“Seeing is Believing: The Rise of Holy Land Tourism and Evangelical Christian Zionism after 1967” Daniel Hummel History, Harvard University Monday, October 9, 2017 3:30 PM 212 University Club Building Since the 1960s, American evangelical Christians have flocked to Holy Land sites in Israel and Palestine in ever-increasing numbers. In 2016, more than 380,000 American …
“How to Use a Chinese Dictionary: The Four-Corner Index” Florence Hsia Professor History of Science UW–Madison Tuesday, October 10, 2017 12:00-1:00 336 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Dr View or download event poster (pdf)
“250th Anniversary of Slater v Baker & Stapleton-liability for not obtaining consent-the beginning of the interaction of law and medical ethics.” Robert Miller UW–Madison, MHB Honorary Fellow Friday, October 6, 2017 12:00 – 1:30 pm Curti Lounge (Rm 5233 Humanities Bldg.)
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America Nancy MacLean William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy Duke University Thursday, October 5, 2017 12:00 – 1:30 pm 212 University Club The Intellectual History Group will be hosting this round table discussion. Seating is limited so please RSVP …
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America Nancy MacLean William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy Duke University Thursday, October 5, 2017 7:00 – 9:00 pm Madison Labor Temple (1602 Park St.) Co-sponsored by: UW History Department, UW Intellectual History Group; Havens Center for Social Justice, …
“Empires and Citizenship” Frederick Cooper Professor of History New York University Wednesday, October 4, 2017 “Decolonizations, Colonizations, and More Decolonizations, 1776-1994” Thursday, October 5, 2017 “Locating Citizenship: Empire, Nation, Community” Friday, October 6, 2017 “Social Rights, Political Rights, and the End of Empire” All lectures start at 4:00 PM Pyle Center 702 Langdon St, Madison, …
“U.S. Cold War Immigration and the Politics of Sanctuary” Cindy I-Fen Cheng History, UW–Madison Asian American Studies Monday, October 2, 2017 3:30 PM 212 University Club This talk looks at how U.S. Cold War immigration policies structured the marginalization of Central Americans. Unlike Southeast Asians, Central Americans did not flee communist countries but countries where …
Reprogramming history As a new assistant professor of history of technology, Marie Hicks helps puts women back into their rightful place as leaders in the development of the computing industry. Read the interview with Marie Hicks on the College of Letters & Science website.
The Friends of the UW–Madison Libraries present the Annual Schewe Lecture: Tim Tyson, Author of The Blood of Emmett Till Thursday, September 28, 2017 Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium 5:00 P.M. Author Reception and Book Signing University Club 6:00 P.M. In 1955, a fourteen-year-old black boy from Chicago named Emmett Till, while visiting relatives in the …
ROUNDTABLE: History & the Present With UW–Madison History Faculty: Liz Hennessey, Patrick Iber, Rudy Koshar, Karl Shoemaker, & Sarah Thal Monday, October 2, 2017 11:50-1:20 PM Curti Lounge (Rm 5233 Humanities Bldg.) Limits & possibilities of historians’ engagement with the present.