Joint effort between Fairhaven and UW-Whitewater
Fairhaven Senior Services and UW-Whitewater’s Office of Continuing Education announce “The Legacy and Lessons of the Age of Lincoln” as the theme for its spring community lecture series. For more than 30 years, UW-W faculty members have delivered more than 600 lectures to an estimated 20,000 attendees on a variety of issues.
Lectures in the “Legacy and Lessons of the Age of Lincoln” series will examine Lincoln’s actions during one of America’s darkest hours of constitutional crises and his continued influence on contemporary political and civil issues. The series will include the premiere of a student documentary on the Veteran’s History Project. Join us this spring as we explore the precipitating factors, crucial events and lasting effects of the War Between the States.
Remaining lectures scheduled for the spring series:
Monday, Feb. 17
“Lincoln’s Pragmatism: Plotting a Course Between Abolition and States’ Rights” – Edward Gimbel, Assistant Professor, Political Science
Monday, Feb. 24
“Revisiting Uncle Tom’s Cabin in the Twentieth Century” – Dana Prodoehl, Assistant Professor, Languages and Literatures
Monday, March 3
“Lincoln’s Long Shadow: Portrayals of Abraham Lincoln in American Popular Culture” – Anna Hajdik, Lecturer, Languages and Literatures
Monday, March 10
“Reinventing America: Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address” – Richard Haven, Emeritus Professor, Communication
Monday, March 17
“With Malice Toward None: Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address” – Richard Haven, Emeritus Professor, Communication
Monday, March 31
“American Poets on Suffering and Death in the Civil War” – Beth Lueck, Professor, Languages and Literatures
Monday, April 7
“Lincoln’s Legacy and the Promise of Reconstruction” – Amber Moulton, Assistant Professor, History
Monday, April 14
“Lincoln’s Darkest Hour” – Anthony Gulig, Associate Professor and Chair, History
Monday, April 21
“A Mission to Honor: Students Premiere Documentary on the Fairhaven Veteran’s History Project” – Jarred Donlon, Katelyn Klepper, Ashlee Lamers, Carolyn Larsen, and Travis OGallagher, UW-Whitewater Students
Monday, April 28
“Early American vs. Modern-Day Slavery: Debating Similarities, Differences and the Power of Moral Discourse” – Margo Kleinfeld, Associate Professor, Geography and Geology
Monday, May 5
“Federalism and the Secession Crisis of 1860-186” – Larry Anderson, Professor, Political Science
All lectures are free and open to the public and are held on Mondays at 3 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall of Fairhaven Retirement Community, 435 West Starin Rd., Whitewater. Street parking is adjacent to the building.
For those unable to attend links to videos of lectures, including those from prior series, can be found at http://www.uww.edu/conteduc/fairhaven.
Those with a disability who desire accommodations are asked to contact coordinators as early as possible to allow the requests to be made. Requests will be kept confidential.
UW-Whitewater provides equal opportunities in employment and programming including Title IX and ADA requirements. For more information contact Kari Borne at (262) 472-1003 or bornek@uww.edu.
