UT English/Writing Professor, Daniel Wollenberg, recently presented, “Medieval Radicalism: Social Justice and Reform in the European Middle Ages,” to Honors students. Dr. Wollenberg argued that there were radical social reformers throughout Europe during the Middle Ages and much of the radicalism was driven by the growing centralization of power in the hands of the CatholicContinue reading “Symposium – Daniel Wollenberg – Medieval Radicalism”
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Honors Symposia – Dan Berger
On Thursday, February 22nd, Dr. Dan Berger from the University of Washington presented to Honors students on his recent book, Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era. In his book, Dr. Berger illustrates that civil rights activists used the prison system both to help organize their activism and as a symbol of racial oppression.