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1 International Education Week kicks off
Northern Iowan 119:23, p.1
International Education Week, November 14-18, will celebrate the stories of international students, faculty, and departments across UNI's campus. Caroline Christensen lists out the different events that will be held throughout the week.
2 History and political science departments to present "A History of Reproductive Rights"
Northern Iowan 119:7, p.1
UNI's Departments of History and Political Science will be hosting a free to attend panel in Lang Hall to discuss the history of reproductive rights. Mallory Schmitz writes more details about the organizations and people involved; photo.
3 History department discusses witch hunts, language use
Northern Iowan 117:45, p.4
Jennifer McNabb, Head of the History Department, hosted a lecture to discuss language and power among women in the early England's witch hunts. This lecture was part of the Phi Alpha Theta Lecture Series in recognition of Women's History Month; photo.
4 Examining Christianity in Japan and Iowa
Northern Iowan 117:37, p.5
Professor of history Dr. Reiner H. Hesselink presented on the German immigrant Francis Xavier Bullinger, was a missionary to Iowa and instrumental in building Dyersville's basilica, and his namesake St. Francis Xavier, a missionary to Asia who brought Christianity to Japan. Hesselink's lecture was part of the monthly Phi Alpha Theta lecture series; photo.
5 Library exhibit explores WWI impact
Northern Iowan 116:28, p.5
The exhibit "World War I: Lessons and Legacies" is on display in the Rod Library Learning Commons through February 15. It includes artifacts from the UNI Museum and documents and photos from the Special Collections and University Archives. Two lectures will happen in conjunction with the exhibit: "Warriors, Caregivers, and Patriots: Women's Experiences in the First World War," by associate history professor Emily Machen, and "For the Fallen: Military Cemeteries of the Western Front," by associate history professor Thomas Connors; photos.
6 UNI to host 41st Annual Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture in History
Public Relations News Release 2014:36, p.1
Elliot West, professor of history at the University of Arkansas will present "The West Before Lewis and Clark: Three Lives" at UNI's 41st Annual Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture. The lecture is September 17, in Seerley Hall, room 115.
7 Panelists discuss Kennedy's history
Northern Iowan 110:25, p.1
Panelists discussed President John F. Kennedy's life and assassination during Monday night's panel, "Reflections on the 50th Anniversary of President John F. Kennedy."
8 Discussion of a national tragedy to be held at UNI
Public Relations News Release 2013:118, p.1
UNI will host a panel discussion entitled, "Reflecting on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy". The event is free and open to the public.
9 UNI to host 40th Annual Carl L., Becker Memorial Lecture in History
Public Relations News Release 2013:33, p.1
Muzaffar Alam will be speaking at UNI for the Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture. Alam will be speaking on South Asian cultures and political and institutional history.
10 UNI professor to present lecture on immigration in Iowa
Public Relations News Release 2012:185, p.1
Professor Mark Grey will deliver his lecture, "Immigration and Ethnic Diversity in Iowa". This lecture will focus on the arrival of diverse immigrant populations in Iowa.
11 UNI to host 39th Annual Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture in History
Public Relations News Release 2012:48, p.1
Geoffrey Parker, professor of history at Ohio State University will deliver the first in a series of lectures. The event is free and open to the public.
12 Facebook: UNI professors you loved
Northern Iowa Today 95:2, p.2
Excerpts from Facebook comments about favorite faculty members; photo.
13 History research gift honors UNI faculty
Northern Iowa Today 95:1, p.23
Kevin Boatright gave $5000 to support research by undergraduates in the Department of History; photo.
14 UNI history department to raise funds for tsunami relief.
Public Relations News Release 2010:290, p.1
Three events will be held to raise fund for those affected. The events are slide show lecture, a presentation at Cedar Heights Presbyterian Church and a film showing.
15 SBS scholarship applications being accepted at UNI
Public Relations News Release 2010:145, p.1
The SBS scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic merit. Applicants will be judged by high school records, performance on standardized tests, academic honors and achievements, and other evidence of academic accomplishments and promise.
