01/29 - Athenaeum at 2PM - What do Civil Rights Look Like in the Early 21st Century?

For the first Athenaeum of the 2014 Spring Semester on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at 2:00pm, join us for panel discussion on What do Civil Rights Look Like in the Early 21st Century? by Alex Hines, Joe Morse, John Campbell, and Tomas Tolvaisas.

The panel will address the question “What do Civil Rights Look Like in the Early 21st Century?” When addressing this question the panel will discuss the numerous ongoing civil rights issues in this country, such as those presented by “stop and frisk” policing behavior and the recent Supreme Court’s gutting of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. After opening remarks and discussion from the panelists, the floor will be opened for questions and comments from the audience.

All panel members will lead a June 2014 WSU Travel Study Course on the Civil Rights movement to Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee.

Alex Hines, Director, WSU Office of Inclusion and Diversity

Joe Morse, Activist and Veteran of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement

John Campbell, Professor, WSU History Department

Tomas Tolvaisas, Associate Professor, WSU History Department

The Library Athenaeum will also host the following presentations later this semester:

February 12, 2014 – Bruno Borsari, Living the Land Ethics through Restorative Teaching and Learning

April 09, 2014—WSU English Writing Majors, Advanced Poetry Writing Student Reading

All Athenaeum events begin at 2:00 PM, and are held on the south end of the Library's second floor, unless otherwise noted.

03/13 - Athenaeum at 1pm - Assessment in the History Department: Outcomes for History Majors and GEPS Students

Come one come all!  Join us at 1:00pm on Wednesday, March 13, for "Assessment in the History Department: Outcomes for History Majors and GEPS Students" presented by Matthew Lungerhausen, Matt Lindaman  and Michelle Kuhl.

The panel will discuss the methods used by WSU’s history department to assess student learning among both majors and General Education (GEPS) students. Professor Lungerhausen will address the main focus of the Department’s assessment for majors, the senior thesis project. Professors Lindaman and Kuhl will discuss the way they have used Document Based Questions to assess historical thinking skills in GEPS students from Professor Lindaman’s Western Civilizations classes.

Please encourage your students and colleagues to attend.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Krueger Library, bluff side. For more information about the fall Athenaeum events please visit: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

02/29 - Athenaeum at 1pm - What Was New in History? History through History Textbooks by Greg Schmidt

Please join us on Wednesday, February 29, at 1:00pm for our Athenaeum titled What Was New in History? History through History Textbooks presented by Gregory Schmidt, Professor, History.

The presentation will focus on change and continuity in the content of college-level American History textbooks have changed since the early 20th century. The public generally assumes that history textbooks represent the unchanging Truth about history. Examining change and continuity in history textbooks, however, reveals that history sometimes changes substantially and that the Truth is an elusive target.

The Krueger Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Krueger Library on the bluff side.

01/25 - Athenaeum at 1pm - Lessons from a Secret History Investigator

Please join us on Wednesday, January 25, at 1pm for "Lessons from a Secret History Investigator: The Benefits of Combining Two Disciplinary Passions" presented by James W. Parlow.

Samuel Clemens, Silver and Gold, Wealth and Philanthropy in the late 1860's in the US Territorial wild west, rivaling a current day Warren Buffet or Bill Gates. A name lost in history comes alive through his own writings and of others. Reuel Colt Gridley left a unique mark in the lives of many soldiers, Grey and Blue, through his gift of diligence.

During this presentation, James W. Parlow will show the value of interdisciplinary research using the investigative skills of Criminal Justice and the lost conclusions of History. It will highlight the journey from student to researcher to presenter through the story of the rediscovery of the 'Greatest Un-armed Hero' of the Civil War. Students and the general public will hear the not-so by chance, happenstance investigation, which involves unique discoveries, dogged research and eerie coincidences. Or, in other words: History via Criminal Justice through The Twilight Zone.

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor, bluff side of the Darrell W. Krueger Library. For additional information about the Athenaeum, please visit the following: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

3/16 Athenaeum at 1pm - The Beatles and the Rediscovery of America by Paul Vance

Join us on March 16, 2011 at 1:00pm for our Library Athenaeum titles The Beatles and the Rediscovery of America presented by Paul Vance, Professor, Music Department.

