Professor Emeritus Alfred Erich Senn, age 83, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, 8 March, 2016 in his home, surrounded by his family. Alfred Erich Senn was born in Madison, Wisconsin 12 April, 1932. His Swiss father, Herr Dr. phil. Alfred Senn and Lithuanian mother, Marija Eva Vedlugaite, along with sisters Marie and Elfrieda Senn had …
Kate Brown Professor of History University of Maryland, Baltimore County Friday, March 4, 2016 4:30 – 6:00 PM Wisconsin Historical Society Opening Talk Paul Robbins, Director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies: A Vocabulary for the Repressed: Native Presence, American Trauma, and John Muir’s Wisconsin Sponsored by: Department of Geography, Harvey Goldberg Center for …
All events in Curti Lounge from 11:50-1:20 pm. Monday, February 29th “Movies, Protest, & Gender in South Korea’s Sixties” Dr. Charles Kim Monday, March 28th “A Fisherman’s Death in Riau: Gender, Authority, & mobility from the Mediterranean to the S. China Sea” Anthony Medrano History PhD Candidate “A Frenchwoman’s Scandal in Beirut: Complicating Notions of …
Earl Lewis Historian and President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Tuesday, February 23, 2016 5:30 – 7:00 PM Conrad A. Elvehjem Building, L140 800 University Avenue About: Earl Lewis is President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. A well-regarded social historian, he has been a champion of the importance of diversifying the academy, enhancing …
“Undercover Archives: Surveillance and Historical Interpretation” Featuring this year’s Sandoway Fellow, Athan Biss and Department Chair, Jim Sweet. Monday, February 22, 2016 12:00 – 1:00 PM Curti Lounge (5243 Humanities Bldg) This event is open to the public. Click here to view event poster (pdf)
Tony Michels Professor, Department of History, UW–Madison Friday, February 19, 2016 12:00 – 1:00 PM Banquet Room, University Club In the 1920s, Americans traveled to the Soviet Union to witness the Russian Revolution up close. Some saw a daring social experiment that wedded scientific planning with ideals of equality in all areas of human endeavor. …
“Historical Authority, Gender, & a Clever Princess in 12th-century Constantinople” Leonora Neville “What’s Old is Queer Again: Antiques, Historic Preservation, & Normative Time in Small-Town WI” Christopher Hommerging Monday, January 25 11:50 – 1:20 Curti Lounge With Florencia Mallon as Moderator
September 4 (Friday) at Noon Brown Bag Welcome, introductions, and planning for the semester Location: 204 Bradley Memorial September 11 (Friday) at Noon Brown Bag: Stephen Neal, History of Science, UW–Madison “Making Science Global During the Cold War.” Location: 204 Bradley Memorial September 18 (Friday) at Noon Brown Bag: Stephen Young, Geography Department and International …
Willard Sunderland, Professor of Russian History, University of Cincinnati Friday, December 4, 2015 1:30 – 3:00 PM 212 University Club Sponsored by: Alice D. Mortensen/Petrovich Chair in Russian History, the George L. Mosse Program in History, the Harvey Goldberg Center, the Center for Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA), the Anonymous Fund and the …
Thursday December 3, 2015 Memorial Library Room 126 3:30 to 5:00 pm Kathryn Ciancia on Inter-war Poland Assistant Professor of History, UW–Madison Judd Kinzley on the Early People’s Republic of China Assistant Professor of History, UW–Madison Willard Sunderland on Imperial Russia Professor of History, University of Cincinnati This workshop will adopt a comparative perspective for …