History Lecture Series

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1 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.
2 UNI history lecture to speak on Civil War
Public Relations News Release 2011:150, p.1
Professor Kenneth Lyftogt will give a lecture titled "The Flag of the 2nd Infantry."
3 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.
4 UNI to host lecture on Francophone studies
Public Relations News Release 2008:368, p.1
"Catching Up While Moving Forward: History and the Francophone Studies Classroom" will be the topic of the next history lecture. Dierdre Heistad, associate professor of modern languages, will discuss information from the book she is currently writing.
5 UNI guest speaker to present lecture for Lincoln Bicentennial
Public Relations News Release 2008:341, p.1
"All Thanks, All Honor to Iowa!" Abraham Lincoln and the Hawkeye State" will be the subject of the history lecture. Grant Veeder will discuss Lincoln's visits to Iowa, his Iowa land holdings, his involvement with Iowa's leaders, and more.
6 Miracle shrine in Greece topic for UNI history lecture
Public Relations News Release 2007:438, p.1
Gregory Bruess will be speaking February 27.
7 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.
8 UNI's Becker History Lecture on revolutionary America
Public Relations News Release 2007:221, p.1
Biographical profile of Timothy Breen.
9 News Brief/Calendar of Events
Public Relations News Release 2006:0, p.1
Gabrielle Kuenzli will be speaking about the Bolivian civil war Wednesday, March 21.
10 UNI professor to discuss outcome of Bolivian civil war
Public Relations News Release 2006:0, p.1
Gabrielle Kuenzli will be speaking Wednesday, March 21.
11 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.
12 UNI professor to give lecture, 'A Christian Town in a Pagan Land: Nagasaki Under the Jesuits'
Public Relations News Release 2004:0, p.1
Professor Reinier Hesselink will give lecture.
13 Cowboy dress next topic in history series
Northern Iowan 101:43, p.2
Mitchell Strauss and Annette Lynch will lecture as part of the UNI History Lecture Series.
14 Wednesday, March 9
Public Relations News Release 2004:0, p.1
Department of History Lecture Series will be presented.
15 UNI history lecture to analyze cowboy mythology
Public Relations News Release 2004:0, p.1
Professors Annette Lynch and Mitchell Strauss will deliver lecture on cowboy dress.
16 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.
17 Upcoming history lecture
Northern Iowan 101:32, p.2
On February 2, 2005, Professor Julie Husband will deliver a lecture on Martin Delany.
18 Wednesday, Nov. 17
Public Relations News Release 2004:0, p.1
David Coleman will discuss relationships; History Lecture Series will discuss science and the federal government.
19 'Science and the Federal Government' topic for next UNI history lecture
Public Relations News Release 2004:0, p.1
Joanne Goldman will lecture.
20 Wednesday, October 13
Public Relations News Release 2004:0, p.1
History Lecture Series will discuss the development of nationalism in France.
21 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.
22 'A Seventeenth-Century Indo-Persian Poet' topic of UNI lecture April 21
Public Relations News Release 2003:0, p.1
Professor Louis Fenech will speak about the Sikh people and their connections to Islam.
23 Perceptions of the Lewis-Clark expedition topic of UNI history lecture
Public Relations News Release 2003:0, p.1
Jill Wagner, professor at Iowa State, will give a lecture titled "Marketing the Myth: Selling the Lewis-Clark Expedition" on Wednesday, February 11.
24 UNI history lecturer to discuss the reconstruction of history in post-conquest Mexico
Public Relations News Release 2002:427, p.1
Edward Osowski will speak on "Christ in the Cave: The Indigenous Reconstruction of History in Post-Conquest Mexico" on April 9.
25 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."
26 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.
27 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.
28 'Female Fiends and Innocents Rewarded: Women and Murderers in U.S. History' topic for UNI History Lecture Series, Wednesday, March 13
Public Relations News Release 2001:342, p.1
Barbara Cutter will talk about women's role in the sensational murder trials of the 19th Century.
29 Iowa, race and the Civil War topics for UNI History Lecture Series, Wednesday, Feb. 20
Public Relations News Release 2001:304, p.1
Kenneth Lyftogt will speak on "General Matthew Mark Trumbull: Iowa, Race, and the Civil War."
30 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)."
31 'A Medieval Nun Takes on Sex, Violence and History' topic for UNI history lecture Wednesday, March 21
Public Relations News Release 2000:312, p.1
Jay T. Lees will present a lecture for the UNI History Lecture Series.
32 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.
33 History lecture series to be held tomorrow
Northern Iowan 97:15, p.2
Julie Lowell will present "Women and Men in Warfare and Migration: Gender Imbalance Among Pre-Historic Pueblos."
