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, …
2016
Professor Jackson gives keynote talk at recent ASGS meeting
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 …
Celebrating James L. Baughman’s Contributions
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 …
Thirty-Eighth Annual Merle Curti Lecture Series
“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 …
History Department Colloquium
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 …
Hilldale Lecture Series
“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 …
Annual James Madison Lectures
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 Human in Pain or the Revolutionary Body?: Contested Meanings of Torture in Iranian Political Discourses, 1965-1979
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 …
Peasants into Property Owners?: The Peasant Land Bank as Agent of Social Transformation
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 …
Vietnamese Buddhist Monk Tuệ Tĩnh and the Medical, Religious, and Physical Environment of 14th Century Ðai Việt
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 …