Hell and Eden at World’s End: Early Twentieth Century Settler Life on the Galápagos Islands Elizabeth Hennessy History, UW–Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies Monday, February 5, 2018 3:30 PM 212 University Club The Galápagos Islands are best known today as a natural laboratory of evolution where biologists and tourists alike can venture to see …
“The Weather Ship: Atmospheres, Networks and Disasters.” Katharine Anderson Associate Professor, Dept. of Humanities, York University, Toronto Thursday, February 8, 2018 Refreshments start at 3:45 Colloquium begins at 4:00 PM Memorial Library Special Collections 728 State St, Madison, WI The North Atlantic Ocean Stations network was developed by the International Civil Aviation Organization in the …
“A History of Conflict: Protestantism and the Origins of the Conflict Thesis” James C. Ungureanu Friday, February 2, 2018 12:00 – 1:30 PM ** Upcoming Brown Bags ** Friday, February 9th Friday, February 16th Friday, February 23rd Friday, March 2nd Friday, March 9th Friday, March 16th Friday, March 23rd Friday, April 6th Friday, April 13th …
“Murder as Enterprise: The Philippine Police at the Frontline of President Rodrigo Duterte’s War on Drugs” Sheila Coronel Professor, Toni Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism Dean of Academic Affairs, Graduate School of Journalism Columbia University Friday, February 9, 2018 12:00 – 1:30 PM 206 ingraham Hall
“Claiming Family and Freedom in the American Revolution: The Case of Enslaved New Englanders” Gloria Whiting Assistant Professor of History, UW–Madison Friday, February 9, 2018 – RSVP Required 12:00-1:30 PM Banquet Room, University Club How did slavery end in New England? Scholars have spilled much ink in attempt to answer this question, and their analysis …
Speaker: Nicole Nelson Friday, January 26th. 2018 12:00-1:30 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5243 Humanities Bldg.) Upcoming Brown Bags Friday, February 2nd Friday, February 9th Friday, February 16th Friday, February 23rd Friday, March 2nd Friday, March 9th Friday, March 16th Friday, March 23rd Friday, April 6th Friday, April 13th Friday, April 20th Friday, April 27th Friday, …
Check out this wonderful website created by a team of graduate students in Florence Bernault’s Hist 861 last spring. Kate Alfin, Lamin Keita (Poli Sci), Lauren Maly and Leslie Sabakinu worked together to create this excellent resource for learning more the history of women’s work in East Africa. East African Working Women
Center for Southeast Asian Studies Friday Forum Lecture Series “When Religion Ends: Buddhist Prophetic Temporality in Cold War Southeast Asia” Anne Hansen Professor of History, UW–Madison Friday, January 26, 2018 12:00 – 1:30 PM 206 Ingraham Hall Take heed; thunder rumbles in the east an old neak ta [guardian spirit] clasps his hands together and …
Susan Johnson was recently interviewed for an episode of the history podcast BackStory (produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities) on the California Gold Rush and the episode, All That Glitters? Legacies of the California Gold Rush. Here’s a link to the multi-segment episode (hers is the 4th segment).
Sergio Gonzalez, an author and doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is earnest, intense and seems destined to lead. At 30, Gonzalez is completing his Ph.D. in history with a focus on labor, immigration and working-class history. In November, he was honored by Centro Hispano of Dane County with an award recognizing the person …