David Darrow Associate Professor, Department of History University of Dayton Thursday, October 13, 2016 4:00-5:30 PM 206 Ingraham Hall Part of the CREECA Lecture Series. Co-sponsored by Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA), Department of History, and the Alice D. Mortenson/Petrovich Chair in Russian History. Light refreshments served at 3:45 PM. View …
“Sacco & Vanzetti: Day of Remembrance” What can we learn from their story? Come to a special meeting of the Campus Workers Collective. Guest Speaker: Giuliana Chamedes Assistant Professor of History UW–Madison Thursday, September 22, 2016 3:00 PM Union South – Varsity Room
Italian Jews Under Fascism, 1939-1945: A Personal and Historical Narrative Thursday, March 17, 2016 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. University Club, 803 State St. The Friends of the UW–Madison Libraries will be hosting a book talk, signing and reception in celebration of the publication of John Tedeschi’s new book, Italian Jews Under Fascism, 1938-1945: A Personal …
“Shades of Red: Werner Scholem, Walter Benjamin & Gershom Scholem” Mirjam Zadoff Alvin H. Rosenfeld Chair in Jewish Studies and Associate Professor in History at Indiana University Tuesday, March 15, 2016 4:00 – 5:30 PM 159 Education Bldg. (1000 Bascom Mall) Like many other young German Jews Gershom Scholem, Werner Scholem and Walter Benjamin were …
The Weimar Century Friday, March 11, 2016 3:30 – 5:00 PM Education Bldg, Rm L155 Free and open to the public. In this talk, Udi Greenberg (Associate Professor, Dartmouth) will explore some of the surprising intellectual, political, and institutional forces that shaped Germany’s reconstruction after World War II and the broader ideological foundations of the …
Tony Michels Professor, Department of History, UW–Madison Friday, February 19, 2016 12:00 – 1:00 PM Banquet Room, University Club In the 1920s, Americans traveled to the Soviet Union to witness the Russian Revolution up close. Some saw a daring social experiment that wedded scientific planning with ideals of equality in all areas of human endeavor. …
Thursday December 3, 2015 Memorial Library Room 126 3:30 to 5:00 pm Kathryn Ciancia on Inter-war Poland Assistant Professor of History, UW–Madison Judd Kinzley on the Early People’s Republic of China Assistant Professor of History, UW–Madison Willard Sunderland on Imperial Russia Professor of History, University of Cincinnati This workshop will adopt a comparative perspective for …
Congratulating Kathryn Ciancia who has been awarded the Center for the Humanities “First Book Award.” Kathryn follows Emily Callaci, Daniel Ussishkin, and Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen in winning the award. “The Center’s First Book Award is funded by a short-term humanities programming grant from the A.W. Mellon Foundation. The First Book program is open to all tenure-track, junior …
Diego Olstein Areas of Research and Teaching Medieval Iberia My first field of research is Medieval Iberia. To date, my contributions to this field are contained in my book La Era Mozarabe. Los mozárabes de Toledo (siglos XII-XIII). (Reviews of this book: Glick, T. F. Afers, 61 (2007); Rodríguez Picavea, E. Studia Historica. Historia Medieval, …
The Parallel Press at the UW–Madison Libraries has published a collection of essays to honor the long and distinguished career of the noted UW–Madison historian of fascism, and of contemporary Spain. The book Nation and Conflict in Modern Spain: Essays in Honor of Stanley G. Payne is co-edited by three former Payne students Brian Bunk, …