Oct 7, 2025 4:30 - 5:30 pm
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
- Sponsor
- Spurlock Museum, Illinois Arts Council
- Views
- 45
- Originating Calendar
- History Department Public Events
Drawing on her recent book, The Heartland (an NPR best book of the year), Hoganson challenges perceptions of the rural Midwest as quintessentially local prior to World War I. Her starting point is Champaign County, but the stories she has uncovered are surprisingly global in scope.