Saturday, September29 8:00 AM Shuttle from Hancock hotel to Michigan Tech Memorial Union 8:00—9:00AM Coffee and muffins, Alumni Room, Memorial Union 8:45 AM Welcome, Symposium Committee 9:00—10:00AM Session 1a Contestations over Loyalties and Identities Conflicted Loyalties: Austro-Hungarian Immigrants in Michigan and the Great War — Robert Goodrich (Northern
September 14-December 1, Finnish American Heritage Center OPENING RECEPTION and talk by Dr. Hilary Virtanen, “An Unpopular History: Uncovering Copper Country Antiwar Stories in World War”, September 14, 7pm Finnish American Heritage Center Copper Country Voices of Dissent in the Great War explores the ways in
[PFG id=672] Upper Peninsula Polar Bears in World War I June 21 a talk by Dan Truckey at the Beaumier UP Heritage Center Iconography of War September 7 a talk by Dr. Stefka Hristova in the Rozsa Gallery lobby World War I Speech Catastrophes and the Postwar
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Saturday, September 29th at 7:30pm An evening of silent film featuring Charlie Chaplin’s World War I film Shoulder Arms (1918), film shorts, newsreel on the war, and Four Minute-Man performance. With live musical accompaniment by guest silent-film organist Jay Warren, Chicago’s foremost photoplay organist. He
Friday, September 28 at 6:00 pm Outside Walker Arts & Humanities 1400 Townsend Drive, Houghton, MI A FREE outdoor concert of music performed by the Superior Wind Symphony commemorating the centennial of the end of World War I. The concert will feature the music of
September. 28-29; EERC 510, Michigan Tech [PFG id=934] This exhibit features the Immersive Visualization Studio’s screen wall technology, an installation of twenty-four 46” screens supported by eight computers. In collaboration with Dr. Scott Kuhl and students from the Computer Science program, the wall’s program dynamically
September 7 – October 2, Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts Gallery OPENING RECEPTION for these concurrent exhibits and talk by Dr. Stefka Hristova, “Iconography of War” September 7, 5-7pm, Rozsa Gallery World War I was the first time graphic posters were widely used for a
The first of several exhibits commemorating the Copper Country’s involvement in World War I is open at the Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw. “Soldier’s Stories: The Upper Peninsula and the Great War” is an exhibit curated by the Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center’s Director, Daniel Truckey. Admission is
September 24 – November 11, 2018 US41 and MacInnes Drive An immersive outdoor trench exhibit invites the public to imagine how soldiers experienced life in the trenches, including “going over the top.” This project is headed by Drs. Stanley Vitton and Kris Mattila (Civil and