16 UNI College of Social and Behavioral Sciences offering scholarships
Public Relations News Release 2010:146, p.1
Applications are being accepted for the Alderman Scholars Program. The scholarship program is open to incoming freshman, transfer students, and current students. The Alderman Scholars Program was established by a grant from the Everett Alderman Endowment.
17 'Town and Gown' Lecture to be held at UNI
Public Relations News Release 2010:125, p.1
The Department of History will present "Town and Gown When the Dow was Down: Cedar Falls and ISTC in 1933," by Ruth Ratliff, director of campaigns, development & foundation.
18 UNI professor to present 'Contextualizing Assyrian Brutality'
Public Relations News Release 2010:95, p.1
Robert Dise, a associate history professor, will discuss the Assyrians' reputation for savagery and will explore how their brutality arose out of their faith in their chief god, Ashur, and their commitment to maintaining order in the world.
19 UNI lecture on Sotomayor and Kagan nominations
Public Relations News Release 2010:47, p.1
"The American Mass Public and the U. S. Supreme Court: The Sotomayor and Kagan Nominations" is the topic of the R. Gordon Hoxie Lecture. James L. Gibson, Sidney W. Souers Professor of Government at Washington University, will deliver the lecture.
20 UNI lecture to explore French efforts to eliminate visible signs of Islam
Public Relations News Release 2009:312, p.1
"Women, the Veil, and Freedom: Europe and Islam in the Twenty-First Century" is the title of a lecture to be given by Emily Machen, professor of history, in Seerley Hall.
21 Feb. 10 lecture at UNI explores power of positive thinking, proper eating
Public Relations News Release 2009:257, p.
Trudy Eden will give a lecture on "Metaphysics and Meatless Meals: Why Diet was Important to the New Thought Movement of the early 20th Century." Those who participateed in the movement believed in the power of positive thinking.
22 Jan. 20 lecture to focus on transformation of Buenos Aires between 1880 and 1950
Public Relations News Release 2009:227, p.1
Pablo Ben, assistant professor of Latin American history, will present "From City to Sin to Family Haven: the Transformation of Buenos Aires between 1880 and 1950." Ben will discuss how modern homosexual and heterosexual identities began to emerge.
23 Nov. 11 history lecture to focus on letter condemning 18th century emperor
Public Relations News Release 2009:154, p.1
Lou Fenech, professor of history, will present "The Epistle of Victory: A Persian Letter to the Mughal King AtB" in Seerley Hall. Fenech will focus on the histography of an 18th century letter written from the 10th Sikh Guru to Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
24 "Soapboxes, Shakespeare and Socialism" samples of civil rights supporter
Northern Iowan 106:11, p.1
Eric Arnesen, professor of history at George Washington University, was the featured speaker at the annual Carl L. Becker Lecture. He addressed the life of A. Philip Randolph in a personal and detailed manner; photo.
25 UNI professor to give lecture on history of corpses on Oct. 14
Public Relations News Release 2009:101, p.1
"Service after death: the political use of corpses" is the title of a lecture to be given by Thomas Connors in Seerley Hall. The lecture will explore the effect that the dead have on the legitimacy of governments.
26 UNI to host annual Becker Lecture, Sept. 30
Public Relations News Release 2009:62, p.1
"Soapboxes, Shakespeare, and Socialism: The Emerging Radicalism of A. Philip Randolph" will be the topic delivered by Eric Arnesen, professor of history at The George Washington University.
27 UNI student group receives international award
Public Relations News Release 2009:31, p.1
The Center for Inquiry International (CFI), headquartered in Amherst, N. Y., presented the award to the Iowa Freethinkers and Inquirers (UNIFI). The CFI board decided that of all the events held by their 200-plus campus groups, the UNI event was the best.
28 John Johnson to speak at UNI on Constitution Day, Sept. 17
Public Relations News Release 2009:27, p.1
The event is free and open to the public. The lecture will cover constitutional history and how key constitutional language has been interpreted, as well as the Judge Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings.
