Scholarly Scoop

09/13/2024

Traditional Arabic wisdom states that “poetry is Arabs’ chronicle.” And in modern history, political poetry became a tool for revolutions in the Arab world. This presentation introduced American audience to contemporary Arabic political poetry deployed as criticism of dictators. How did “conservative” Arab audience receive political poetry in which scathing satire and obscene words were widely used? How were poets able to publicly read poetry in countries whose policy makers, dictators, and secret intelligence apparatus were attacked? Excerpts from works by two representative poets shed light on the corrective force of “bad” poetry.
Asmahan Sallah is an associate professor in the department of Languages and Literatures, UW-Whitewater. She teaches general education and literature classes. Her research and professional interests include translation and comparative literature.

03/04/2024

Come this Friday, March 8th to the Monona Senior Center (1011 Nichols Road in Monona, WI) to hear UWW undergraduate Sociology Major, Race & Ethnicity Studies Minor student Montana Petersen speak on BIPOC faculty retention in rural predominantly white institutions. See you there!

02/09/2024

It's been ten years since the Scholarly Scoop was launched by Prof. K from , offering free lectures by professors for the community of Monona, WI! Today, we celebrate its longevity and growth, including scoops also now offered in Whitewater, plus other recorded 2-min scoops for Monona's local radio station, @98.7wvmo , "The Voice of Monona"! Today, we celebrated by bringing in our first undergraduate student researcher. Nick Jacobus, Political Science Major with a History Minor, gave an excellent talk on the effects of e-cigarette bans on the use of traditional ci******es. As is the case for social policy for social health, it a complicated issue, one that he delivered beautifully!
Thanks for support over the years by the Friends of the Monona Senior Center, the Monona Public Library, 98.7 FM-LP WVMO, the Monona Senior Center, the UWW College of Letters & Sciences, our regular community audience, Nazareth, and many others who have provided refreshments for the events, and more.
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09/11/2023

Come to 1011 Nichols Road in Monona, WI on Fri, Oct. 13 at 9:30am for a FREE presentation on the uses of poet Muriel Rukeyser's documentary poem, "The Book of the Dead" (1938) for understanding contemporary issues.

09/07/2023

"History Underwater: An Introduction to Maritime Archaeology," presented by UW Whitewater History Professor, Michelle Damian. Don't miss this free presentation this Friday, 9/8/23 at 9:30am at the Monona Senior Center. See ya there!!

10/15/2021

Afghan refugees have began arriving in Wisconsin. Dr. Eunyoung Jang from Social Work in the UW-Whitewater College of Letters and Sciences will be on hand at our next free in person lecture at Monona Senior Center on Friday, Nov. 12, 10-11am. See http://mymonona.com/668/Scholarly-Scoop for more details and I'll see you there!

Interactive free lecture series aimed at a broad audience and composed of five sessions focusing on a variety of topics. Scholars in fields ranging from the humanities and social sciences to Languages and Literature will discuss topics in their area of expertise.

09/13/2021

Social norms, COVID and masking up or not. Seems a good question to ask next.

09/09/2021

Knowledge is produced through science, and it gets organized by theories.

09/07/2021

Basics

05/14/2021

Prof. Marjorie Rhine gave the last talk in our Scholarly Scoop 2020-2021 lecture series. She spoke about "How Birds Helped a Pacific Northwest Girl Fall in Love with Wisconsin," and inspired us to think about our own "ecological identity" and to engage more with Wisconsin's natural environment. Click on the link in comments to watch the presentation, if you missed it. Don't miss these free lectures, which will begin again in September 2021. Check back for more details on our 2021-2022 series! Monona Senior Center UW-Whitewater College of Letters and Sciences Marjorie Rhine

04/06/2021

This Friday, April 9 from 10-11am via zoom.us, join us for a free talk about sulfide mining in Wisconsin from the environmental, social and economical lenses with Prof. Bhattacharyya (Geology, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater). Register and get the zoom link by calling the Monona Senior Center at 608-222-3415. UW-Whitewater College of Letters and Sciences, Department of Geography, Geology and Environmental Science, UW-Whitewater, WVMO - The Voice of Monona)