Spring 2019

A World at War: Taking a Closer Look at WWII

Seventy-five years ago, the world was engaged in the deadliest conflict in history. The Second World War impacted millions of people from dozens of countries across the globe. From the horrors of genocide and nuclear weapons to the emergence of super powers and a baby boom, the stories and legacies from the war are formative and profound. Join us this spring as we take a closer look at the Allies and the Axis, the international battlefields and the home front, the great powers and the greatest generation.

All lectures are free and open to the public and are held on Mondays at 3 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Fairhaven Senior Services, 435 West Starin Road, Whitewater.

Unable to attend? Links to videos of lectures in this and prior series can be viewed any time at uww.edu/ce/fairhaven.

If you have a disability and desire accommodations, please advise us as soon 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.

February

4	Hidden Pasts and Desires: Gay and Lesbian Lives During WWII Ashley Barnes-Gilbert, Lecturer, Women’s and Gender Studies
11	The Arsenal of Democracy: The WWII Speeches of Franklin Roosevelt Richard Haven,Emeritus Professor, Communication
18	The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb, Part 1 David McKay, Senior Lecturer, History
20	Making the Movies Safe for War: The WWII Combat Film John McGuigan, Professor, Languages and Literatures *This lecture will take place at 3:00 pm on Wednesday, February 20
25	The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb, Part 2 Dave Carlson, Senior Lecturer, Philosophy

March

4	American Politics in the Shadow of World War II: Re-examining the Presidential Elections of 1940 and 1944 Louis Fucilla, Assistant Professor, Political Science
11	American Hegemony: The World the Greatest Generation Built F. Peter Wagner, Associate Professor, Political Science
18	Women of the Air: American Women Pilots in World War II Elizabeth Jozwiak, Associate Professor, History
25	Understanding the Soviet Experience in World War II Elizabeth Hachten, Assistant Dean, College of Letters and Sciences

April

1	WWII and the Creation of the Modern Middle East Molly Patterson, Associate Professor, History
8	The German-American Community and World War II: A Cautionary Tale Tim Holian, Senior Lecturer, Languages and Literatures
15	Children, Save Yourselves! One Family’s Story of Holocaust Survival Ronald Berger, Professor Emeritus, Sociology, Criminology and Anthropology
22	Humanity, Hospitals, or Historical Monuments? Protecting Italian Cities from Aerial Bombardment During World War II Margo Kleinfeld, Associate Professor, Geography, Geology and Environmental Science
29	The West Is the Best / The Beast in the East: World War II Ends and the Cold War Begins Karl Brown, Assistant Professor, History

The content of each lecture in the Fairhaven Lecture Series is the intellectual property of the individual presenter.