Revolutionary Decade | Schedule
Opening Program/Reception
Tuesday, Sept. 9, 7 p.m., Booth Library West Reading Room
Keynote address, 7:30 p.m.: “No Problem of Human Destiny is Beyond Human Beings”: John F. Kennedy and the Spirit of the 1960s
Dr. Edmund Wehrle, professor of history, EIU
Sunday, Sept. 14, 2 p.m., Tarble Arts Center Atrium
The Spirit of Motown
Jose Sandoval, Illinois Humanities Council Road Scholars Speakers Bureau
Tuesday, Sept. 23, 4 p.m., Booth Library Room 4440
The Other Side of the ’60s: Hidden Dimensions of One of America's Most Significant Decades
Dr. Lynne Curry, professor of history, EIU,
Dr. Deb Reid, professor of history, EIU, and
Dr. Charles Titus, emeritus faculty of history, EIU
Wednesday, Sept. 24, 4 p.m., Booth Library Room 4440
Student research panel: Global Diplomacy in the 1960s
Students of Dr. Edmund Wehrle, professor of history, EIU
Tuesday, Sept. 30, 7 p.m., Booth Library Room 4440
Film screening:
Dawn of the Dead: The Grateful Dead & the Rise and Fall of the San Francisco Underground
Bill Schultz Jr., assistant professor of library services
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 4 p.m., Booth Library Room 4440
Neglected Promises Realized: The First Amendment Comes of Age in the ‘60s
Dr. Les Hyder, professor of journalism, EIU
Thursday, Oct. 2, 3:30 p.m., Booth Library Room 4440
Screening and discussion: Fantastic Sitcoms of the 1960s: “I Dream of Jeannie” and “Bewitched”
Dr. Melissa Ames, assistant professor of English, EIU, and
Dr. Malgorzata J. Rymsza-Pawlowska, assistant professor of history, EIU
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 4 p.m., Booth Library Room 4440
Student research panel: Then and Now: Remembering the 1960s
Students of Dr. Sally Renaud, interim chairwoman of journalism department, EIU
Thursday, Oct. 9, 7 p.m., Grand Ballroom, University Union
Extravaganza of 1960s Fashion, Music, and Dance!
An evening featuring fashion, music, costumes and dance
Tuesday, Oct. 14, 7 p.m., Booth Library Room 4440
Film screening: Free Radicals — An Exploration of Experimental Film
Dr. David Gracon, assistant professor of communication studies, EIU
Thursday, Oct. 16, 3 p.m., Booth Library Room 4440
Looking Toward the Future: Math and Science Curricula in the 1960s
Dr. Katie Lewandowski, assistant professor of geology; Dr. Steve Daniels, chairman of the physics department; Dave Linton, instructor of physics and astronomy; Dr. Peter Wiles, associate professor of math; and Dr. Peter Andrews, chairman of the mathematics department
Thursday, Oct. 16, 4 p.m., Booth Library Room 4440
Readings from ‘NAM: Things That Weren’t True and Other Stories, Some Funny — Some Sad,’ by Robert McGowan
John Whisler, professor of library services
Tuesday, Oct. 28, 4 p.m., Booth Library Room 4440
Book Power: 1960s Multicultural Children’s Literature
Ann Brownson, professor of library services, Booth Library,
and Dr. Fern Kory, professor of English, EIU
Wednesday, Oct. 29, 4 p.m. Booth Library Atrium
Songs from ‘Carnival’
Presented by cast members from the EIU musical
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 4 p.m., Booth Library Room 4440
Revisiting the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s: Any Lesson(s) for a New Social Movement?
Dr. Felix Kumah-Abiwu, instructor of Africana studies, EIU
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 4 p.m., Booth Library Room 4440
Panel discussion: Talking ‘Bout a Revolution: Scientific Research Developments in the 1960s
Dr. Steve Daniels, chairman of the physics department; Dave Linton, instructor of physics and astronomy; and Dr. John Stimac, associate professor of geology
Thursday, Nov. 6, 7 p.m., Booth Library Room 4440
War on Poverty: Social and Political Conditions
Dr. Michael Gillespie, assistant professor of sociology-anthropology, EIU
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 3 p.m., Booth Library Room 4440
Jazz in the 1960s: Divergence of Styles
Dr. Andrew Cheetham, assistant professor of trumpet, EIU
Wednesday, Nov. 12, 4 p.m., Booth Library Room 4440
Reflections on Sixties Music:
Global Influences on the American Pop Charts of the Sixties
Dr. Newton Key, professor of history, EIU, and
Influential British Film Scores of the 1960s
Dr. Jemmie Robertson, assistant professor of music, EIU
Thursday, Nov. 13, 6:30 p.m., Lone Elm Room, Mattoon Depot
Reception for exhibit: From Pop Art to Op Art
Students of Mattoon High School art teacher Janahn Kolden
Thursday, Nov. 13, 7 p.m., Lone Elm Room, Mattoon Depot
Reflections on Sixties Music:
Global Influences on the American Pop Charts of the Sixties
Dr. Newton Key, professor of history, EIU, and
Influential British Film Scores of the 1960s
Dr. Jemmie Robertson, assistant professor of music, EIU
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 4 p.m., Booth Library Room 4440 Rescheduled
Tuesday, Dec. 2, 4 p.m., Booth Library Room 4440
1960s Restaurant and Food Trends: Modern Day Influences
Dr. Lisa Brooks, assistant professor, family and consumer sciences
Thursday, Nov. 20, 4 p.m., Booth Library Room 4440
A Phoenix Rising: American Indian Activism in the 1960s
Dr. Don Holly, associate professor of anthropology, EIU
