MURA Sponsored Programs – November 2020 |
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| Date and Time | Program | Presenter | Host | Notes to connect |
| Nov 3, Tuesday, 8:30-9:30 am CST | Virtual MURA Breakfast Program: “Celebrating 150 Years of CAFNR Innovation” | Bryan Garton, CAFNR Senior Associate Dean and Director of Special Programs | MURA | Recording |
| December 1, Tuesday, 8:30-9:30 am CST | Virtual MURA Breakfast Program: Discovering the Secrets of Special Collections | Kelli Hansen, Head of Special Collections and Rare Books, MU Libraries | MURA | Zoom link will be provided later. |
| In addition to MURA sponsored programs, consider additional online events available to you for free. These are open to the public, but most require pre-registration. Barbara Schneider is a member of our MURA Program Committee and MURA’s Liaison to the Osher Life Long Learning Institute. | ||||
Barbara’s Picks |
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| November 1, Sunday, 2:00-3:00 pm CST | An Odyssey in Art | Museum Docents David Bedan and Valerie Hammons | MU Museum of Art & Archaeology; email callawaycl@missouri.edu to register for this Zoom event. | https://maa.missouri.edu/events/family-events/docent-led-zoom-tour-odyssey-art |
| November 4, Wednesday, 7:00-8:00 pm CST; recording available later on YouTube | Ensuring Your Digital Legacy | Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia, MO | https://events.dbrl.org/event/4645754 | |
| November 5, Thursday, 1:00 pm CST | Japanese-American Student Success at the Missouri School of Mines in World War II | Dr. Larry Gragg, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus of History at Missouri University of Science & Technology | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/events/2020/japanese-american-students-at-msm |
| November 7, Saturday, 1:30-2:30 pm CST | The Efforts of Missouri’s Women, Both Union and Confederate, to Commemorate the Civil War | Amy Laurel Fluker, author of Commonwealth of Compromise: Civil War Commemoration in Missouri | State Historical Society of Missouri Annual Meeting | https://shsmo.org/events/2020/annual-meeting/fall-lecture |
| November 10, Tuesday, 2:00-3:00 pm CST | Tribute to a Generation: Haydn Williams and the Building of the WWII Memorial | Retired Navy commander David F. Winkler, author of Tribute to a Generation | National Archives Museum; registration upcoming | https://www.archives.gov/calendar/event/tribute-to-a-generation-haydn-williams-and-the-building-of-the-wwii-memorial |
| November 11, Wednesday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm CST | Native Historian Symposium: Indigenous Resurgence | The Next Generation of Native Historians | Missouri Humanities Council | https://mohumanities.org/event/native-historian-symposium/ |
| November 12, Thursday, 2:00-3:00 CST | Women of the Odyssey | Cathy Callaway, Museum Educator | MU Museum of Art & Archaeology; email chrismo@juno.com to register for this Zoom event. | https://maa.missouri.edu/events/lecture/museum-lecture-series-women-odyssey |
| November 12, Thursday, 7:00 pm CST | Shoes Older than the Pyramids: Artifacts Found in the Arnold Research Cave, overlooking the Missouri River in southeast Callaway County | Dr. Candace Sall, Associate Curator of the University of Missouri’s Museum of Anthropology | Missouri State Archives | https://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/about/calendar |
| November 18, Wednesday, 1:00 pm CST | Spanish Flu in 1918 Boone County | Tim Dollens, DBRL staff member and genealogist | Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia, MO | https://events.dbrl.org/event/4643537 |
| November 19, Thursday, 1:00 CST | Basic Genealogy: Censuses | Bill Eddleman, Associate Director of the Cape Girardeau Research Center | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/events/2020/genealogy-censuses |
| November 19, Thursday, 6:00 pm CST | Lights, Camera, Action: Chasing Creative Dreams in Hollywood | Daniel Willis (Mizzou BA ’08), Writer and Director | Mizzou Alumni Association – Open to all Mizzou Alumni and Friends | https://alumlc.org/missouri/4328 |
