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 Scholarship Board. Emma will be able to continue research she started under the supervision of Professor Kathryn Ciancia as part …
“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 Religion Group, an open forum for graduate students across UW-Madison who study religion in all its forms, varieties, and expressions. …
“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
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 plagued by increasing intolerance and authoritarianism. That helps explain the appeal of What History Tells, an online course featuring Mosse’s …
“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 …
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 excellent resource for learning more the history of women’s work in East Africa. East African Working Women
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 annual meeting of the American Historical Association in Washington D.C. Watch the interview on C-SPAN.
“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 white-minority government of South Africa ran a school for art teachers at Ndaleni, Natal. In this talk—which draws on the …
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 encouraged but not required. Please contact Christina Matta at christina.matta@wisc.edu to RSVP.
“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 …