Phi Alpha Theta Lecture Series
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 in reverse chronological order
| # | Title | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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. | |
| 2 | 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. | |
| 3 | Women's History Month events coming up at UNI Northern Iowan 116:40, p.5 |
Events will be held throughout March to celebrate Women's History Month. Sexuality, Women and Gender (SWAG) will host the forum "Jackie and Jill Robinson: Women and the Need to Be Better at Politics" on March 2 in Rod Library. The Women's History Month Kickoff and Art Expo will be on March 3 in the Center for Multicultural Education (CME), and there will be a documentary screening on Carrie Chapman Catt followed by a panel on the same date. On March 5, Col. Beth Behn (Chief of Staff, Army Sustainment Command) will give the lecture "A Rising Tide: The Final Victorious Wave of the Women's Suffrage Movement, 1916-1920." The Philosophy and Religion 50th Anniversary Lecture will be held on March 6, given by Tracy Bonfitto, Curator of Art at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin: "A Visible Scar: Loss and Memory in the Works of Zarina Hashmi and Rummana Hussein." Future events will include Women in Red: Wikipedia Editathon in Rod Library, Bingo Night in Curris Business Building, communication studies professor Catherine Palczewski's lecture "Bodies that Argue: How Suffragists Constituted White Women's Citizenship During the 1919 Prison Special Tour" as the last installment of the Phi Alpha Theta lecture series, the even "Women of War: Stories of Veteran Women," a movie night and RodCon keynote speaker Gabby Rivera in the Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center. The month will conclude with Women of Excellence on March 27. | |
| 4 | Cold War soldier's story Northern Iowan 116:15, p.1 |
Dr. Kenneth Atkinson, UNI Professor and Cold War veteran, gave his lecture "Transporting the Nation's Secrets Across the Iron Curtain: A Cold War Soldier's Story" on October 16th, 2019. The event was hosted by UNI's Phi Alpha Theta History Lecture Series; photo. |