The Poetry Foundation is pleased to announce the winner of the 2018 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, which honors a living US poet for outstanding lifetime achievement. Martín Espada is awarded the prize in recognition of …
Alumni
Emma Strenski, senior History major, receives Fulbright Award
Congratulations to senior History major Emma Strenski!! Emma has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to Bosnia and Herzegovina in Modern History from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign …
Lecture – Dan Hummel
“Bridging the Gap: The Secular and Sacred in Evangelical Christian Zionism” Dan Hummel Institute for Research in the Humanities Wednesday, April 4, 2018 6:00 pm University Club 212 This is the inaugural of the Interdisciplinary …
Lecture – William B. Noseworthy
“Religious Freedom & Minorities: The Consequences of Media Focus” William B. Noseworthy Associate Lecture, Department of History UW-Madison Friday, March 16, 2018 3:00 PM 5013 Vilas Hall
New installment of What History Tells explores the rise of European racism
The legendary University of Wisconsin-Madison professor George Mosse taught courses in European cultural history, providing unique insight into racism and fascism. Mosse retired in 1987, but his work couldn’t be more relevant in an era …
Book Discussion: The Future of Interreligious Dialogue
“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 …
East African Working Women
Check out this wonderful website created by a team of graduate students in Florence Bernault’s Hist 861 last spring. Kate Alfin, Lamin Keita (Poli Sci), Lauren Maly and Leslie Sabakinu worked together to create this …
Interview with David Fields on U.S.-Korea Relations
Interview with David Fields on U.S.-Korea Relations Historian David Fields discussed the background of the relationship between North Korea and South Korea and the involvement of the United States. The interview took place at the …
Africa at Noon with Daniel Magaziner
“Art and Education in Apartheid South Africa” Daniel Magaziner Assistant Professor of History Yale University Wednesday, October 25, 2017 12:00 PM 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI Description Between 1951 and 1981, the …
Department of History Alumni Reception
Thursday, October 19, 2017 6:30 – 7:30 pm Lee Lounge, Pyle Center 702 Langdon Street Madison, WI YOU ARE INVITED! Open to all History Department alumni, their guests, and friends of the department. RSVPs are …