“The Radical Rococo: Watteau, the Satiric Musical Stage, and the Burial of Louis XIV” Georgia Cowart Case Western Reserve University Friday, October 20, 2017 4:00 PM 2441 Humanities Bldg. Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) worked briefly as a set painter at the Paris Opera House around 1702-1703, and a number of his most well known paintings can …
Kutler Lectures with Professor Roger Horowitz University of Delaware “Kosher USA: How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales of Modern Food” Wednesday, October 18th “Is Kosher a Brand?: Ruminations on the Intersections of Jewish Law and the Secular Marketplace” Thursday, October 19th 4:00 PM Room 325/326, Pyle Center Presented by the Center for Jewish Studies. …
“The European Museum of the Second World War in the 21st Century: Documenting, Understanding, and Experiencing the Past” Stephan Jaeger Professor of German, University of Manitoba Wednesday, October 11, 2017 3:45 PM 1418 Van Hise Hall, 1220 Linden Dr. The talk will analyze – with specific emphases on narrative, experientiality, and visualization – how today’s …
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.
Professor Emeritus James Donnelly in collaboration Dr. Andy Bielenberg (University College Cork) recently completed work on a large electronic database that analyzes the political violence of the Irish War of independence (1919-21). The database records the circumstances of the deaths of the 528 persons–British soldiers, policemen belonging to the Royal Irish Constabulary, IRA men or …
"Russia and 1914: Anything New to Say?"
A panel discussion presented by the Department of French and Italian.
Congratulations to Giuliana Chamedes for receiving a 2017-18 ACLS Fellowship. The ACLS Fellowship Program awards fellowships to individual scholars working in the humanities and related social sciences. Institutions and individuals contribute to the ACLS Fellowship Program and its endowment, including The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for …
Dr. Juan Cole Professor of History at the University of Michigan Monday April 24, 2017 12:00-1:00 206 Ingraham Hall Later Muslim accounts posit an essential enmity between Muslims and pagans in the Hejaz, leading to the wars of the 620s. These Umayyad and Abbasid accounts have influenced the interpretations of contemporary scholars. A close examination …
“When Inclusive Institutions Failed: Lessons from the Democratic Revolutions of the Middle Ages” David Stasavage New York University Monday, April 24, 2017 12:00 – 1:15 PM 422 North Hall Co-sponsored by the Comparative Politics Colloquium and the Political Economy Colloquium. Event organized by Giuliana Chamedes.