29 UNI to host lecture on pre-modern Chinese history
Public Relations News Release 2008:439, p.1
"The (Sixth-Century) Reunification of China" will be the topic by Charles Holcombe, professor of history. He will explore the pivotal era in pre-modern Chinese history that led to China's reunification in 589 A.D. under one imperial dynasty.
30 The ultimate road trip
Northern Iowan 105:33, p.9
Kendra Willey aided in the writing of the script for the documentary, "Paving the Way: The National Park to Park Highway"; photo.
31 UNI College of Social and Behavioral Sciences offers scholarships
Public Relations News Release 2008:310, p.1
The Alderman Scholars Programs awards up to $6,000 per year for up to four years to assist "needy, worthy and appreciative students, who are majoring in, or are intending to major in, a field of study within the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences."
32 UNI history lecture to be on a 'forgotten' Iowa woman
Public Relations News Release 2008:198, p.1
Cheryl Mullenbach, an independent scholar from Des Moines, will deliver the lecture focusing on the story of Julia Addington, the first woman elected to public office in Iowa. Addington's legacy "has been overlooked--or forgotten--by most historians.
33 Civil War lecture at UNI, Oct. 8
Public Relations News Release 2008:107, p.1
"Elmer Ellsworth and James Jackson: The Politics of Martyrdom in the U. S. Civil War" will be the topic of a lecture by Sarah Purcell, associate professor of history at Grinnell College.
34 CROW Forum series at UNI to kick-off Oct. 6
Public Relations News Release 2008:104, p.1
The first CROW (Current Research on Women) Forum will begin with Emily Machen presenting "Religions, Women, and the Struggle against 'White Slavery' in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century France."
35 UNI to host demonstrations of Guatemalan weaving
Public Relations News Release 2008:95, p.1
Virginia Gibbs and Luz Maria Hernanez, both professors from Luther College, will share their research on the small weaving co-op formation based in Postville called Nuevo Amanecer, which is made up of all Guatemalan women.
36 UNI's next Becker history lecture will discuss Augustine and early Christian thought
Public Relations News Release 2008:75, p.1
David Hunter's academic interests lie in the early history of Christianity and the history of Christian thought, and he has published several books and numerous articles on Greek and Latin writers of the early church.
37 Affirmative action: history of controversy
Northern Iowan 104:53, p.1
Affirmative action describes a number of policies that are aimed at ending discrimination by race, gender, and religion.
38 UNI professor will give lecture on the Supreme Court and affirmative action
Public Relations News Release 2007:607, p.1
Professor John Johnson will talk about race-based considerations for admission to higher education.
39 Harvard professor on government and the press to deliver Hoxie Lecture at UNI
Public Relations News Release 2007:529, p.1
"The Press and the Voters: A Look at the 2008 Presidential Primaries" will be presented by Thomas Patterson April 3.
40 UNI will celebrate Women's History Month with history lecture on 17th century incident
Public Relations News Release 2007:509, p.1
"The Female Indian Killer Memorialized: Hannah Duston and the Nineteenth-Century Feminization of American Violence" will be presented by Barbara Cutter March 26.
41 Miracle shrine in Greece topic for UNI history lecture
Public Relations News Release 2007:438, p.1
Gregory Bruess will be speaking February 27.
42 Lecture on museums and interpreting history
Public Relations News Release 2007:279, p.1
"Museums and the Art and Politics of Interpreting History" will be presented by Sue Grosboll November 14.
43 UNI Public History Program Internship Advisory Council annual meeting
Public Relations News Release 2006:0, p.1
The Public History Program Internship Advisory Council held its annual meeting; list of members.
44 UNI history lecture to discuss new world renaissance
Public Relations News Release 2006:0, p.1
Charlotte Wells will be presenting "The New World Renaissance: Jacques Le Moyne, Theodore de Bry and The French Experience in Florida" Wednesday, April 4.
