Robert Christl UW–Madison, Dept of History PhD Candidate Hear Robert Christl speak about how workers sought self governance in Revolutionary Spain. A free lecture for University Staff. University staff may attend without loss of pay, but must reserve a seat through the office of the secretary: emails john.lease@wisc.edu by November 5, 2016 to do so. …
October 2016 Catherine Jackson, Assistant Professor in the History of Science department, gave the keynote talk at the recent meeting of the Midwest Section of the American Scientific Glassblowers Society (ASGS) held on September 24th at the UW–Madison campus. She spoke about the kaliapparat – a new kind of glass apparatus developed in 1830 by …
Please join the faculty, staff and students of the School of Journalism & Mass Communication to celebrate the life and legacy of James L. Baughman. Former colleagues and students will reflect on Prof. Baughman’s contributions to the field of media history and his impact as a teacher and mentor. Thursday, October 27, 2016 5:00-7:30 PM …
“Writing the Life of Frederick Douglass: Why and Why Now?” Wednesday, October 26th, 2016 “Childhood of “Extremes” and “Baltimore Dreams”: Slave Youth” Thursday, October 27th, 2016 “‘By the Rivers of Babylon’: Words, the Bible, and the the Mid-Life Radical” Friday, October 28th, 2016 “‘Joys and Sorrows’ at Cedar Hill: Old Age, Family, and Fame” featuring …
Panel on “Intimate Labors and Home Ownership” with April Haynes (early American republic) “Sweet Home and Elusive Homeownership in South Korea from the 1960s to 1970s” Eunhee Park Monday, October 24, 2016 11:50-1:20 PM Curti Lounge View event poster (pdf)
“How History Keeps Us Racist – And What To Do About It.” James W. Loewen, author of the bestseller Lies My Teacher Told Me Monday, October 24, 2016 4:30-6:30 PM Fluno Center, Howard Auditorium From Vasco da Gama to George W. Bush, what US history textbooks tell — and what they leave out — amount …
featuring Pulitzer Prize Winner Dr. Gordon S. Wood Five years have passed since the emergence of democracy movements across the Middle East. In his lectures, Dr. Wood will share insights from his lifelong study of the American Revolution, expanding on thoughts he offered to Egyptian leaders during their visit to the prestigious Center for Strategic …
Golnar Nikpour 2015-2017 A.W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow Friday, October 14, 2016 12:00 PM Banquet Room, University Club The 1979 Iranian revolutionary movement was once hopefully referred to as “the revolution against torture,” in no small part because of prevalence of painful punishment in pre-revolutionary Pahlavi Iran. In the years leading up to the success of …
David Darrow Associate Professor, Department of History University of Dayton Thursday, October 13, 2016 4:00-5:30 PM 206 Ingraham Hall Part of the CREECA Lecture Series. Co-sponsored by Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA), Department of History, and the Alice D. Mortenson/Petrovich Chair in Russian History. Light refreshments served at 3:45 PM. View …
Michele Thompson Professor of History Southern Connecticut University Friday, October 7, 2016 12:00-1:30 PM 206 Ingraham Hall Co-sponsored by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Department of History & the Department of the History of Science. Free and open to the public. View event poster (pdf)