The Society for Military History recognized Chad Gibbs for his paper “Lessons from the Treblinka Archive: Transnational Collections and their Implications for Historical Research” with an honorable mention for the Carroll Award for best graduate …
2018
STS Brown Bag – Catherine M. Jackson
History of Chemistry: Who Cares? Catherine M. Jackson Assistant Professor of History UW-Madison Thursday, March 15, 2018 12:30-1:30 PM 8417 Social Science Chemistry around 1900 was the queen of the sciences. But recent decades have …
Roundtable on Scholarly Journal Publications
Open to all graduate students. An instructional session in submitting works to peer reviewed journals. Moderated by Judith Kornblatt Professor Emerita of Slavic Wednesday, March 14, 2018 4:30 PM 104 Van Hise Hall
History of Science Colloquium – Melissa Charenko
“Environmental Change through Deep Time.” Melissa Charenko UW-Madison, History Graduate Student Thursday, March 8, 2018 Refreshments start at 3:45 Colloquium begins at 4:00 PM Memorial Library Special Collections 728 State St, Madison, WI As ecology …
Intellectual History Group – John Kaag
“Narrative and Argument in the Writing of Ideas” Writing workshop with philosopher John Kaag UMass-Lowell Wednesday, March 7, 2018 5:00 – 6:30 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5233 Mosse Humanities Bldg.) Co-sponsored by The Harvey Goldberg …
Film Screening and Discussion: Behemoth
Screening of “Behemoth 悲兮魔兽” by documentarian Zhao Liang 赵亮. “The dehumanizing impact of coal mining is laid bare in a Chinese documentary whose stunning images speak louder than words.” Chinese with English subtitles. Following the …
CANCELLED – History of Science Brown Bag – Elizabeth Hennessy
“A Laboratory of Sustainability?” Elizabeth Hennessy Assistant Professor of History and Environmental Studies UW-Madison Friday, March 9, 2018 12:00-1:00 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5233 Humanities Bldg.) Future Brown Bags Friday, March 16th Friday, March 23rd …
The French Institut d’études avancées published an interview with Viren Murthy
The French Institut d’études avancées just published an interview with Viren Murthy on Pan-Asianism and China’s place in the world. A must read for the Sinologists among you who read French! Viren held a fellowship …
Africa at Noon – Samuel Childs Daly
“The Deep History of 419: Law and Crime in the Nigerian Civil War” Samuel Childs Daly Assistant Professor of African & American Studies Duke University Wednesday, February 28, 2018 12:00 – 1:00 PM 206 Ingraham …
Talk: Andrew and Alex Lichtenstein
Marked, Unmarked, Remembered: A Photo-Historical Collaboration Alex Lichtenstein Current editor of the American Historical Review Andrew Lichtenstein Documentary photographer, Journalist, and Educator Friday, Mar 9, 2018 2:00 PM UW Memorial Library (728 State St.) Photojournalist …