45 Avoid déjà vu by watching foreign films
Northern Iowan 103:41, p.9
Current French films will be shown in Seerley Hall Room 115 for the next five weeks; photo.
46 UNI history lecture date changed
Public Relations News Release 2006:0, p.1
The lecture "Aymara Participation in the 1899 Civil War in Bolivia: Race War or Liberal Mobilization?" will be taking place Wednesday, February 21.
47 UNI presents French-language film festival
Public Relations News Release 2006:0, p.1
The film festival will begin Tuesday, February 20 and continue throughout the spring semester.
48 UNI professor to discuss 19th-century British justice
Public Relations News Release 2006:0, p.1
"The Criminal In-Visible: Image as Evidence in Nineteenth-Century England" will be presented by Samuel Gladden.
49 News Brief/Calendar of Events
Public Relations News Release 2006:0, p.1
Samuel Gladden will present "The Criminal Invisible: Image as Evidence in Nineteenth-Century England," as part of the Phi Alpha Theta/Department of History Lecture Series.
50 "Scotch Verdict and the Shifting Target of Censorship" topic for author's lecture at UNI
Public Relations News Release 2006:0, p.1
Lillian Faderman will discuss her book, Scotch Verdict, January 13.
51 'What makes museums tick?'
Northern Iowan 103:21, p.5
Billie Bailey, executive director for the Grout Museum, will share an overview of what the museum business is all about; will consider history, funding, and careers with museums.
52 UNI hosting Middle East expert
Public Relations News Release 2006:0, p.1
Biographical profile of As'ad Abu Khalil.
53 Grout Museum director to present lecture at UNI
Public Relations News Release 2006:0, p.1
"What Makes Museums Tick?" will be presented by Billie Bailey Wednesday, November 8.
54 "Congress, the President, and the Balance of Power" topic for UNI Constitution Day
Public Relations News Release 2006:0, p.1
Former U.S. representatives Sam Coppersmith and Manuel Lujan will discuss "Congress, the President, and the Balance of Power."
55 UNI's Becker History Lecture to discuss loyalty, virtue
Public Relations News Release 2006:0, p.1
"Samurai Trouble: Is Loyalty a Virtue?" will be the first lecture of the year for the history department. Mary Elizabeth Berry will deliver the 33rd annual Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture in history.
56 UNI French Film Festival continues, March 23, 27
Public Relations News Release 2005:0, p.1
The Tournees French and Francophone Film Festival, sponsored by many departments at UNI, continues on campus.
57 History lecture to discuss the "Widow of the Confederacy" at UNI
Public Relations News Release 2005:0, p.1
UNI History Lecture will discuss Mary Anna Jackson as a Confederate Biographer, lecture will be given by Wallace Hettle.
58 Monday, March 6
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CROW Forum series will present "Jim Crow's Genuine Audience" by UNI professor of history Brian Roberts.
59 Wednesday, Feb. 1
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Leslie Schwalm will give presentation on civil rights; Crimson Café Poetry night will be held.
60 UNI history lecture features impact of emancipation on African-Americans in Midwest
Public Relations News Release 2005:0, p.1
"Freedom in the Heartland: African-Americans and Civil Rights in the Age of Emancipation" will be the lecture topic for Leslie Schwalm.
61 Lecture at UNI to discuss U.S. presidency and war
Public Relations News Release 2005:0, p.1
John Mueller will present "The Presidency, Public Opinion and War," at the annual R. Gordon Hoxie Lecture.
62 History instructor's publications about Civil War, Cedar Falls
Northern Iowan 102:13, p.14
Ken Lyftogt has worked at UNI for nineteen years; has published work including books about the Civil War, and his master thesis.
63 Banning of Islamic head scarves in French schools featured topic in UNI lecture
Public Relations News Release 2005:0, p.1
Joan Wallach Scott of the school of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N. J. will speak at lecture sponsored by History Department and Phi Alpha Theta.
