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Members of the CTA taking a La Crosse Municipal Transit Utility bus to tour public transportation facilities, March 2023. Credit Susan Gaeddert. Bridging policy and people Posted 2:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, 2023 UWL-hosted community collaboration to learn about policy becomes statewide model   Read more about Bridging policy and people UWL Professor Víctor M. Macías-González Hispanic Heritage Month celebration Posted 9:11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023 Learn about Wisconsin’s Latino history during Sept. 18 talk Read more about Hispanic Heritage Month celebration Logan High School on the North Side is one of the future sites for the Hear, Here project's expansion to the North Side of La Crosse. Share your North Side story Posted 2:51 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25, 2023 UWL oral history project is looking for stories from everyday people at specific North Side locations  Read more about Share your North Side story Penelope Hardy, associate professor of history, conducts research on oceanic history globally. This summer she works with Visiting Scholar Gillian to create a collection of primary sources on freshwater waterways. Pictures, in addition to books, have helped the two researchers think of all of the different ways people have relationships with water from ice fishing to baptisms. History on the waves Posted 9:58 a.m. Tuesday, July 25, 2023 Professor, visiting scholar dive deeper into freshwater history Read more about History on the waves The La Crosse Depot is one of the future sites for the Hear, Here project's expansion to the North Side of La Crosse. Help make history on the North Side Posted 2:22 p.m. Thursday, July 13, 2023 Join the 'Hear, Here' class to learn about and tell untold local history, open to all   Read more about Help make history on the North Side
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Poster of Buying In Panel Discussion and Lecture

Buying In: The Roots of Modern Consumerism in the Reformation Era

Lecture and Panel Discussion featuring Brad S. Gregory, University of Notre Dame

Brad S. Gregory is director of the Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study, and professor of history and Dorothy G. Griffin Collegiate Chair at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana.  Gregory will discuss arguments he raises in the fifth chapter of his book, "The Unintended Reformation." The chapter is titled "Manufacturing the Goods of Life."

7 PM, Graff Main Hall, Hesprich Auditorium, Thursday Sept. 28.

 James Loewen visit October 27, 2015

Speaking on the UWL campus and at La Crosse City Hall, James Loewen discussed his analysis of history textbooks in Lies my Teacher Told Me and the overlooked history of racism in Sundown Towns.  These author events were supported by a long list of sponsors on campus and off, including the Department of History.  History graduate Jennifer DeRocher's research, which began as a history class project, was presented in the video below at the evening City Hall event.  The La Crosse Tribune covered the events on October 25 and, with community leader responses, on October 28. The national site History News Network also carried the story.

December 12, 2018:  In Memoriam, Professor Emeritus Dr. Bruce Mouser, 1937-2018. La Crosse Tribune

April 2017, Víctor M. Macías-González, La Crosse Tribune, Despite national tensions, Arcadia embraces diversity

October 2016, Kenneth Shonk, The Sunday Times, De Valera hid civil war film to protect Fianna Fail

October 2015, sponsored in part by the Department of History,  Dionne Van Reenen of the Institute for Reconciliation and Social Justice at the University of the Free State, South Africa presents "Scrutinizing Mechanisms of Subtle Discrimination".

May 2015, James Longhurst, La Crosse Tribune, UWL Professor explores bike culture with new book

April 2015, James Longhurst, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Professor's Love of Biking Leads to Book on Road Battles

April 2015, Ariel Beaujot, La Crosse Tribune, History project expands conversation

April 2015, James Longhurst, Wall Street Journal, 150 Years of Bike Lane Battles

April 2015, Ariel Beaujot, La Crosse Tribune, Hear Here: Project launches sites to hear La Crosse history

January 2015, Víctor M. Macías-González, La Crosse Tribune UWL History Professor Receives Diversity Award

October 2014, Heidi Morrison, La Crosse Tribune, UWL Researcher to discuss children, war

October 2014, James Longhurst, La Crosse Tribune, City's walkability is reason to celebrate

September 2014, Ariel Beaujot, La Crosse Tribune, UWL project seeks to share personal stories about La Crosse

September 2014, Julia Roden, Ariel Beaujot, La Crosse Tribune, Scavenger hunt to showcase city's colorful past

April 2014 Ariel Beaujot , La Crosse Tribune, Public Stations Would Give La Crosse Residents a Chance to Listen in on Local History

March 2014 James Longhurst, La Crosse Tribune, UWL to host bicycle book talk and signing event 

November 2013, Victor Macías-González, La Crosse Tribune, UWL instructor named Professor of the Year

 

 

 

History

Gita Pai

Gita Pai, History, authored the book "Architecture of Sovereignty: Stone Bodies, Colonial Gazes, and Living Gods in South India" published on Friday, Dec. 1 by Cambridge University Press.

Submitted on: Dec. 1

Heidi Morrison

Heidi Morrison, History, presented "The Unending war on the Children of Gaza" at Gaza in Context: A Collaborative Teach-In Series on Nov. 20 in a virtual format.

Submitted on: Nov. 27

Heidi Morrison

Heidi Morrison, History, presented "Community Conversations on the Roots of War on Gaza" at the La Crosse Public Library on Oct. 29 in La Crosse. Heidi Morrison spoke with members from the Coulee Region Coalition for Palestinian Rights about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, its historical context, and the role of the U.S.

Submitted on: Nov. 16

Gita Pai

Gita Pai, History, authored the chapter "Viral Vilification" in Media Narratives and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Asian Experience published on Nov. 1 by Routledge.

Submitted on: Nov. 16

Andrew Howard

Andrew Howard, History, was interviewed by Zahoor Hussain Bhat of SPAN Magazine by US Embassy New Delhi on Thursday, Nov. 9. He was asked about his study of Urdu with the American Institute of India Studies in 2020 and his continued use of Urdu in his research as a historian.

Submitted on: Nov. 9