Christopher Hanscom UCLA Korean literature professor. Tuesday, April 11, 2017 4:15-6:00 PM Ingraham Hall, Room 22 Prof. Christopher Hanscom will discuss two recent South Korean films, exploring connections between the portrayal of “involuntary resistances” and violations of narrative form in I’m a Cyborg but That’s OK (2006) and Castaway on the Moon (2009). He will …
Brett Reilly PhD Candidate, Department of History Friday, April 7, 2017 12:00-1:30 PM 206 Ingraham Hall Debates among historians of the Indochina Wars have centered on the degree to which they were characterized by colonialism or communism. Histories of the First Indochina War – predominantly authored by diplomatic historians – offer a distinct periodization of …
The Work of a Public Historian: A Panel Discussion Friday, April 7, 2017 3:30-5:00 pm Curti Lounge (5233 Humanities) Angela Glasker, Wisconsin Historical Museum Michael Hollander, Wisconsin Historical Museum Alexandra Lord (PhD ’95), National Museum of American History Sarah Marcus (PhD ’01), Crown Family Philanthropies & Chicago History Museum Applying to Public History Jobs: A …
April 2017 The ILS TA Excellence Award ($500) is presented each year to a TA who is nominated by faculty for their outstanding contribution to the ILS Program at UW–Madison. This year the ILS awards committee selected history of science graduate student James Barnes from a strong field of nominees. James TAs both history of …
Panelists: Kathryn Ciancia Amos Bitzan Elizabeth Lapina Tony Michels Golnar Nikpour Monday, March 27, 2017 5:00 PM Memorial Library, Room 126 Sponsored by: Department of History, George L. Mosse Program, and Center for Humanities. Click to view event poster (pdf)
“Soviet International Law & the Postwar Politics of Human Rights” Francine Hirsch “France at the Kitchen Debates? Creating a ‘Quality’ Consumer Culture during the Cold War” Grace Allen Monday, March 27, 2017 11:50-1:20 PM Curt Lounge (Rm. 5243 Humanities) Click here to view event poster (pdf)
Cindy I-Fen Cheng has been in the unusual and challenging position of having to do an enormous amount of curriculum development. When she arrived at UW–Madison, there was no established curriculum for Asian American History in either the Department of History or the Program in Asian American Studies. To design such a curriculum, Cheng developed …
Burdick-Vary Symposium Friday, March 10, 2017 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM Pyle Center Session One – 10:00-12:30 – “Neo-Nationalisms and Empire” Daniel Ussishkin, UW Francine Hirsch, UW Laird Boswell, UW Louise Young, UW Viren Murthy, UW Session Two: – 2:00-4:30 – East Asian Regionalisms Sayuri Shimizu, Rice University Shelly Chan, UW Anne Hansen, UW Kim …
“Pain, Torture, Rights: Political Violence and the Modern State in Pre-Revolutionary Iran” Golnar Nikpour (UW–Madison, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow) Friday, March 10, 2017 3:30-5:00 PM Curti Lounge Sponsored by the Department of History. Event organized by Giuliana Chamedes.
Virginia H. Aksan Emeritus Professor of History McMaster University (Ontario) Wednesday, March 8, 2017 5:00-7:00 PM Union South (check TITU for room) This talk will concentrate on new approaches to the study of the Ottoman Empire and Republican Turkey as reflected in research agendas such as trans-cultural, or inter-imperial history; emphasizing specifically the rewards and …