64 News Brief/ Calendar of Events
Public Relations News Release 2005:0, p.1
A partial listing of events happening during the week of August 28-September 3.
65 Holocaust expert to speak at UNI
Public Relations News Release 2004:0, p.1
Eric Ehrenreich will present "Neutral Anti-Semitism: Scientific Racial Propaganda and the Holocaust."
66 Wednesday, Feb. 2
Public Relations News Release 2004:0, p.1
Julie Husband will present lecture tonight; the Mittens will perform at KUNI; the Flute Choir will perform.
67 Husband gives lecture on 'Roots and Rhetorics of African-American Conservatism'
Public Relations News Release 2004:0, p.1
Julie Husband will deliver the Phi Alpha Theta lecture on February 2.
68 'Science and the Federal Government' topic for next UNI history lecture
Public Relations News Release 2004:0, p.1
Joanne Goldman will lecture.
69 UNI's Charlotte Wells to speak on UNI History Lecture Series Oct. 13
Public Relations News Release 2004:0, p.1
Will discuss France's economoic development during the post-religious war era and how it contributed to trade policies during the American Revolution.
70 UNI to host 31st annual Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture in history
Public Relations News Release 2004:0, p.1
Nancy Maclean will speak about how the women's workplace activism changed the United States.
71 What's up
Northern Iowan 100:52, p.4
Meetings and events planned.
72 Anniversary of Rwandan massacre observed at UNI
Public Relations News Release 2003:0, p.1
Stephen Rapp, senior prosecutor at the United Nations for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, will speak on Thursday, April 15.
73 Social construction of work in the Amana Society topic for UNI history lecture, Nov. 12
Public Relations News Release 2003:0, p.1
Peter Hoehnle to discuss labor in the Amana Society.
74 Lecture 'digs up' cemetery research
Northern Iowan 100:19, p.1
Professor Thomas Connors' lecture about death and cemeteries in the nineteenth century was held on Halloween night.
75 Edgar Allen Poe, Sleepy Hollow, and death in mid-19th century America topic for UNI history lecture series Oct. 29
Public Relations News Release 2003:0, p.1
Discussion on how 19th century writers Poe and Washington Irving dealt with the issue of urban burial.
76 Martin takes Johnson's place as head of history dept
Northern Iowan 99:58, p.1
John Johnson steps down after fifteen years; Robert Martin will assume duties in the fall; photo.
77 UNI history lecture to discuss Spanish Inquisition in Colonial Mexico
Public Relations News Release 2002:374, p.1
Nora Jaffary will discuss "Indians, Africans and the Creation of 'Deviant' Catholicism in Colonial Mexico" on March 12.
78 Elvis and his effects on popular music next topic for UNI history lecture series
Public Relations News Release 2002:324, p.1
John Baskerville will present "Elvis as Cultural Bridge: Signifying in American Popular Music."
79 Prominent poet passes through UNI
Northern Iowan 99:25, p.1
Ray Young Bear spoke on "Native American Literature and Traditional Tribal Values" on November 21; photo.
80 Middle-class America in mid-19th century topic for UNI history lecture series Wednesday, Nov. 20
Public Relations News Release 2002:203, p.1
Brian Roberts will present "Exactly What Americans Ought to Be: The Populist Radicalism of the Hutchinson Family Singers, 1842-1844."
81 Poet Ray Young Bear to present address at UNI
Public Relations News Release 2002:199, p.1
Ray Young Bear will speak on "Native American Literature and Traditional Tribal Values" on November 21.
82 UNI to host 29th Annual Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture in History
Public Relations News Release 2002:89, p.1
Chun-shu Chang, professor of history at the University of Michigan, will present the Becker Memorial Lecture.
83 UNI to host final Phi Alpha Theta/History Lecture Series program of academic year Wednesday, April 10
Public Relations News Release 2001:421, p.1
Trudy Eden will present, "The Diary, the Dappled Boy and the Disinterred Dad," as a part of the history lecture series.
