September 2016 Melissa Charenko, a dissertator in the History of Science dept., will be presenting details on her research work at the upcoming 2016 Introductory Symposium put on by the Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine based in Philadelphia. This event will be streamed ‘live’ starting at 9:50 AM (EDT) on September 28, …
Kemal Karpat Emeritus Professor of History Thursday, September 29, 2016 4:00-6:00 PM Union South (check TITU for room number) Kemal H. Karpat is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Recognized internationally as one of the leading authorities of Ottoman history and modern Turkey, he is the recipient of numerous awards, including the …
“How to Get Away with Murder in the Middle Ages: Sanctuary, Asylum, & Refugees” Karl Shoemaker “Progressive Era Regulation: The Strange Career of Corporate Law Federalism” Cam Hutchison Monday, September 26, 2016 11:50-1:20 Curti Lounge
“Sacco & Vanzetti: Day of Remembrance” What can we learn from their story? Come to a special meeting of the Campus Workers Collective. Guest Speaker: Giuliana Chamedes Assistant Professor of History UW–Madison Thursday, September 22, 2016 3:00 PM Union South – Varsity Room
Professor Steve Stern History, UW–Madison Monday, September 19, 2016 3:30 PM 212 University Club Building This is an extraordinary true-life story. It’s a tale of murder, human rights, and social justice in the Americas. It’s about the power of music in tumultuous times – and also, the power of historical knowledge and the humanities in …
Allan George Bogue, age 95, died Aug. 1, 2016. He was born May 12, 1921, to George and Eleta Britton Bogue in London, Ontario, Canada. He was a Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1964-1991. Bogue’s education includes; Ph.D.: Cornell University (1951); M.A.: University of Western Ontario (1946); and B.A.: University of Western …
July 2016 Having defended his dissertation “From Samarqand to Istanbul: Astronomy and Scientific Education in the commentaries of Fatḥallāh al-Shirwānī,” Scott Trigg will take up in August a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the History and Philosophy of Science Graduate Program at the University of Notre Dame. Scott will continue pursuing his research in history of …
July 2016 Daniel Liu, who recently completed his Ph.D. degree with a dissertation titled “Visions of Life and Matter: Protoplasm, Scientific Microscopy, and the Origins of Molecular Biology, 1839-1941,” will become one of the two inaugural 2016–18 IPRH-Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellows in Bio-Humanities at the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH) starting …
July 2016 At the recent American Association for the History of Medicine annual meeting in Minneapolis, History of Science department graduate student Travis Weisse received an Honorable Mention in the Richard H. Shryock Medal Essay Contest for his paper titled “‘A Farewell to Chitterlings’: Alvenia Fulton, Natural Health Foods, and the Civil Rights Movement.” Another …
On Friday, May 13, at the University Club, the History Department, in a ceremony hosted by the Director of Graduate Studies Colleen Dunlavy, celebrated the graduate students who have completed their dissertations and earned the Ph.D. during this academic year.