The arrival of the Beatles in America in February, 1964 has often been called “The British Invasion”. This presentation will investigate the ways in which The Beatles and their music helped America recover from a National tragedy and revitalize the American art of rock and roll.

The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the Krueger library, bluff side.

10/13 - Athenaeum at 1pm - The Cycle of Love in Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Fatal Interview by Gabe Dybing

Please join us on Wednesday, October 13, at 1:00pm for " The Cycle of Love in Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Fatal Interview” presented by Gabe Dybing.

In the midst of the Modernist literary movement, Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) resisted poetic trends by continuing to work with outmoded “fixed forms,” most prominently with the sonnet. In one of her most famous sequences, Fatal Interview (1931), Millay subverts what had once been considered a “masculine” form, thereby redefining what it means to love, lust, and lose in the early twentieth century. Dybing will lecture and share poems particularly demonstrative of Millay’s restructuring methods.

10/5 New Content! - Winona Newspaper Project-through 1960

The Winona newspapers project now has Winona newspapers up through the year 1960.

http://apa.olivesoftware.com/Default/Skins/WinonaA/Client.asp?skin=WinonaA

Browse these historic newspapers via the Library's databases page, Newspapers page or Winona resources page.

9/30 Athenaeum at 1pm - Modern-Day Piracy on the High Seas by Greg Neidhart

Join us on September 30, 2009 for Greg Neidhart's presentation titled Modern-Day Piracy on the High Seas

Greg Neidhart, WSU Assistant Professor of Arts Administration, will discuss from Sumatra to Somalia, several high-profile pirate attacks have captured the world’s attention. This presentation will provide a historical overview of piracy, with a focus on its threat to global commerce, and discuss what the maritime nations of the world are doing to combat it.

The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the WSU Library, bluff side. The event is free and open to the public.

For the complete Fall 2009 Athenaeum schedule and for additional information about the Athenaeum, please visit the following: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

3/18 Athenaeum at 1pm - Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis by Shanthal Perera

Join us on March 18 at 1pm for a presentation titled Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis by WSU student Shanthal Perera. Perera will present perspectives on the two ethnic communities involved in Sri Lanka's twenty-five year civil war, this lecture will provide a historical introduction to Sri Lanka's civil conflict, from its beginnings in colonial times to its explosion in 1983. The presenter will offer a history of the various points of view surrounding the conflict, discuss recent developments, possible future scenarios, and solutions for ending the war.

The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the WSU Library, bluff side.
The Athenaeum schedule is available at: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

3/11 Athenaeum at 1pm - Art and Students in China: Impressions from Jingdezhen by Anne Plummer

Wednesday March 11, 2009 at 1:00pm Anne Plummer presents Art and Students in China: Impressions from Jingdezhen

China has a rich cultural heritage that westerners find compelling in terms of its scale, longevity, aesthetics, and its high level of craftmanship. Contemporary Chinese artists and students find this history to be both a source of inspiration and a burden. Western art is recognized as cutting edge in the global culture. While Chinese artists and students struggle to incorporate contemporary western practices and earn recognition in the contemporary global art world, many westerners yearn to find the historic Chinese arts and culture intact. How do the Chinese and westerners deal with these conflicting expectations?

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor, bluff side of the WSU Library.

For the Spring 2009 schedule please go here: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

3/6 On this Day: New York Times Historical Front Page

Check out a historical front page for the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/
Bookmark this page or set as your homepage to learn about historical events every day.

The WSU Library provides access to the full text online archive of the New York Times from 1851-2003 made available through Proquest Historical Newspapers database. The New York Times is also available in Lexis-Nexis and ProQuest Newsstand from 1980-present. You can access these databases from the WSU Databases page. WSU students, faculty, staff can use their WSU barcodes and last name to access these databases from off campus.

2/12 - Three Books Explore Lincoln's Complex Genius

On the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Birthday NPR has professor Eric Froner identify "Three Books Explore Lincoln's Complex Genius"

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100514703

2/4 Athenaeum at 1pm -Phillis Wheately the first African American Poet by Michlitsch and Ripley

Join us on Wednesday February 4 at 1:00pm for Professor Gretchen Michlitsch and Professor Chuck Ripley's presentation on Phillis Wheately the first African American Poet.