34 Native Iowan Billy Sunday, best-known evangelist of early 20th Century, topic for UNI history lecture Wednesday night, April 12
Public Relations News Release 1999:359, p.1
Billy Sunday, best-known evangelist of early 20th century, will be the subject of the final history lecture in the UNI's 1999-2000 academic year.
35 "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.
36 Importance of African-American art song is the subject of Feb. 2 Phi Alpha Theta/Department of History Lecture Series
Public Relations News Release 1999:216, p.1
A lecture will occur on February 2, in Room 115 Seerley Hall, at 7 p.m. for the Phi Alpha Theta/Department of History Lecture Series at UNI.
37 Popular Culture of the 1950s is the subject of Nov. 17 Phi Alpha Theta/Department of History
Public Relations News Release 1999:134, p.1
Grant Tracey will discuss the topic of popular culture of the 1950s at UNI on November 17, at 7 p.m. Next speaker will be Darrell Taylor.
38 "McCarthyism" topic for kick-off to University of Northern Iowa History Lecture Series
Public Relations News Release 1999:45, p.1
"The Soft Side of McCarthyism" will be the topic for the 26th Annual Carl L. Becker Memorial Lecture in History; Cold War expert Richard M. Fried will speak on September 22.
39 University of Northern Iowa History Lecture Series sponsors "Religious Violence in Early Modern Ireland, 1530-1680," Feb. 10
Public Relations News Release 1998:234, p.1
Professor Thomas Connors will lecture on "Religious Violence in Early Modern Ireland" on February 10.
40 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.
41 "The Illusion of Suffrage" topic for University of Northern Iowa history lecture Wednesday, March 11
Public Relations News Release 1997:250, p.1
Ronnie Podolefsky to speak March 11 on "The Illusion of Suffrage" for History Lecture Series.
42 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.
43 The Tinker letters to be discussed Wednesday, Oct. 15 in history lecture series at the University of Northern Iowa
Public Relations News Release 1997:74, p.1
John Johnson will present lecture on the "Tinker Letters" in the History Lecture Series. Next speaker will be Charlotte C. Wells.
44 University of Northern Iowa to host third history lecture in series
Public Relations News Release 1996:152, p.1
Reinier Hesselink will present "A Spectre is Haunting Japan: The Tokyo Subway Poisonings and the Japanese Education System".
45 Catherine Farris to speak on Women's Liberation in China and Taiwan Wednesday, March 6 on University of Northern Iowa campus
Public Relations News Release 1995:253, p.1
Women's liberation in Chinese societies will be addressed during the UNI History Lecture Series.
46 History of original production of 'Porgy and Bess' to be focus of February 7 history lecture series at University of Northern Iowa
Public Relations News Release 1995:203, p.1
UNI History Lecture Series to examine Porgy and Bess.
47 Cuba in post-Soviet Union era topic for University of Northern Iowa History Lecture Wednesday, November 15
Public Relations News Release 1995:128, p.1
Theme for history lecture at UNI announced.
48 Destruction of Yugoslavia is final topic for History Lecture Series on Wednesday, April 12 at University of Northern Iowa
Public Relations News Release 1994:370, p.1
Kenneth Basom will be the speaker at the final History Lecture Series.
49 'Agrarian Contradictions' topic for History Lecture Wednesday, March 8 at University of Northern Iowa
Public Relations News Release 1994:314, p.1
Deborah Fink will deliver the address at next History Lecture Series.
50 History of twentieth century labor topic for University of Northern Iowa lecture Wednesday October 19
Public Relations News Release 1994:103, p.1
Shelton Stromquist will be the featured speaker during the Department of History Lecture Series.
51 World War 1 is topic for University of Northern Iowa History Lecture Wednesday, April 13
Public Relations News Release 0:466, p.1
Roy Sandstrom will present on the topic "World War 1: A Soldier's Diary" during the UNI History Lecture Series.
52 Amish Community Relations to be topic of University of Northern Iowa history lecture Wednesday, March 16
Public Relations News Release 0:417, p.1
Steven Resdhly will discuss the Amish approach to life at UNI.
53 University of Northern Iowa history professor to discuss D.S. Griffith's 'The Birth of a Nation' Wednesday February 16
Public Relations News Release 1993:353, p.1
UNI History Lecture Series to hear Nancy Isenberg.
54 'New Western History' topic for University of Northern Iowa history lecture November 17
Public Relations News Release 1993:193, p.1
John Wunder will address the public, staff, and students during the History Lecture Series.
55 Public health in World War 1 Germany topic for University of Northern Iowa history lecture Wednesday, October 20
Public Relations News Release 1993:126, p.1
David McKibbin will address the issue of public health in Germany during World War 1 during the History Lecture Series.
56 History lecture tomorrow
Northern Iowan 87:35, p.7
Charles Quirk will present lecture on Waterloo, Iowa, on the 1960s Wednesday as part of the History Lecture Series.
