests Still Celibate? The Medieval Priesthood as a Modern Institution
Jennifer Thibodeaux
History

Fairhaven

The Timelessness of Spring Training and the Minor Leagues

Ryan Callahan
Continuing Education Services

Fairhaven

Representing Shakespeare’s Kate (from Taming of the Shrew) on Stage and Screen
Donald Jellerson, Languages & Literatures

Fairhaven

The Women and Girls of Eagleswood School: Abolitionism, Utopianism, and Educational Experimentation

Anne Durst, Educational Foundations

Fairhaven

Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom’s Cabin: A “Moral Battle Cry of Freedom”

Beth Lueck, Languages & Literatures

Fairhaven

Establishing the Link Between Pollution and Heath: Women Scientists Who Led the Way
Elisabeth Harrahy, Biology

Fairhaven

With Malice Toward None: Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
Richard Haven
Communication

Fairhaven

Reinventing America: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Richard Haven
Communication

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