“Songs to Encourage the Cessation of Litigation: Printing, Orality, and Legal Knowledge in China, 1595-1949” Joe Dennis Professor of History UW–Madison Monday, November 6, 2017 3:30 – 5:00 PM 212 University Club 803 State St How did people form their attitudes towards law in early modern and Republican period China? How did mass legal education …
The Intellectual History Group invites you to attend a special round table on the moral imperative of thinking with Elizabeth Minnich Professor of Moral Philosophy and Senior Scholar Association of American Colleges & Universities Thursday, November 9, 2017 4:00 – 5:30 PM 212 University Club Elizabeth Minnich is a professor of moral philosophy and Senior …
“Visual Culture and Disaster Victim Identification in America, 1900-1950.” Vicki Daniel UW–Madison HSMT Ph.D. Alum Friday, November 3, 2017 3:30 pm – 5:15 pm Special Collections, 976 Memorial Library The easiest way to get to Special Collections is to take the separate elevator down the hall to the right of the main elevator bank, which …
“Sacred Spaces, The Art of Merit Making, and the Trans Asian Trade: Looking Beyond the Glass of Buddhist Mainland Southeast Asia” Catherine Raymond Professor of Art History School of Art and Design Northern Illinois University Friday, November 3, 2017 12:00-1:00 PM 206 Ingraham Hall Sponsored by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies
“Rightwing Populism in Germany” Sebastian Voigt Research Fellow Institute for Contemporary History in Munich Dr. Voigt has been a fellow at the Institute for Social Movements in Bochum and a faculty member at the Ruhr University. He is a former Fulbright Scholar who has published widely in the field of Modern European History on such …
“Sacred Geographies: the Atlases of ‘Ali al-Sharafi (fl. 1551-1579)” Jeremy Ledger History, University of Michigan Solmsen Fellow Friday, November 3, 2017 12:00-1:30 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5233 Humanitis Bldg.) The presentation will center on two nautical atlases produced by ‘Ali al-Sharafi (one in 1551, the other in 1571), a native of the Mediterranean port …
“Marx and the Kabbalah” Eliyahu Stern Professor of Modern Jewish Intellectual and Cultural History, Judaic Studies, Religious Studies and History Yale University Thursday, November 2, 2017 3:00 – 4:30 PM Pyle Center Professor Eliyahu Stern uses previously unexamined archival and published sources addressing Jewish themes in Marx’s writings to recover an early religious and nationalist …
“The Politics of Value” Jane Collins Professor of Community & Environmental Sociology and Gender & Women’s Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison Thursday, November 2, 2017 7:00 PM A Room of One’s Own Bookstore, 315 W Gorham Street The Great Recession not only shook Americans’ economic faith but also prompted powerful critiques of economic institutions. This timely …
“Queering Withdrawal in Novels by Achmat Dangor and Rozena Maart” Stephanie Selvick LGBT Coordinator UW-Whitewater Wednesday, November 1, 2017 12:00-1:00 PM 206 Ingraham Hall Dr. Selvick will analyze divergent representations of queer South African celibacies, and contend they serve as important artistic responses to the colonial legacy of radicalized sexual terror and its extension and …
“World War 100” Marking the centennial observance of World War I, this conference brings together national and international scholars to examine the Great War and its legacy. Guest scholars include: Sir Hew Strachan, Professor of International Relations, University of St. Andrews John Cooper, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Wisconsin–Madison David McDonald, Professor of History, …