From the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Almost as fast as the snap of our fingers (200 ms), our brains can tell right from wrong. This is a complex product of our upbringing, culture, and evolution. We will discuss our ongoing international research collaboration exploring how culture and parenting mold children’s moral brains.
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The stories we tell ourselves about who we are intersect with politics in important ways. Based on her work studying the intertwinement of U.S. refugee policies and domestic identity narratives, Dr. Coen will discuss how policy positions become embedded in identities.
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This talk will address the power of humor when it transcends entertainment. In particular, it will look at the role of comedy in dark or difficult times. It will also feature excerpts and discussion of some of the humor that’s emerged from the pandemic.
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Historians have long debated the effect of mass consumer culture on Americans’ political engagement in the 1920s. How should we understand the decline of political participation in the jazz age? And what lessons does the 1920s hold for our own time?
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Our understanding of history plays an important role in shaping our identities, individually and as a community, and in so […]
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The Weidner Center for the Performing Arts is pleased to announce that the No Reservations Speaker Series returns for its second year of thought-provoking […]
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