“How (Not) to Write a Book Review” Pablo Gómez and Lynn Nyhart Friday, February 23, 2018 12:00-1:00 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5243 Mosse Humanities Bldg.) Future Brown Bags 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, May …
“The Great Disruption: Biologists, Revolutions, and the Values of Science ca. 1848” Lynn K. Nyhart Vilas-Bablitch-Kelch Distinguished Achievement Professor of History of Science University of Wisconsin–Madison Wednesday, February 21, 2018 5:30 PM L140 Conrad A. Elvehjem Building In the German-speaking states of the 1840s and 50s, revolution was in the air. While the political revolutions …
The History Department sadly announces that Professor Emeritus Diane Lindstrom died on February 7, 2018. She was the first woman to earn tenure in the History Department. She also was the first person to teach a course at the university in Women’s Studies. Diane Lindstrom and her twin brother, Daniel, were born in Jamestown, New …
“Capital Accumulation, Reproduction and the Reconstruction of the Commons” Silvia Federici Hofstra University “Feminism and the Politics of the Commons” Tuesday, February 20, 2018 4:00 PM 6191 Helen C. White “Reproduction and Capital Accumulation: Past and Present.” Wednesday, February 21, 2018 4:00 PM 6191 Helen C. White Open Seminar for students, faculty, and public Thursday, …
The latest book Lynn Nyhart co-edited with Scott Lidgardlisted, Biological Individuality: Integrating Scientific, Philosophical, and Historical Perspectives (University of Chicago Press, 2017), is among “Choice’s” 2017 list of Outstanding Academic Titles. Every year in the January issue, in print and online, Choice publishes a list of Outstanding Academic Titles that were reviewed during the previous …
“Obroni and the Chocolate Factory: A Case Study of Ghana, Globalization and Cocoa” Steve Wallace Founder & President, The Omanhene Cocoa Bean Company Wednesday, February 14, 2018 12:00 PM 206 Ingraham Hal l | 1 155 Observatory Drive Bring your lunch and enjoy complimentary African coffee roasted locally by JUST COFFEE. Signed copies of “Obroni …
“Philosophical History, History of Philosophy” Joel Isaac – website University of Chicago John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought Thursday, February 22, 2018 5:00-7:00 PM 212 University Club Readings: John Kaag, American Philosophy: A Love Story (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016); and Joel Isaac, “Pain, Analytical Philosophy, and American Intellectual History” in The …
“Attending to Topography, Unearthing Counter-Histories: Guadeloupean Landscapes of Memory” Raphaëlle Rabanes Friday, February 16, 2018 12:00-1:30 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5243 Mosse Humanities Bldg.) Future Brown Bags 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 …
“The Jew As Arsonist: State Discourses and Institutional Othering in Wisconsin, 1900-1940” Victor Jew, Ph.D. Asian American Studies Program UW–Madison Wednesday, February 14, 2018 12:00 PM CJW Conference Room (4233 Mosse Humanities Bldg.) Because the Center for Jewish Studies will provide lunch at this event, attendees must RSVP in advance to events-lectures@cjs.wisc.edu. RSVPs accepted until …
“The Future of Interreligious Dialogue: A Multireligious Conversation on Nostra Aetale” Tuesday, February 13, 2018 5:00 – 7:00 PM Upper House 365 East Campus Mall Suite #200 Madison, WI “The Second Vatican Council (1962-65), popularly known as Vatican II, was arguably one of the most transformative religious events of the twentieth century.” So writes UW …