84 Tang China topic for UNI History Lecture Series Wednesday, Nov. 14
Public Relations News Release 2001:202, p.1
Charles Holcombe will present "Immigrants and Strangers: From Cosmopolitanism to Confucian Universalism in Tang China (618-907)."
85 UNI to host History Lecture Wednesday, Oct. 17
Public Relations News Release 2001:154, p.1
Gregory Breuss will speak on "The Chesme Church and the Construction of Empire in Catherine the Great's Russia.
86 UNI Department of History announces 2001-2002 scholarship recipients
Public Relations News Release 2000:482, p.1
A list of recipients is given.
87 Lecture series will explore "Scrolls, scandals, and sandals: a history of the controversy over the Dead Sea Scrolls"
Public Relations News Release 2000:297, p.1
Kenneth Atkinson will examine the mystery and history of the Dead Sea Scrolls as the topic for the Phi Alpha Theta/Department of History Lecture Series.
88 Phi Alpha Theta/Department of History Lecture Series will explore Women and Men in Warfare and migration: Gender imbalance among pre-historic pueblos
Public Relations News Release 2000:116, p.1
Information concerning the contents of the lecture given by Juile Lowell.
89 UNI to host 27th Annual Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture in History
Public Relations News Release 2000:75, p.1
Walter Leonard Arnstein will speak on Queen Victoria.
90 Media Advisory: UNI political experts list
Public Relations News Release 2000:44, p.1
List of UNI experts in governmental, national, and international politics.
91 Profile: Chuck Quirk
Campus News Network 10:19, p.3
Profile of Chuck Quirk, faculty member of the History Department; photo.
92 "Nontraditional parenting, race and the Nazi state" is the topic of March 8 Phi Alpha Theta/Department of history Lecture Series at UNI
Public Relations News Release 1999:286, p.1
Michelle Mouton, UNI assistant professor of history, will present her paper on Nazi influence on families.
93 1950s become new topic of discussion
Northern Iowan 96:23, p.2
Topic of Wednesday's Phi Alpha Theta/Department of History Lecture Series will be "Revisiting the 1950's: Images of Popular Culture".
94 "Tom Jefferson [heart] Sally Hemings: a match made (up) in history" will be the subject of Oct. 27 Phi Alpha Theta/Department of History Lecture
Public Relations News Release 1999:87, p.1
Andrew Burstein will deliver lecture on public fascination with DNA results that link the child of Sally Hemings to Thomas Jefferson.
95 Iowa's new immigrant work force topic for University of Northern Iowa history lecture Wednesday, Nov. 11
Public Relations News Release 1998:108, p.1
Mark Grey to speak on immigrant workforce for Phi Alpha Theta and Department of History Lecture Series.
96 The University of Northern Iowa Departments of Modern Languages and History, and the Women's Study Program, sponsor Australian lecturer
Public Relations News Release 1998:73, p.1
University of Northern Iowa will present a lecture by Lisa Fischer, October 12 at 7 p.m. in Baker Hall, room 161.
97 University of Northern Iowa to host native Iowan Jack Bender for Phi Alpha Theta / Department of History Lecture on Oct. 14
Public Relations News Release 1998:60, p.1
Jack Bender will speak on how comic strips have viewed political issues.
98 Final history lecture of 1997-98 at University of Northern Iowa to feature "Andrew Jackson's Gender" Wednesday, April 15
Public Relations News Release 1997:303, p.1
Wallace A. Hettle to present address entitled " Andrew Jackson's Gender" on April 15 as part of History Lecture Series.
99 African Americans revolt in Waterloo, Iowa topic for University of Northern Iowa history lecture Wednesday, Feb. 11
Public Relations News Release 1997:211, p.1
Herbert Jones to speak February 11 on the African-American revolt in Waterloo. Ronnie L. Podolefsky to speak March 11 on suffrage.
100 Has there always been a "G. I. Jane?"
Northern Iowan 94:4, p.4
Linda Kerber and May Brodbeck lecture on American women's invlovement in military service.