UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls
Walker D. and Helen Bryant Wyman Visiting Professorship in Arts and Sciences
About
Walker D. and Helen Bryant Wyman Visiting Professorship in Arts and Sciences
Established with a generous gift from Dr. Bry Wyman in 2015, the goal of the Walker D. and Helen Bryant Wyman Visiting Professorship Program is to feature prominent scholars speaking on timely topics.
Starting in 2021-22, these exciting lecture events will be produced by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning under the leadership of Professor Cyndi Kernahan. Speaker nominations are solicited from all College of Arts and Sciences departments.
The events are free and open to the public.
Archive
Mar. 8, 2022
Anand Giridharadas
Best-selling author, editor-at-large for Time magazine and MSNBC political analyst
Hosted by UWRF Politics, Geography, and International Studies Department
April 3-4, 2019
William Cronon, Ph.D.
Frederick Jackson Turner and Vilas Research Professor of History, Geography, and Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D. 1990 Yale University
D.Phil. 1981 Oxford University
Field specialties
- Environmental history
- Landscape history
- Historical geography of North America
Recent Works by Cronon
- Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England (2003)
- Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West (1991)
- Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature (1996)
- AHA presidential address on "Storytelling" (2013)
About Cronon
Cronon's lectures - free and open to all
- Wednesday, April 3 - A City-Country Journey: Local Landscapes as Pathways to History
- Thursday, April 4 - The Portage: Reflections on Nature, History, and Storytelling in the Making of an American Place
March 28-29, 2018
Bruce Cumings, Ph.D.
Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor in History and the College,
Department of History, The University of Chicago
Ph.D. 1975 Columbia University
Field specialties
- Modern Korean history
- East Asian political economy
- International history
Recent books by Cumings
- The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles) (2011)
- Inventing the Axis of Evil: The Truth About North Korea, Iran, and Syria (2006)
- Korea's Place in the Sun: A Modern History (2005)
About Cumings
Publicity
Cumings' lectures - free and open to all
- Wednesday, March 28 - Provincialism and Internationalism in U.S. Foreign Policy
- Thursday, March 29 - The Korean War: A History (Roundtable discussion)
- Thursday, March 29 - American Policy Toward North Korea: Seven Decades of Failure
March 28-30, 2017
Elizabeth Fenn, Ph.D.
2015 Pulitzer Prize in History for "Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People"
Walter S. and Lucienne Driskill Professor of Western American History and Chair, Department of History at University of Colorado-Boulder
About Fenn:
- Fenn's faculty page (University of Colorado)
- Q & A with Fenn (The Colorado Independent)
- More about Fenn (Wikipedia)
Books by Fenn:
- Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People, 2014
- Pox Americana: The Great Small Pox Epidemic of 1775-82, 2001
Fenn's lectures - free and open to all
- Tuesday, March 28 - Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82
- Wednesday, March 29 - Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People
- Thursday, March 30 - Roundtable Discussion of her Pulitzer Prize winning book - Encounters at the Heart of the World: A History of the Mandan People
April 7 - 8, 2016
Professor Warren Cohen
Distinguished University Professor, Emeritus
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
About Cohen:
Cohen's lectures - free and open to all
Thursday, April 7 - Chinese-American Relations in Historical Perspective
Friday, April 8 - In class with students
Friday, April 8 - Challenges to American Primacy, 1945 to the Present
Friday, April 8 - The Golden Age of East Asian Art Collecting in the U.S.
2015 - Inaugural event featuring
Professor Donald Worster
Hall Distinguished Professor of American History Emeritus,
University of Kansas
About Worster:
Worster's lectures - free and open to all
- Wednesday, March 4 - Wilderness: The Higher Altruism in American Environmental Values
- Thursday, March 5 - In class with students
- Friday, March 6 - Shrinking the Earth: From an Age of Abundance to an Age of Limits
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