Northern Illinois University

Liberal Arts & Sciences External Programming

New Ideas Conferences

New Ideas in History: From Conflict and Violence, The Road Back to Peace
October 6, 2008 - Details coming soon!

New Ideas in History and English: Slavery Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
November 20, 2008 - Details coming soon!

New Ideas in Science and History: The Year of Galieo
February 6, 2009 - Details coming soon!

New Ideas in Science: Alternative Energy
March 16, 2009 - Details coming soon!


Previous Conferences

New Ideas in Science: Saving Lives with NIU's Science Research
March 17, 2008

New Ideas in Teaching: Bringing Harry Potter to the Classroom
December 1, 2007

New Ideas in History: Shakespeare and His Queen
September 27, 2007

New Ideas in History and English: 21st Century Freedom
October 22, 2007

August 8, 2007
New Ideas in History: Take Me to the Fair

March 19, 2007
New Ideas in Science: Progress and Ethics

December 2, 2006
New Ideas in Teaching: Harry Potter ®

November 7, 2006
New Ideas in History and English: Transatlantic Currents

March 20, 2006
New Ideas in Science: Global Warming and Climate Change

March 3, 2006
New Ideas in English and Communication: Popular Culture and the New Media

November 7, 2005
New Ideas in History and English: The Culture of Difference

April 11, 2005
New Ideas in History and English: Ancient Worlds:Then and Now

March 4, 2005
New Ideas in Science: The World Year of Physics

November 16, 2004
New Ideas in History & Political Science: Illinois History and American Politics

October 1, 2004
New Ideas in Science: Environment, Biodiversity and Paleontology

September 20, 2004
New Ideas in English: Grammar, Assessment, and Film Studies

April 30, 2004
New Ideas in history and Political Science: Election 2004

March 8, 2004
New Ideas in Science: DNA, Biotechnology, Anatomy and Physiology Education