Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America Nancy MacLean William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy Duke University Thursday, October 5, 2017 7:00 – 9:00 pm Madison Labor Temple (1602 Park St.) Co-sponsored by: UW History Department, UW Intellectual History Group; Havens Center for Social Justice, …
“Empires and Citizenship” Frederick Cooper Professor of History New York University Wednesday, October 4, 2017 “Decolonizations, Colonizations, and More Decolonizations, 1776-1994” Thursday, October 5, 2017 “Locating Citizenship: Empire, Nation, Community” Friday, October 6, 2017 “Social Rights, Political Rights, and the End of Empire” All lectures start at 4:00 PM Pyle Center 702 Langdon St, Madison, …
“U.S. Cold War Immigration and the Politics of Sanctuary” Cindy I-Fen Cheng History, UW–Madison Asian American Studies Monday, October 2, 2017 3:30 PM 212 University Club This talk looks at how U.S. Cold War immigration policies structured the marginalization of Central Americans. Unlike Southeast Asians, Central Americans did not flee communist countries but countries where …
The Friends of the UW–Madison Libraries present the Annual Schewe Lecture: Tim Tyson, Author of The Blood of Emmett Till Thursday, September 28, 2017 Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium 5:00 P.M. Author Reception and Book Signing University Club 6:00 P.M. In 1955, a fourteen-year-old black boy from Chicago named Emmett Till, while visiting relatives in the …
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.
“Blowing Glass Flowers: Gender and the Emergence of the American Psychopath, 1906-1941.” (Pre-circulated paper) Suzanna Schulert UW–Madison, History Graduate Student Friday, September 29, 2017 12:00 – 1:30 pm Curti Lounge (Rm. 5233 Humanities)
Citizenship & Its Discontents: Ho-Chunk & Other Histories Stephen Kantrowitz From Oaths to Passports: Ottoman & Russian Citizenship in the Nineteenth Century Berke Torunoglu with Tony Michels as moderator Monday, September 25, 2017 11:50-1:20 PM Curti Lounge (Rm 5233 Humanities Bldg.)
Thursday, September 21st, 6:00 – 7:30 pm “Song for the Beloved” An Art Performance by Honor Ford Smith Friday, September 22nd, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Workshop Alejandra Bronfman (University of British Columbia) Honor Ford-Smith (York University) Paul C. Johnson (University of Michigan) Roshini Kempadoo (University of Westminster, London) Jeannine Murray-Román (Florida State University) Juan …
Showdown in the South China Sea: Beijing and Washington Struggle for Dominion over the “World Island” Alfred McCoy Harrington Professor of History, UW–Madison Friday, September 22, 2017 12:00-1:30 PM 206 Ingraham Hall Today, the shoals of the South China Sea are arguably the only place on the planet where there is a risk of …
How did we reach this point? How is the crisis affecting East Asia and international relations? What are possible outcomes and solutions? A free public discussion Friday, September 22, 2017 3:00 PM – Coffee/tea and snacks 3:30-5:00 PM – Comments and Q&A Room 213, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street With four UW–Madison experts: Eunsook Jung …