57 History lecture on "religion and ethnicity in the American Jewish community" set for Wednesday at University of Northern Iowa
Public Relations News Release 1990:181, p.1
The interplay of religion, ethnicity, and society in the Jewish community will be discussed at UNI lecture.
58 History lecture on U.S.-Panama relations scheduled for October 17 at University of Northern Iowa.
Public Relations News Release 1990:116, p.1
Forty years of U.S.-Panama relations to be presented at UNI. The canal treaties negotiations and disagreements will be covered.
59 Northern Iowa History Lecture Series continues March 14 with discussion of women's history
Public Relations News Release 1989:456, p.1
Phi Alpha Theta and the Department of History sponsor Professor Carol Morgan's lecture on the impact of women in industrialization. The lecture is held in the North Room of Maucker Union.
60 The 'new' literary history and William Carlos Williams subject of lecture at University of Northern Iowa Wednesday (Feb. 7)
Public Relations News Release 1989:366, p.1
The Phi Alpha Theta history honorary sponsors a lecture on the 'new literary history' movement of the 1960s, instructed by Professor Robert Gish in Maucker Union.
61 Bicentennial of French revolution to be observed with panel discussion Oct. 21 at University of Northern Iowa.
Public Relations News Release 1989:152, p.1
Part of the Phi Alpha Theta history honorary, is titled "France Celebrates Its Bicentennial: The French Revolution of 1979 Seen in 1989." It is open to the public and free of charge.
62 Marine hero, pacifist Smedley Darlington Butler is UNI lecture topic Wednesday
Public Relations News Release 1987:354, p.1
Professor Alvin Sunseri holds a lecture in the North Room of Maucker Union. Sunseri discusses the career of Major General Smedley Darlington Butler in his service of the Marine Corps from 1900 to 1930.
63 'Witchcraft Craze' topic of next University of Northern Iowa history lecture March 9
Public Relations News Release 1987:294, p.1
Professor Martha Reineke speaks in Maucker Union on the witch hunts of New England, Scotland, and Germany. The presentation is part of the Women's History Month celebrations.
64 "Salzberg Under Siege" is topic of Northern Iowa history lecture Feb. 3
Public Relations News Release 1987:238, p.1
Professor Donald Whitnah lectures on the American occupation and restoration of Salzburg, Austria as part of the History Lecture Series. Whitnah co-authored a book on the occupation with Edgar Erickson, titled "The American Occupation of Austria".
65 Medieval England and the American Constitution is next history series lecture at Northern Iowa Nov. 11
Public Relations News Release 1987:120, p.1
Professor Howard Jones speaks on the impact of the struggle between barons and lords of medieval England on the U. S. Constitution. The presentations is held in the North Room of Maucker Union.
66 Thoreau's writings as related to American landscape painting is topic of next Northern Iowa History Lecture Wednesday (Oct. 21)
Public Relations News Release 1987:81, p.1
Professor Richard Schneider conducts a series of lectures on the writings of Henry Thoreau at the Embassy Room of Maucker Union. Schneider examines the relationship between Thoreau's writing technique, and the work of 19th Century landscape painters.
67 UNI prof to discuss 'seesaw' use of slave labor in colonial Africa Wednesday
Public Relations News Release 1987:313, p.1
Professor Donna Maier discussed the transition from slave to wage labor in German colonial Africa. Her lecture was part of the Phi Alpha Theta history program, and was held in Maucker Union. The lecture series was sponsored by the History Association.
68 'American Women Directors' topic for UNI history lecture, part of women's history week activities
Public Relations News Release 1986:277, p.1
Commeret will speak on"At the Forefront, On the Fringe" as part of the week's activities.
69 'Electronic Church' is topic of next talk in UNI History Lecture Series Wednesday
Public Relations News Release 1985:122, p.1
Charles Quirk and Rev. John Folkers will discuss the impact of the televised Church in America.
70 What's up
Northern Iowan 79:44, p.3
Meetings and activities; Jon McNammee will speak; Iowa Shakespeare Festival.
71 What's up
Northern Iowan 78:32, p.3
Meetings and activities.
72 Dr. Grace Ann Hovet to speak at UNI history lecture series Wednesday March 11
Public Relations News Release 1980:410, p.1
Professor Hovet will give a lecture titled "The 'Heart' of Popular Romance" as part of UNI's history lecture series.
73 'Shakespeare has something to offer 20th-century mind'
Northern Iowan 76:19, p.15
Louise Forest presented a lecture entitled "Looking at Shakespeare from a 20th Century Perspective."
74 Shakespeare at 8
Northern Iowan 76:17, p.9
Louise Forest will present lecture entitled "Shakespeare from a Twentieth Century Perspective."
75 Sojourn sagas
Northern Iowan 74:2, p.8
Hsi Ling Cheng will give the first lecture of the Ninth Annual History Lecture Series.