Frieze Lecture
Frieze Lecture: 'Teaching (and Living) Democracy on a College Campus'
Dr. Andrea Talentino, president of the College and professor of political science, will present "Teaching (and Living) Democracy on a College Campus."
Frieze Lecture: 'Transpacific Perspectives on American Democracy'
Dr. Liza Lawrence, assistant professor of history, will present on "Transpacific Perspectives on American Democracy."
Frieze Lecture: 'Barbie as a Feminist Icon? A Discussion of Greta Gerwig’s 2023 Blockbuster'
This panel discussion of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) students will be led by Dr. Jennifer Heacock-Renaud, coordinator of the WGSS program.
Frieze Lecture: 'Beyond the View from Barbie’s Beach House: Reconsidering the Waves of Feminism'
Dr. Jane Simonsen, Augustana College professor of history and Richard A. Swanson Chair in Social Thought, will present.
Frieze Lecture: 'Inaccessible Dreamhouses: Disability as a Feminist Issue'
Dr. Cathy Webb, assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders at Augustana College, will present.
Frieze Lecture: 'Intersectionality Explained: Why Feminism is About More than Gender Equality'
Jennifer Heacock-Renaud, coordinator of the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) program at Augustana College, will present.
Frieze Lecture: 1841 marks the dawn of Antarctic exploration
Dr. William Hammer, Fritiof Fryxell Chair in Geology, notes that 1841 marks the dawn of Antarctic exploration. British naval Captain James Ross, commanding HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, discovered what they named the Victoria Barrier, and would later be renamed the Ross Ice Shelf. Hammer is the discoverer of the first dinosaur remains unearthed in Antarctica.
Frieze Lecture: The birth of the 1841 literary magazine Punch
Dr. Kelly Daniels, associate professor of English, discusses the 1841 birth of the literary magazine Punch, and all that has meant for satire and humor in writing.
Frieze Lecture: The longest address in history
Dr. Meg Kunde, assistant professor of communication studies, lectures on the 175th anniversary of the longest address in history by William Henry Harrison, which clocked in at a marathon 8,443 words.
Dr. Roald Tweet: How Rock Island began
Dr. Roald Tweet takes his audience back to "1841, the Year That Rock Island Began." That's theme of this year's Frieze Lecture Series, a 19-year partnership between the Rock Island Public Library and Augustana College.