On October 29, 2025, Professor Emily Callaci‘s lecture “Wages for Housework: The History of a Movement” was filmed by University Place for PBS Wisconsin. In this lecture, Professor Callaci tells the story of a global network of feminists who came together in the 1970s to campaign for wages for housework. She draws on extensive archival …
UW-Madison History Professor Devin Kennedy recently published a new book, Coding Capitalism: Computers and the Remaking of the Postwar US Economy, with Columbia University Press. Long before Google, Amazon, or Microsoft, computer technology shaped how people worked, how markets operated, and how businesses became big. After World War II, military officials and their partners in …
Day of the Badger is an annual campus-wide day of giving. For 1,848 minutes on April 16 – April 17, alumni, friends, faculty, and students come together to celebrate and support UW. How to Participate: Celebrate UW! Come together with other Badgers by wearing red and showing your love for and pride for UW-Madison. Give …
Congratulations to graduate student Samm Newton, who has received the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship from Sea Grant and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Knauss Fellowship provides a unique educational and professional experience to graduate students who have an interest in ocean, coastal and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy decisions …
“Winston Churchill on Politics as Friendship” John von Heyking Professor, Political Science University of Lethbridge Alberta, Canada Thursday, May 24, 2018 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Upper Lounge, Brocach Irish Pub Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy University of Wisconsin – Madison Campus
“Whatever Happened to the Educational Left? San Diego in the 1960s” Christopher P. Loss Vanderbilt University Monday, May 7, 2018 3:30-5:00 pm Education 245 Sponsored by the Educational Policy Studies department
The state of the field on European antisemitism Hosted by Renato Moro and John Connolly Tuesday, May 29, 2018 4:00 PM Curt Lounge (Rm 5233 Mosse Humanities Bldg.) Co-sponsored by the Mosse Program and the History & Politics seminar
“REVOLUTION LOCALIZED: PORTRAYALS OF TAJIKISTAN IN SOVIET LITERATURE, 1927-1941” MA candidate Nicholas Seay presents his master’s thesis. Thursday, May 3, 2018 4:00-5:30 PM 336 Ingraham Hall
“Performing History: Documenting and Enacting the Asian American Midwest” Tuesday, May 1, 2018, Mitchell Theater, Vilas Hall 7:00 PM: “Our Stories, Our History”: Snapshots of Asian America in the Midwest A performance piece composed and directed by David Furumoto. A talkback will follow the performance. Wednesday, May 2, 2018 2.30 PM: “Scents of Home” …
“Conservation, Prevention, and Rescue: Saving Gorilla Populations in Eastern and Central Africa” Julius Nziza Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project & UC-Davis Wildlife Help Center Wednesday, April 25, 2018 12:00 PM 206 Ingraham Hall Dr. Julius Nziza obtained his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree and is currently completing a Master of Science degree in International Infectious Disease …