“Africa, France & the Future: Exile in Ndjolé (Gabon), ca. 1900 Cameroon” Gregory Mann Professor of History Columbia University Wednesday, October 18, 2017 206 Ingraham Hal l | 1 155 Observatory Drive Bring your lunch and enjoy complimentary African coffee roasted locally by JUST COFFEE.
“Land Grant Universities and the Wisconsin Idea, 1862-1912″ Adam Nelson Professor of Educational Policy Studies and History UW–Madison Tuesday, October 17, 2017 7:00 – 8:30 pm UWBC Auditorium, 1111 Genetics/Biotechnology Center (425 Henry Mall) Assigned Readings: “Intellectuals and Public Life: Between Radicalism and Reform” by Leon Fink, Stephen T. Leonard, Donald M. Reid
History Sandwiched In: “Always on the Move – Mexican Migrant Workers in Mid-Twentieth Century Wisconsin” Sergio González UW–Madison, Dept. of History Graduate Student Tuesday, October 17, 2017 12:15-1:00 PM Wisconsin Historical Museum, 30 North Carroll St. Join historian Sergio González as he examines the lives of Mexican-descent migrant workers who labored across Wisconsin throughout the …
The U.S. Department of Education has announced that four students from the University of Wisconsin–Madison have been selected as recipients of the prestigious Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Awards for 2017. Fulbright-Hays DDRA Awards provide funds to doctoral students to conduct doctoral research outside the United States in foreign languages and area studies for …
“A Global History of Mathematics from 1650 to 2017” Tomoko Kitagawa University of California – Berkley Center for Science, Technology, Medicine, and Society Friday, October 13, 2017 4:00 PM Van Vleck Hall, 9th Floor Lounge Abstract: This is a talk on the global history of mathematics. We will first focus on France by revisiting some …
“Harry Steenbock and the Technoscience of Vitamines, 1885-1925” Friday, October 13, 2017 12:00 – 1:30 pm Kevin Walters UW–Madison, History Graduate Student
with Brian North UW–Madison, History Department Graduate Student Friday, October 13, 2017 3:00 – 4:30 PM City Bar on State Street 636 State St. Madison Additional Information Brian North will take the lead a two-part presentation. First he wants to go over the major themes of his previously published work Making the Difficult Routine, and …
“The Hemings Family of Monticello” Annette Gordon-Reed Harvard University Charles Warren Professor of American Legal History Wednesday, October 11, 2017 4:00 – 5:00 PM Wisconsin History Society Auditorium
“The European Museum of the Second World War in the 21st Century: Documenting, Understanding, and Experiencing the Past” Stephan Jaeger Professor of German, University of Manitoba Wednesday, October 11, 2017 3:45 PM 1418 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Dr. The talk will analyze – with specific emphases on narrative, experientiality, and visualization – how today’s …
“Legacies of Fascism: Race and the Far-Right in the Making of the Cold War” Alexander Anievas Department of Political Science University of Connecticut “Reassessing the Cold War and the Politics of the Far-Right: Fascist Legacies and the Origins of the Liberal International Order after 1945” Tuesday, October 10, 4pm, 6191 Helen C. White “Defending White …