Western Reads
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| Western Reads Selects ‘Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists’ for 2015-2016 School Year | 2015-05-08 | ||
| WWU hosts two talks related to World War II | Western Washington University’s Western Libraries hosts Lisa Marcus and Kirsten Christenson from Pacific Lutheran University in a two-part talk, “Collaborating Across Disciplines: Holocaust and Genocide Studies at PLU,” at 4 p.m. Thursday, April 23, in Viking Union room 565. |
2015-04-20 | |
| Author David Clay Large to Discuss His Book ‘Nazi Games – The Olympics of 1936’ April 23 at Western | 2015-03-16 | ||
| Western professors discuss 'Boys in the Boat' | Western Washington University professors hosted a discussion about the history and politics in “Boys in the Boat,” the Western Reads book for this school year that was recently selected as the book for Whatcom Reads. |
2015-02-10 | |
| Event: WWU hosts faculty discussions about 1936 Berlin Olympics | Western Washington University’s Western Reads program will host a pair of faculty panel discussions about the societal and historical impact of the 1936 Berlin Olympics, which were designed to showcase Adolf Hitler’s master-race theory. |
2015-02-02 | |
| WWU’s Prevention and Wellness Services to Host ‘Boys in the Boat’ Discussion Feb. 19 | 2015-01-30 | ||
| Leni Riefenstahl’s groundbreaking documentary, ‘Olympia,’ to be shown at Pickford Film Center | Western Washington University’s Western Reads program and Whatcom Reads! host a showing of Leni Riefenstahl’s documentary, “Olympia,” which debuted in 1938 and broke new ground in the way sports were filmed and edited, at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, at Pickford Film Center, 1318 Bay St. … |
2015-01-20 | |
| Whatcom Reads! events coming up | If you haven’t read Daniel James Brown’s “Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics,” you have just over a month before Brown comes to Whatcom County to speak as the highlight of the annual Whatcom Reads! events. Even if you don’t row, even if you… |
2015-01-15 | |
| Whatcom Reads! events celebrate Daniel James Brown’s ‘The Boys in the Boat’ | Daniel James Brown, who talked about his award-winning book, “The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics”,” on Oct. 22 as the Western Reads! author for 2014-15, will return to Bellingham Feb. 24-26 for numerous speaking engagements as this year… |
2014-10-29 | |
| Author Daniel James Brown comes to Bellingham to talk about historic 1936 UW crew team | Daniel James Brown shares his book, “The Boys in the Boat, ” about the University of Washington eight-oar crew team that stunned the world by winning the gold medal, beating the German team as Adolf Hitler looked on at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, in a free event at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, at… |
2014-10-22 |