Please come to the Brown County Central Library on the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. The Great Book Discussions are held in the Board Room (2nd Floor).
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September 10 |
Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert
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Luisa Etxenike |
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October 8 |
The Dream of the Red Chamber/Story of the Stone Ts’ao Hsueh-ch’in
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Professor David Coury |
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November 12 |
Passing Nella Larsen
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Professor J. Vincent Lowery
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December 10 |
The Blue Hour Alonso Cueto |
Professor Gabriel Saxton-Ruiz
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The Humanities and the Professions
Thursday, March 31, 2011
4:30-5:30 PM, MAC 120
Wondering what career you might enter after graduation? Are you interested in talking with professionals who were once humanities students too? Or are you hoping to explore some internship possibilities for the summer or next semester? Join us next Thursday for this short, informative gathering! Speakers include librarians, museum curators, current interns, and staff from Career Services among others!
Professor Greg Aldrete and Scott Bartell’s linothorax collaborative research project is gaining national and international attention. During a session taped by a German news crew for a European TV series, Green bay Channel 2 and Channel 11 reported on the project:
And see Professor Aldrete shoot Scott Bartell with an arrow at Channel 2:
Full stories available at Channel 2 and Channel 11.
Of Virginal Grandmothers and Nutty Professors:
Social Satire in the Works of Rodolfo Santana and Juan Rivera Saavedra
Professor Gabriel Saxton-Ruiz
Friday, April 30
2:00-3:00 pm
University Union
Phoenix A
UW-Green Bay Campus
This work-in-progress lecture will discuss the major themes in two plays: Rock para una abuela virgen (1988) by the Venezuela playwright Rodolfo Santana and Los profesores (1958) by the Peruvian Juan Rivera Saavedra. Both of these works have enjoyed an unexpected resurgence in popularity in the last few years: Santana’s social farce was recently adapted to the silver screen garnering rave reviews, while Rivera Saavedra’s previously banned absurdist commentary on Peruvian academia was finally staged in Lima three years ago.
The Department of Humanistic Studies and the Brown County Library invite you to participate in the spring semester’s Great Books Discussion series. On the second Tuesday of each month, a member of UW-Green Bay’s Humanitistc Studies faculty will lead a discussion on one of the “great books” of western and world culture. The schedule for the fall semester 2010 is…
September 14, TOPIC: NATURAL LAW/RELIGION, Leviathan, Hobbe Chapters 6, 12 and 14, Presented by Professor Derek Jeffreys
October 12, TOPIC: UTOPIANISM, Utopia, Thomas More, Presented by Professor Kevin Kain
November 9, TOPIC: LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY, Open Veins of Latin America Presented by Professor Gabriel Saxton-Ruiz
December 14, TOPIC: RUSSIAN DRAMA, The Cherry Orchard, Chekov Presented by Professor Heidi Sherman
The discussions are free and open to the public. Faculty, students, and community members are encouraged to attend. Of course, we encourage you to read the “great book” before attending the discussion, but even if you cannot finish the work, you may find the session enlightening.
The Great Books Discussion series is held on the Lower Level of the Brown County Library (Central Branch – 515 Pine St., Downtown Green Bay). Discussions begin at 6:30 p.m.
See you there!
The Discovery Channel recently reported on Professor Greg Aldrete’s linothorax faculty/student collaborative research project. The poster referred to was designed by UWGB graduate Scott Bartell (history and humanistic studies) and last week won the Best Poster Prize at the Annual Meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America. More info, including the poster and video, can be found on the project’s website.
The Green Bay Film Society will present the next International Film of the semester on Wednesday, December 2nd at 7:00 pm in the auditorium of the Neville Public Museum.
The Pope’s Toilet
Uruguay, 2007
In 1988, Melo, an Uruguayan town on the Brazilian border, awaits the visit of Pope John Paul II. 50,000 people are expected to attend, and the most humble locals believe that selling food and drink to the multitude will just about make them rich. Petty smuggler Beto thinks he has the best idea of all—he decides he will build a WC in front of his house and charge for its use. His efforts bring about unexpected consequences, and the final results will surprise everyone.
All are welcome to attend.
More information on the Green bay Film Society may be found here.
“Crossing Borders: Disciplines, Cultures, and Histories”
A lecture by Craig Lockard
November 19, 3:30
Christie Theatre, University Union, UWGB
Please join Social Change and Development as we honor our retiring colleague Craig Lockard. Professor Lockard has served the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay as a dedicated teacher, scholar, and institutional and intellectual leader. To our benefit, he has also served the larger academy and intellectual world as a distinguished historian and theoretician of world history.
Co-sponsored by the History Department and the Center for History and Social Change. Please contact Kim Nielsen at nielsenk@uwgb.edu with questions or if accommodations are needed.
The Green Bay Film Society will present the next International Film of the semester on Wednesday, November 18th at 7:00 pm in the auditorium of the Neville Public Museum.
Emma’s Bliss
Germany, 2006
Max, a car salesman, has been diagnosed with cancer and faced with the knowledge that he doesn’t have much longer to live. He impulsively steals money and a car and sets out to flee. By chance he encounters Emma, an eccentric young woman who lives alone on a farm with a different conception of life and death. Director Sven Taddicken’s odd and wondrous film about death and dying pointedly contrasts Western medicine’s sometimes intrusive approach to prolonging life by any means necessary with a graceful acceptance of the inevitable.
All are welcome to attend.
More information on the Green bay Film Society may be found here.
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