Join us for a presentation to learn how a new online course is successfully blending old and new media to engage lifelong learners at a distance from the Madison campus. The course, “What History Tells: …
2016
Polish Towns? Jewish Towns?: Urban Development in Eastern Poland on the Eve of the Holocaust
Kathryn Ciancia Assistant Professor, Department of History, UW-Madison Friday, April 8, 2016 12:00 – 1:00 PM Banquet Room, University Club Kathryn Ciancia is an assistant professor in the History department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. …
Steve Stern to receive Hilldale Award in Arts and Humanities
Professor Stern has been selected to receive the Hilldale Award in the Arts and Humanities for 2015-16. Given annually since 1986-87, the Hilldale Awards recognize distinguished career contributions to teaching, research and service. One faculty …
Should Women Register For The Draft?
Faculty Panel Discussion Thursday, March 31, 2016 6:00 – 7:30 PM L196 Education Building Professor Susan Brewer UW-Stevens Point Department of History & International Studies Professor Myra Ferree UW-Madison Alice H. Cook Professor of Sociology …
History Department Colloquium
“A Fisherman’s Death in Riau: Gender, Authority, & mobility from the Mediterranean to the S. China Sea” Anthony Medrano History PhD Candidate “A Frenchwoman’s Scandal in Beirut: Complicating Notions of French Paternal Protection” John Boonstra …
John Tedeschi Book Talk and Signing
Italian Jews Under Fascism, 1939-1945: A Personal and Historical Narrative Thursday, March 17, 2016 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. University Club, 803 State St. The Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries will be hosting a book talk, …
Paul J. Shrag Lecture
“Shades of Red: Werner Scholem, Walter Benjamin & Gershom Scholem” Mirjam Zadoff Alvin H. Rosenfeld Chair in Jewish Studies and Associate Professor in History at Indiana University Tuesday, March 15, 2016 4:00 – 5:30 PM …
Thinking in Generations: The Making of the Baby Boom
Professor Dan Bouk Colgate University Tuesday, March 15, 2016 4:00 – 5:00 PM Memorial Library, Special Collections Boomers. Xers. Millenials. The Greatest Generation. It’s nearly impossible to escape generational categories in today’s cultural, social, and …
Udi Greenberg Book Talk
The Weimar Century Friday, March 11, 2016 3:30 – 5:00 PM Education Bldg, Rm L155 Free and open to the public. In this talk, Udi Greenberg (Associate Professor, Dartmouth) will explore some of the surprising …
Alfred E. Senn (1932 – 2016)
Professor Emeritus Alfred Erich Senn, age 83, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, 8 March, 2016 in his home, surrounded by his family. Alfred Erich Senn was born in Madison, Wisconsin 12 April, 1932. His Swiss …