The History Project continues journey into past scandals and mysteries

December 22, 2004

The New Year finds The Michael J. Colligan History Project digging into History’s Scandals and Mysteries as the 2004-2005 lecture series continues. All events are free and open to the public.

Join Miami University Professor Allan Winkler and Dennis Sullivan for Folk Songs of the Sixties Book 2 Tuesday, February 1, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Harry T. Wilks Conference Center. The two will perform songs by Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul, and Mary, Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, Joni Mitchell and Kris Kristofferson.

On Thursday, February 10, Pulitzer Prize Winner Edward Larson discusses the ongoing debate over teaching origin, From the Scopes Trial to Today: America’s Ongoing Debate Over Teaching Evolution in the Classroom. Larson will lecture beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Harry T. Wilks Conference Center.

As a follow up to the lecture, The History Project will show Inherit the Wind, starring Spencer Tracy, Fredric March and Gene Kelly. The controversial subject of evolution versus creation causes two polar opposites to engage in one explosive battle of beliefs. The movie will be shown at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 24, in the Harry T. Wilks Lecture Series.

The History Project then welcomes Alice Yang Murray, associate professor of history at the University of California and a member of the Organization of American Historians. Her lecture topic is Historical Memories of Japanese American Internment and begins at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22, in the Harry T. Wilks Conference Center.

Then, on Thursday, April 7, J. Gregory Payne, archivist, will discuss the 1970 Kent State shooting, 35 years later. Payne will begin his speech at 7:30 p.m. in the Harry T. Wilks Conference Center.

Rounding out the year’s events will be Miami Hamilton’s own History Professor George Vascik, who will present The Mysteries of the Nazis on Monday, April 18, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Harry T. Wilks Conference Center.