SPRING 2023 Institute Events
HUMANITIES IN PUBLIC - SPEAKER SERIES
Presented by the Roger Ray Institute for the Humanities and the Toledo Lucas County Public Library
THE WORLD'S GAME?
Global Politics, Culture, and the World Cup
Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, 6-7:30 P.M.
Shingi Mavima, Assistant Professor of History
Toledo Lucas County Public Library - Main Branch
325 Michigan St. Downtown Toledo
Every four years, the international community gathers around the cauldron of sporting excellence, nationalism, and globalization that is the FIFA Men's World Cup. Dr. Mavima will discuss several of the most significant geopolitical implications in the tournament's 92-year history that give substance to the phrase "more than just a game."
ABOUT Shingi Mavima, Ph.D.
Dr. Mavima is an assistant professor of history at The University of Toledo. He specializes in contemporary Southern African history with a focus on both its colonial and postcolonial periods, with additional scholarly interests in African literature, sport history, and popular culture. His peer-reviewed publications have focused on a wide range of subjects, from Afro-based traditions in Battle Rap to ethno-political conflict in postcolonial Zimbabwe.
FALL 2022 Institute events
Humanities in Public-Speaker Series
Presented by the UToledo Roger Ray Institute for the Humanities and the Toledo Lucas County Public Library
"We, too, Write Rock and Roll: African American Writers and Rock Music, 1970-1983"
Kimberly Mack, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English and Africana Studies Affiliated Faculty
Wednesday, October 19 at 6 p.m.
Toledo Lucas County Public Library-Main Branch
325 Michigan Street, Downtown Toledo
This presentation focuses on two prominent Black American rock writers--Cynthia Dagnal-Myron and Vernon Gibbs--who wrote during the 1970s and 80s for many publications, including Detroit's legendary CREEM magazine. Prof. Mack's talk will show how their bold writing style disrupted that era's race and gender expectations for what a rock writer (and rock star!) should look like.
"the Trial of F.D.R."
Sunday, Nov. 6 at 4:30 p.m.
McQuade Law Center Auditorium
1825 West Rocket Drive
Toledo, OH 43606
Parking Free during this event in all Area 12 lots (Law Center parking lots)
"The Trial of F.D.R." is a stage play dramatizing the 1939 voyage of the S.S. St. Louis, a ship carrying 937 Jewish refugees fleeing persecution in Nazi Germany. The ship was first turned away by Cuba and then by the United States despite multiple asylum requests. Ultimately the ship was forced to return to Europe where over 200 of its passengers were murdered in the Holocaust. This performance, which includes an audience participation component, puts President Roosevelt on "trial" for refusing to grant U.S. entry to these asylum-seeking passengers.
Co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo's Ruth Fajerman Markowicz Holocaust Resource Center, and UToledo's Roger Ray Institute for the Humanities and the College of Arts and Letters.
SPRING 2022 Institute Events
hUMANITIES Lunch
Wednesday, Feb. 23, 12-1:30 p.m.
MEMORIAL FIELD HOUSE, 2420
2801 W BANCROFT ST, TOLEDO, OH 43606
The University of Toledo's Roger Ray Institute for the Humanities invites you to participate in our next forum on ENGAGING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN THE HUMANITIES. We will consider current challenges and opportunities and discuss ways to generate further interest in the humanities on campus and in the local community. Lunch will be provided free of charge!
HUMANITIES IN PUBLIC - SPEAKER SERIES
PRESENTED BY THE UTOLEDO ROGER RAY INSTITUTE FOR THE HUMANITIES
AND THE TOLEDO LUCAS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
Distinguished University PROFESSOR
KIM NIELSEN
Dorothea Dix: A 19th Century Female Activist and Her Complex Legacies
Wednesday, March 23, 6-7:30 P.M.
Toledo Lucas County Public Library - Main Branch
325 Michigan St. Downtown Toledo
Dorothea Dix, an asylum and prison reformer, and later Civil War Superintendent of Union Army Nurses, profoundly shaped U.S. psychiatric healthcare. Her work prompted officials to fund a vast expansion of medicalized, racially-differentiated insane asylums between 1830 and 1875. Join us for this exploration of Dix’s activism and its consequences.
Asst. PROFESSOR Joey Kim
The 'Korean Wave' in the U.S.: Understanding the Rise of Korean Pop Culture
May 1, 2022
Recorded Talk Available on the Toledo Lucas County Public Library Website May 1
Dr. Kim will discuss the recent rise of Korean pop culture as a global phenomenon. From films like Parasite to the record-breaking series Squid Game, she looks at a host of Korean cultural exports including films, music, and food, tracing South Korea’s development into a major driver of global and U.S. cultures.
FALL 2021 INSTITUTE EVENTS
TURNING POINT 1941: RETHINKING WORLD WAR II 80 YEARS ON
Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, 5:30 – 7 P.M.
Toledo Lucas County Public Library - Main Library (Michigan St. Downtown Toledo)
Admission - FREE
Explore key events of World War II during 1941, a pivotal year in the conflict. University of Toledo history professors Rob Padilla, Ph.D. and Barry Jackisch, Ph.D. will discuss how historians have interpreted the larger significance of these events and how certain assumptions about the war continue to survive in public memory 80 years after the fact.
UToledo's Roger Ray Institute for the Humanities and the Toledo Lucas County Public Library have teamed up to present this fascinating historical review.
HUMANITIES LUNCH
Wednesday, Nov. 17, 12-1:30 P.M.
MEMORIAL FIELD HOUSE, 2420
2801 W BANCROFT ST, TOLEDO, OH 43606
The University of Toledo's Roger Ray Institute for the Humanities invites you to participate in our next forum on the state of the humanities in higher education. We will consider current challenges and opportunities and discuss ways to generate further interest in the humanities on campus and in the local community. Lunch will be provided free of charge!
THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MALICE GREEN
Featuring Dr. Michael Stauch, Department of History
Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021 12-1:30 P.M.
MEMORIAL FIELD HOUSE, 2420
2801 W BANCROFT ST, TOLEDO, OH 43606
Malice Green was an unemployed factory worker when he was killed in Detroit during a street enforcement incident by Detroit police officers Walter Budzyn and Larry Nevers. In contrast to events in Los Angeles following the death of Rodney King and the acquittal of officers involved in King's brutal beating, Detroit did not experience similar upheaval following Green's death in November 1992. In examining why this was the case, this talk situates Green's death in the context of Detroit during the War on Crime and the grassroots response to crime among residents of Detroit that shaped Green's experience of the city in which he died and lived.
Past Events
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