UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls

Events

History and Philosophy Banquet


Our 2023 banquet has been CANCELED.

The department newsletter will be emailed and posted online by early April.

Parking & directions

Parking is available in Pay 2 Lot (south of University Center). A permit may be purchased at the parking lot pay station.

  • By late afternoon, free parking may also be available along the streets, including on the side streets north of Cascade Avenue.

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Past banquets

Canceled due to Covid

Friday, Apr. 19

Keynote speaker: Dr. Samuel Gale, Adjunct Instructor of History, UWRF

Topic: Escaping Jack Johnson’s Shadow: Race & Sports in the 20th Century U.S.

About Dr. Gale

Friday, Apr. 20

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Christopher Simer, Adjunct Instructor, UWRF

Topic: "20 Million Gas Masks: Britain and the Fear of the Bomber, 1919-1939"

About Dr. Simer

Friday, Apr. 28

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ryan Fischer, Visiting Assistant Professor of History, UWRF

Topic: "Cattle Colonialism: The Hide and Tallow Trade and the Making of the Trans-Pacific West"

About Dr. Fischer

Friday, Apr. 29
UC Ballroom

Keynote Speaker: Kurt Leichtle, Professor Emeritus of History, UWRF

Topic: "Boy Scouts: The Complexity of Creating a Symbolic Icon"

About Dr. Leichtle

Event photos (Flickr.com)

Friday, May 1
UC Ballroom

Keynote Speaker: Robert Entenmann, Professor of History, St. Olaf College

Topic: "The Indigenization of Christianity in Late Imperial China: Chinese Catholic Priests Between Two Worlds"

About Professor Entenmann

Our thanks

We are so grateful to all who have contributed to our Foundation funds over the years!

Gifts to the History Department Foundation fund, in particular, have enabled more students to attend the banquet by holding the student ticket price to an affordable rate, even as costs rise.

We are truly fortunate to have such dedicated and enthusiastic alumni and friends!