Armistice Day Week Events & Exhibits
Events
Entire Month of October
- Community Reading of Willa Cather’s My Antonia, a 1918 Novel
Logan Library, 255 N. Main, Logan
Wednesday, October 17
- Presentation and Discussion: My Antonia: Willa Cather’s Timeless Novel
Dr. Steve Shively, English Department, USU
Logan Library, Lake Bonneville Room, 255 N. Main, Logan
7:00pm
Thursday, October 25
- Talk: Make Do and Mend: Fashion in the Context of Conflict
Professor Nancy Hills, Theatre Department, USU
Logan Library, Lake Bonneville Room, 255 N. Main, Logan
7:00pm
Week of October 29
- Unveiling of “Doughboy” Statue, USU Army ROTC
USU Military Science Building
Exact Date and Time to be determined
Tuesday, October 30
- Talk: "Schooled in War: The Great War and the transformation of Utah Agricultural College."
In connection with the centennial celebration of the end of World War I, this presentation will look back at how the "war to end all wars" impacted Utah through the lens of the UAC and Cache Valley. While enlistment frenzies drained the campus of men and left female students preparing to form a "Legion of Death" in case of German invasion, civilians on the home front dealt with anti-German sentiment, an influx of outsiders training at the newly-expanded college, and the devastation of the influenza epidemic. Emily Wheeler
Merrill-Cazier Library, Room 154
12:00 Noon
Wednesday, October 31
- Talk: “Music Goes to War: From Parisian Music Halls to the Trenches of World War I
Dr. Susan Grayzel, USU & Dr. Regina Sweeney, Dickinson College
Westminster College, Room B2, Converse Hall, 1840 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City
7:00PM – 8:30PM
Thursday, November 1
- Panel Discussion: “Lessons Learned? Media and the Great War a Century Later”
Thomas Terry, Professor, USU Department of Journalism & Communication, Matthew LaPlante, Associate Professor, USU Department of Journalism & Communication, Debra Jenson, Assistant Professor, USU Department of Journalism & Communication, Ellada Gamreklidze, Postdoc, USU Department of Journalism & Communication, Andrew Kramer, Correspondent, The New York Times
Merrill-Cazier Library, Room 101
10:30AM
- Talk: "Memories of War and Perceptions of Threat: Facing Asymmetric Warfare 100 Years after the Armistice"
The armistice that brought a close to World War I in 1918 is remembered very differently in the United Kingdom and Western Europe than it is in the United States. One hundred years after the close of that war, divergent national memories of WWI and the armistice contribute to the ways that the US, UK, and Western Europe perceive the new threat of Russian asymmetric warfare. This talk explores the divergence and suggests lessons the US might bear learning from the other side of the Atlantic. Briana Bowen, Program Manager for the developing Center for Anticipatory Intelligence
Merrill-Cazier Library, Room 101
12:00 Noon
- Brown Bag Lunch Talk: "Schooled in War: The Great War and the transformation of Utah Agricultural College."
In connection with the centennial celebration of the end of World War I, this presentation will look back at how the "war to end all wars" impacted Utah through the lens of the UAC and Cache Valley. While enlistment frenzies drained the campus of men and left female students preparing to form a "Legion of Death" in case of German invasion, civilians on the home front dealt with anti-German sentiment, an influx of outsiders training at the newly-expanded college, and the devastation of the influenza epidemic. Emily Wheeler
Santa Fe Building, 300 South Rio Grande Street, Salt Lake City
12:00 Noon – 1:00pm
- Conversation Meeting: War and Armistice Day Week Themes
French Club, all levels, all welcome
QuadSide Café
12:30-1:30PM
- Guest class on Music in World War I
Dr. Regina Sweeney, Dickinson College
Old Main, Room 201
1:30-2:45PM
- Talk: “A Glimpse into the History of Biological Warfare and the Mathematics Used to Stop Diseases”
Dr. Brynja Kohler, Math & Statistics, USU
Huntsman Hall, Room 380
1:30-3:00PM
- The Suffering Land: Nature, Landscape, and Environment as Victims in WWI
Guest Speakers
Old Main, Room 301
3:00-4:15PM
- WWI Centennial Film Festival: All Quiet on the Western Front
Discussion led by Professor Ross Peterson
Utah Theatre, 18 West Center, Logan
7:00PM
Friday, November 2
- First World War Poetry Read-a-thon, USU Students and Faculty
Atrium of Merrill-Cazier Library
10:00AM – Noon
- Conversation Meeting: War and Armistice Day Week Themes
French Club, all levels, all welcome
Quadside Café
11:30AM – 1:30PM
- Talk: “Winning the Peace with a Secretive, Invaluable Boost from the Prostitution of Prime Numbers”
Dr. Jim Cangelosi, Math & Statistics, USU
Huntsman Hall, Room 170
1:00PM – 3:00PM
- Talk: “Game Theory and the Arms Race: Modeling a Game No One Wins”
Dr. Dave Brown, Math & Statistics, USU
Huntsman Hall, Room 170
4:00PM – 5:00PM
- WWI Centennial Film Festival: Sergeant York
Discussion led by Professor Ross Peterson
Utah Theatre, 18 West Center, Logan
7:00PM
Saturday, November 3
- 5K Race around USU Campus
Honoring USU Students & Alumni who have lost their lives in WWI, USU Army ROTC
Military Science Building
9:00AM – 11:00AM
- Pre-Concert Talk: “Music Goes to War: From Parisian Music Halls to the Trenches of World War I”
Dr. Regina Sweeney, Dickinson College
FAV150, Fine Arts Center
6:15PM – 7:00PM
- War & The Human Heart: Songs of Battle, Loss & Love
American Festival Chorus & Orchestra, USU Men’s Chorale, Craig Jessop, Conductor
Daines Concert Hall, Fine Arts Center
7:30PM
Monday, November 5
- WWI Centennial Film Festival: The African Queen
Discussion led by Professor Ross Peterson
Utah Theatre, 18 W Center, Logan
Tuesday, November 6
- WWI Centennial Film Festival: Paths of Glory
Discussion led by Professor Ross Peterson
Utah Theatre, 18 W Center, Logan
Wednesday, November 7
- WWI Centennial Film Festival: Gallipoli
Discussion led by Professor Ross Peterson
Utah Theatre, 18 West Center, Logan
Thursday, November 8
- WWI Centennial Film Festival: War Horse
Discussion led by Professor Ross Peterson
Utah Theatre, 18 West Center, Logan
Thursday, November 8 – Friday, November 9
- 24-hour POW/MIA Vigil
Center of USU Quad
5:00PM to 5:00PM
Saturday, November 10
- WWI Roadshow: “We Remember Them – Artifacts and Documents from the First World War”
Eccles Conference Center
10:00AM – Noon
Exhibits
Monday, October 1 through Saturday, November 3
- Program Notes for Musical Pieces Featured in War and the Human Heart Concert
Daines Concert Hall Lobby, USU
Saturday, October 27 through Saturday, November 3
- Historical Nursing Posters
Lobby of Health, Physical Education and Recreation Building, USU
Monday, October 29 through Saturday, November 3
Monday, October 29 through Monday, November 12
- USU at War
Atrium, Merrill-Cazier Library, USU
October through December 2018
- World War I Aviators and Immigration
(Developed by USU students)
Museum of Anthropology, Old Main Room 252, USU
October 2018 through January 2019
- Resting on Opposite Edges of the World: A Look at Pioneers and the Storytelling of My Antonia
(Developed by USU students)
Museum of Anthropology, Old Main, Room 252, USU