David Barclay Professor Barclay is the Margaret and Roger Scholten Professor of International Studies in the Department of History at Kalamazoo College, and is also the Executive Director of the German Studies Association. Thursday, October …
2015
“What History Tells”: George Mosse on European Cultural History, 1860-1918
Monday October, 5 – Saturday October 30, 2015 Online Course (Continuing Studies): Program # 5720 Professor George Mosse was a legend at UW-Madison, where he taught history from 1955-1988. He was renowned for his ability …
What’s in a logo? A Kaliapparat!
September 2015 In the case of the logo of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the answer is a good deal of science history. A recent issue of Chemical and Engineering News (protected content link here) …
Tales From Planet Earth comes back to Madison
September 2015 Tales From Planet Earth returns to Madison November 6-8, 2015. Founded by Gregg Mitman, William Coleman Professor of History of Science, Professor of Medical History and Science & Technology Studies, and Environmental Studies, …
Bonnie Good News for Emer Lucey
September 2015 Emer Lucey, a third-year graduate student, recently won third place for best paper at the Health History in Action Conference held August 26-28 at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Emer’s paper, …
Judith L. Ladinsky Lecture
The Center for Southeast Asian Studies Presents the First Annual Judith L. Ladinsky Lecture: “The Contested Afterlives of Ho Chi Minh” by Hue-Tam Ho Tai Kenneth T. Young Professor of Sino-Vietnamese History Harvard University Friday, …
Conversations with the Commissioner
This semester, Allan H. “Bud” Selig, the Commissioner Emeritus of Major League Baseball, will offer a series of public discussions for interested students and members of the UW-Madison community. These conversations will take place in …
Disclosing/Enclosing Cluster
August 2015 Nicole Nelson from the Department of the History of Science is one of four leaders coordinating the “Disclosing/Enclosing: The Paradoxes of Information Flow in Knowledge Communities” thematic cluster funded by the Holtz Center …
Department students at History of Astronomy Workshop
July 2015 Three department graduate students attended the recent Biennial History of Astronomy Workshop last month at Notre Dame University: Jamie Brannon, Dana Freiburger, and Scott Trigg. Jamie presented a talk, “Teaching Astronomy in Medieval …
Mitman’s “In the Shadow of Ebola” Film Now Online
July 2015 “In the Shadow of Ebola,” a 25-minute film by Professor Gregg Mitman, Vilas Research and William Coleman Professor of History of Science, Medical History, and Environmental Studies, aired June 22, 2015, on PBS …