Michlitsch and Ripley discuss Phillis Wheatley, the First African-American Poet
Brought from Gambia, Africa to colonial America in 1761, Phillis Wheatley entered Euro-American Christian culture as an enslaved girl. A literary prodigy, she became the first published black American poet in 1767. Her poems provide an important window into the developing but conflicting discourses surrounding freedom, race, and human nature in the era of the American Revolution. Gretchen Michlitsch and Chuck Ripley will explore Wheatley’s works in terms of her immediate eighteenth-century context and her twenty-first century significance as the founder of the African-American literary tradition.

The Athenaeum is located on the second floor south side of the WSU Library.
The Athenaeum schedule and more information can be found at: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

1/29 Peter Henderson's reception and book signing at 2:30

Join the University community in celebrating Peter Henderson's new book

There will be a celebratory signing for Peter Henderson’s book “Gabriel García Moreno and Conservative State Formation in Ecuador” Thursday January 29 from 2:30 – 3:30 in Room 109 of the WSU Krueger Library. Cake and refreshments will be served.

Henderson's book was published by the University of Texas Press. For a summary of the book please check out the UT Press site.

http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/books/hengab.html

10/22 Athenaeum at 1pm - Understanding Muslim and Islamic Culture by Ahmed El-Afandi

Join us on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 1:00 pm for a presentation by Ahmed El-Afandi titled "Understanding Muslim and Islamic Culture."

Emeritus Professor El-Afandi (Political Science), who was a founding member of the Winona Islamic Center, will discuss Muslim and Islamic cultures to help foster a better understanding of significant cultural differences and similarities between Muslim and non-Muslim beliefs.

The fall 2008 schedule can be found at: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/

The Library Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the WSU Library.

9/17 Athenaeum at 1pm - From Winona to Argentina by Vanessa Fernandez-Greene

Join us for Vanessa Fernandez-Greene's presentation "From Winona to Argentina at the Turn of the Century: Women Who Changed Education in the Americas."

Professor Fernandez-Greene will talk about several female graduates from the Normal School who traveled to Argentina between the late 19th century and the beginning of the 20th to teach in the “wilds” of Argentina. Some actually founded Normal Schools in Argentina and had a profound impact on the educational there that continues to this day.

For the full Athenaeum schedule please go to: http://www.winona.edu/library/athenaeum/
The Athenaeum is located on the second floor of the WSU Krueger Library (the bluff side).

Celebrate Minnesota's 150 Anniversary: MN Historical Society's site

Minnesota's 150 Anniversary: Check out the Minnesota Historical Society's (MHS) site: http://www.mnhs.org/exhibits/mn150/
Learn about MHS's Minnesota 150 years exhibit, wiki and other resources.

And the Minnesota Sequicentennial Committee site for events: http://www.mn150years.org/

4/2 Athenaeum at 1pm - Winona State University Scrapbook 1858-2008: Celebrating 150 years

Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 1:00pm

Winona State University Scrapbook 1858-2008: Celebrating 150 years
Presentation by: Nancy Peterson, Rill Reuter, and Beth Halleck

Winona State University Scrapbook 1858-2008: Celebrating 150 Years was published in early 2008 as part of the sesquicentennial. In this forum Peterson and Reuter will discuss how pictures were chosen for inclusion in the book and how those selections dictated what text was included. Sesquicentennial Coordinator Beth Halleck will explain the book’s scrapbook concept and discuss working with the publisher. Examples of representative and interesting pictures will be shown.

3/26 Athenaeum at 1pm - The Sordid Past of the Piano Recital by Deanne Mohr

Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at 1:00pm

The Sordid Past of the Piano Recital: A Brief and History and Personal Reflections
Deanne Mohr a WSU Professor of Music will present on the history of the piano recital as a performance vehicle and reflection on my own experience in programming repertoire, preparing for a recital and performing as a solo pianist. Performance of works by Frank Martin and Cesar Franck.

3/19 Athenaeum at 1pm - Dusty Archives & Fond Memories: A WSU Sesquicentennial History by Peter Henderson

On Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 1:00pm Peter Henderson, WSU Professor of History will present Dusty Archives & Fond Memories: A WSU Sesquicentennial History. This event is co-sponsored by the WSU Celebration of the Book Series.

Please join us at 12:45 for a piano recital by WSU Music major Kate Hujda.