Public Lectures
The faculty members of History Department at UW-Whitewater have been presenting their research projects in the Scholarly Scoop Lecture Series hosted by the College of Letters and Sciences at UW-Whitewater. There are three ongoing Scholarly Scoop lecture series. Lectures are open to the public at no charge and are held in the locations below.
- Whitewater: Starin Community Center | 1130 W South St., Whitewater, WI
- Monona: Monona Senior Center | 1011 Nichols Rd., Monona, WI
- Stoughton: Stoughton Area Senior Center | 248 W Main St. #1, Stoughton, WI
Here are the three lectures given by the History Department faculty members in the Spring 2019 semester.
March 8, 2019 | 10:00-11:00 am @ Monona
Affections and Absolutionism: The Emotional Politics of the Sun King's Early Reign
Dr. James Coons, Assistant Professor, History
April 12, 2019 | 10:00-11:00 am @ Monona
Unending Struggles: Legacies of America's Secret War in Laos
Dr. Nengher Vang, Assistant Professor, History
April 12, 2019 | 10:30-11:30 am @ Whitewater
Prohibition: A Perfect Storm
Dr. Karl Brown, Assistant Professor, History
Friday, October 11 | 10:00-11:00 am
Islam in America
Molly Patterson, Associate Professor, History
The faculty members of History Department at UW-Whitewater have been presenting their research projects in the Fairhaven Lecture Series. Lectures in the Fairhaven Lecture Series are open to the public at no charge and are held on Mondays at 3:00 pm during the academic year in Fellowship Hall of Fairhaven Senior Services, 435 West Starin Road in Whitewater, Wisconsin. Guest/street parking is adjacent to the building. Are you interested?
Here are the two lectures given by the History Department faculty members in the Spring 2019 semester.
April 1, 2019
WWII and the Creation of the Modern Middle East
Dr. Molly Patterson, Associate Professor, History
April 29, 2019
The West Is the Best: The Beast in the East: World War II Ends and the Cold War Begins
Dr. Karl Brown, Assistant Professor, History
November 4, 2019
An Enduring Tradition: Hmong Cultural and Cosmological Beliefs and Practices
Nengher Vang, Associate Professor, History
November 18, 2019
The Origins of Shi'a Islam
Molly Patterson, Associate Professor, History