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	20th anniversary of UW-Green Bay lecture series focuses on freedom Freedom was in the air on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus when the Historical Perspectives Lecture Series celebrated its 20th anniversary Sept. 22-23. Three historians who visited the campus for the anniversary gave presentations about various aspects of freedom. They were Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, Kriste Lindemeyer, professor of history at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, and Jeremi Suri, professor of history at UW-Madison. The lecture series, founded in 1985, is sponsored by the Center for History and Social Change at UW-Green Bay. Harvey Kaye, professor of Social Change and Development, is the center's director and founder of the lecture series. Eric Foner spoke on "American Freedom and American History" to a near-capacity crowd in the University Theater on Thursday, Sept. 22. Historians (and a political scientist) pose for a photograph after Prof. Foner's lecture. They are, from left, UW-Green Bay Prof. Andrew Kersten, UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard (the political scientist), Prof. Foner, and UW-Green Bay Prof. Harvey Kaye. UW-Green Bay founding Chancellor Edward Weidner attended all sessions of the lecture series. Here he goes over a point with Prof. Jeremi Suri. Weidner was chancellor when the lecture series made its debut in 1985. Jeremi Suri, Kriste Lindemeyer and Eric Foner all made return visits to UW-Green Bay to participate in the lecture series' 20th anniversary. The major players in the anniversary celebration of the lecture series were, from left, Eric Foner, Harvey Kaye, Kriste Lindemeyer, Jeremi Suri, and Andrew Kersten.

20th anniversary of UW-Green Bay lecture series focuses on freedom

Freedom was in the air on the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay campus when the Historical Perspectives Lecture Series celebrated its 20th anniversary Sept. 22-23. Three historians who visited the campus for the anniversary gave presentations about various aspects of freedom. They were Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, Kriste Lindemeyer, professor of history at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, and Jeremi Suri, professor of history at UW-Madison. The lecture series, founded in 1985, is sponsored by the Center for History and Social Change at UW-Green Bay. Harvey Kaye, professor of Social Change and Development, is the center's director and founder of the lecture series.

Photo: Eric Foner spoke to a near-capacity crowd in the University Theater on Thursday, Sept. 22.

Eric Foner spoke on "American Freedom and American History" to a near-capacity crowd in the University Theater on Thursday, Sept. 22.

Photo: From left, UW-Green Bay Prof. Andrew Kersten, UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard, Prof. Foner, and UW-Green Bay Prof. Harvey Kaye.

Historians (and a political scientist) pose for a photograph after Prof. Foner's lecture. They are, from left, UW-Green Bay Prof. Andrew Kersten, UW-Green Bay Chancellor Bruce Shepard (the political scientist), Prof. Foner, and UW-Green Bay Prof. Harvey Kaye.

Photo: UW-Green Bay founding Chancellor Edward Weidner and Prof. Jeremi Suri.

UW-Green Bay founding Chancellor Edward Weidner attended all sessions of the lecture series. Here he goes over a point with Prof. Jeremi Suri. Weidner was chancellor when the lecture series made its debut in 1985.

Photo: Jeremi Suri, Kriste Lindemeyer and Eric Foner.

Jeremi Suri, Kriste Lindemeyer and Eric Foner all made return visits to UW-Green Bay to participate in the lecture series' 20th anniversary.

Photo: From left, Eric Foner, Harvey Kaye, Kriste Lindemeyer, Jeremi Suri, and Andrew Kersten.

The major players in the anniversary celebration of the lecture series were, from left, Eric Foner, Harvey Kaye, Kriste Lindemeyer, Jeremi Suri, and Andrew Kersten.