Taking Questions with Ute Chamberlin

Taking Questions is a discussion series held on the first and third Wednesdays of the month from 7:00 to 8:30 pm.  Programs are held on Our Front Porch (indoors!), where informal learning and good conversation are at the fore.

In this series, the museum welcomes some of the area’s most accomplished Historians and Political Scientists to lead conversations around topics in their field of expertise. Asking questions is essential to understanding. The museum is a community hub for informal learning and this series of programs puts guests in the driver’s seat to shape the conversation. The series has been organized with the guidance of historian Larry Balsamo, who will act as the series’ facilitator.

On November 4th, Ute Chamberlin, in a program she calls, “Ein Reich, ein Volk, ein Führer”: Hitler and German Society, she will answer questions on the Nazi period from the perspective of everyday life, how Hitler’s decisions and Nazi policies affected ordinary Germans, victim groups, etc. between 1933 and 1945. Guests are invited to ask questions and participate in the discussion. Online participants can use the YouTube comment feature to submit questions and comments.

In-person or On-line: You choose!
In-person seating will be limited to 15 people with masks required and social distancing observed. The program will also be streamed live on YouTube. An internet connection is needed to view and participate in the program. To reserve a seat or get the link, call the museum or select either an “in-person ticket” or “online ticket” from the museum’s website (www.wimuseum.org). There is a suggested $5 donation that can be made at the door or online when you request a ticket at https://wimuseum.networkforgood.com/events/24021-taking-questions.

About Ute Chamberlin
Ute Chamberlin is an Associate Professor of History at Western Illinois University in Macomb. She grew up in Germany and has been living in the United States since 1988. She received her Ph.D. in History in 2007 from Arizona State University. Her research interests include the Catholic women’s movement in Germany, the history of women in the Ruhr Valley, and women’s political activism in the Weimar Republic.  She teaches European, German, and Women’s and World history courses and regularly offers classes on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust.

Upcoming Programs

November 18, 2020: Keith Boeckelman and Larry Balsamo
The 2020 Election: What and Why it happened

December 2, 2020: Richard Filipink
White House Horrors: The Times and Consequences of the Nixon Presidency

December 16, 2020:  Richard Hardy
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: The Supreme Court and the Dynamics of American Democracy

January 20, 2021: Nicholas Pano
Russia, Putin, and the United States

February 3, 2021: Julia Albarracin
On Latinx Immigration