Pernille Ipsen University of Wisconsin–Madison History and Gender & Women’s Studies Friday, April 10, 2015 3:30 – 5:00 PM 80 Science Hall Part of the Yi-Fu Tuan Lecture Series Pernille Ipsen will discuss her new …
2015
“Thinking Again about Love and Death in Russia, 1914-1922”
Professor Dan Healey Department History St Antony’s College Thursday, April 9, 2015 4:00 PM Banquet Room, University Club Building Dan Healey is Professor of Modern Russian History at St Antony’s College. His research and publications …
Stanley I. Kutler (1934-2015)
Stanley I. Kutler, Professor Emeritus of American History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who specialized in U.S. legal and constitutional history, the Vietnam War and the Watergate era, died April 7th at Agrace Hospice Care …
Professor Karl Shoemaker wins First Book Award
Karl Shoemaker, winner of the 2014 John Nicholas Brown Prize of the Medieval Academy, awarded for a distinguished first book in the field of medieval studies. The award is for Shoemaker’s book Sanctuary and Crime …
Prof. Shank helps Univ. of Vienna celebrate 650th birthday
March 2015 2015 marks the 650th birthday of the University of Vienna. The foundation was celebrated by a host of events, including an exhibition of 14th-15thC manuscripts and artifacts in the splendid Prunksaal of the …
Prinster talk on Evolutionary Thought in a Religious World
March 2015 Graduate student Scott Prinster will present “Finches in the Sanctuary: Evolutionary Thought in a Religious World” on Thursday, March 12, as part of the UW Evolution Seminar Series. The weekly seminars are held …
Ronald L. Numbers awarded 2015 NCSE Friend of Darwin Award
March 2015 The National Center for Science Education (NCSE) has conferred its 2015 Friend of Darwin Award on Emeritus Professor Ronald L. Numbers, an award “presented annually to a select few whose efforts to support …
Themes in Chinese Politics, Literature and History: The concept of “political party” and Chinese reformers in the Americas, 1898-1911
Professor Pablo Ariel Blitstein University of Heidelberg Wednesday, March 25, 2015 12:00 – 1:15 PM Red Gym’s “Maisley Media Room,” 716 Langdon Street Pablo Ariel Blitstein studied ancient Greek and Roman Literature and Philosophy at …
“The Ugly and the Beautiful: Cosmetics, Feminism and Punk”
Uta Poiger Professor of History Northeastern University Thursday, March 19, 2015 4:00 PM L140 Elvehjem Building The working group on the new materialism is thrilled to welcome Professor Uta Poiger to UW-Madison on March 19th …
Michael B. Petrovich Lecture
“Inside the Great Terror: The Trials and Tribulations of Stalin’s Secret Police in Ukraine.” presented by Prof. Lynne Viola University of Toronto Tuesday, March 17, 2015 4:00 – 5:30 Pyle Center Supported by the Alice …