Category: 2017

History & Politics Seminar Series

“Temporal Loops, Prophesy, and Apocalypse in the Assemblage of the Nazi New Man.” Stefanos Geroulanos NYU Thursday, April 13, 2017 4:00-6:00 PM Curti Lounge Sponsored by the Center for European Studies. Event organized by Giuliana Chamedes.

The Rise of Modern Populism and Nationalism

presented by: The Alexander Hamilton Society Speakers: Gerard Alexander Associate Professor at the Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics University of Virginia John Hall UW–Madison Department of History John Sharpless UW–Madison Department of History Thursday, April 13, 2017 6:45-7:45 PM Law Building, Room 5246 There will be free food! Click to view event poster (pdf)

Involuntary Resistance: Against Normalizing Society in Recent South Korean Film

Christopher Hanscom UCLA Korean literature professor. Tuesday, April 11, 2017 4:15-6:00 PM Ingraham Hall, Room 22 Prof. Christopher Hanscom will discuss two recent South Korean films, exploring connections between the portrayal of “involuntary resistances” and violations of narrative form in I’m a Cyborg but That’s OK (2006) and Castaway on the Moon (2009). He will …

“Before the First Indochina War: Redefining the Origins of Vietnam’s Civil War”

Brett Reilly PhD Candidate, Department of History Friday, April 7, 2017 12:00-1:30 PM 206 Ingraham Hall Debates among historians of the Indochina Wars have centered on the degree to which they were characterized by colonialism or communism. Histories of the First Indochina War – predominantly authored by diplomatic historians – offer a distinct periodization of …

Careers in Museums & Public History

The Work of a Public Historian: A Panel Discussion Friday, April 7, 2017 3:30-5:00 pm Curti Lounge (5233 Humanities) Angela Glasker, Wisconsin Historical Museum Michael Hollander, Wisconsin Historical Museum Alexandra Lord (PhD ’95), National Museum of American History Sarah Marcus (PhD ’01), Crown Family Philanthropies & Chicago History Museum Applying to Public History Jobs: A …

ILS TA Excellence Award to James Barnes

April 2017 The ILS TA Excellence Award ($500) is presented each year to a TA who is nominated by faculty for their outstanding contribution to the ILS Program at UW–Madison. This year the ILS awards committee selected history of science graduate student James Barnes from a strong field of nominees. James TAs both history of …

Confronting Antisemitism and Islamophobia : From the Middle Ages to Today

Panelists: Kathryn Ciancia Amos Bitzan Elizabeth Lapina Tony Michels Golnar Nikpour Monday, March 27, 2017 5:00 PM Memorial Library, Room 126 Sponsored by: Department of History, George L. Mosse Program, and Center for Humanities. Click to view event poster (pdf)

History Department Colloquium

“Soviet International Law & the Postwar Politics of Human Rights” Francine Hirsch “France at the Kitchen Debates? Creating a ‘Quality’ Consumer Culture during the Cold War” Grace Allen Monday, March 27, 2017 11:50-1:20 PM Curt Lounge (Rm. 5243 Humanities) Click here to view event poster (pdf)

Cindy I-Fen Cheng wins Distinguished Teaching Award

Cindy I-Fen Cheng has been in the unusual and challenging position of having to do an enormous amount of curriculum development. When she arrived at UW–Madison, there was no established curriculum for Asian American History in either the Department of History or the Program in Asian American Studies. To design such a curriculum, Cheng developed …

Histories of the Present: Postimperial Asia in the World

Burdick-Vary Symposium Friday, March 10, 2017 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM Pyle Center Session One – 10:00-12:30 – “Neo-Nationalisms and Empire” Daniel Ussishkin, UW Francine Hirsch, UW Laird Boswell, UW Louise Young, UW Viren Murthy, UW Session Two: –  2:00-4:30 – East Asian Regionalisms Sayuri Shimizu, Rice University Shelly Chan, UW Anne Hansen, UW Kim …