| November 24, Tuesday, 6:00 pm CST | We Gather Together: A Nation Divided, a President in Turmoil, and a Historic Campaign to Embrace Gratitude and Grace | Author Denise Kiernan | National Archives Museum; registration upcoming | https://www.archives.gov/calendar/event/we-gather-together-a-nation-divided-a-president-in-turmoil-and-a-historic-campaign-to-embrace |
| On Demand | Votes for Missouri Women! Part 1: Silent protest for Women’s Suffrage in St. Louis at the 1916 Democratic Convention, and Part 2: Missouri Women: Suffrage to Statecraft SHS Exhibit | Part 1: Margot McMillen, Author of The Golden Lane, and Part 2: SHSMO Curator Joan Stack and Missouri Historic Costume and Textile Collection Curator Jean Parsons, and Collection Manager Nicole Johnston | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/events/on-demand/votes-for-mo-women |
| On Demand | White House History Live | Various videos: Protocol-The Power of Diplomacy; Jefferson’s White House-Monticello on the Potomac; The Cabinet, by Lindsay Chervinsky; and more! | The White House Historical Association | https://www.whitehousehistory.org/rubenstein-center/white-house-history-live |
| On Demand | Beginning Genealogy, Part 1: Getting Started | Bill Eddleman, Associate Director of the SHS Cape Girardeau Research Center | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/events/on-demand/basic-genealogy-pt1?mc_cid=ce47445d01&mc_eid=376db1f8f8 |
| On Demand | The African American Experience in Missouri – 2019-2020 Series | 20 programs such as Charlie Parker’s Life and Music in KC; The African American Press in Mo; Lincoln University: Black Culture Mecca of the Midwest. | State Historical Society of Missouri and the University of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/lecture-series/african-american-experience?page=0 |
| On Demand | 1918 Flu Epidemic in Missouri: Parts 1 and 2 | Kathleen Seale | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/events/on-demand/1918-flu |
| On Demand | All About Art: A Virtual Architectural Tour Video | Joan Stack | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/events/on-demand/all-about-art |
| On Demand | Weekly Friday Feature | Essays or Videos spotlighting artwork in the Collection – new ones each Friday, and previous ones available. | Museum of Art & Archaeology – University of Missouri | https://maa.missouri.edu/exhibit/online-friday-feature-0 |
| On Demand | Webinars and Online Events – Future Live Events as well as Past Recordings | Past Examples I recommend: True Tiger Alumni Panels for Education, Business, A&S, Nursing, Journalism, Graduate School; I’m Gerald Ford and You’re Not: Saturday Night Live and the American Presidency (Bill Horner, Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor) | Mizzou Alumni Association – Open to all Mizzou Alumni and Friends | https://alumlc.org/missouri |
| On Demand | Growing Up with the River: Nine Generations on the Missouri by Dan and Connie Burkhardt (Program is a 10-part series based on this very beautiful book) | Professional storytellers and special guests | Missouri Humanities Council | https://mohumanities.org/programs/growing-up-with-the-river/ |
| Ongoing – Digital Exhibit Tour | Missouri’s Struggle for Statehood | Created in consultation with the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy and supported by The Bicentennial Alliance | Missouri Humanities Council | https://mohumanities.wixsite.com/struggleforstatehood |
| Ongoing – Monday Mashup Series – 7:00 pm CDT | Pre-recorded musical performances of Mizzou faculty and students | Live Nov 2, 9, 16 and Holiday Brass on Nov 30 | MU School of Music | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVqHQYMI7cP8SE6Z3XDwSjw |
| Ongoing – Sept 2020 to April 2021 – Second Thursday (Nov 12, 10-11:30 am CST) with past program videos available on website | Explore Missouri’s German Heritage | Author Dr. W. Arthur Mehrhoff and Director of Heritage Programs, Caitlin Yager explore the stories of the people, places, and ideas that helped shape Missouri’s German cultural heritage | Missouri Humanities Council | https://mohumanities.org/programs/explore-missouris-german-heritage/ |
Date:
December 1, 2020