Honoring Ancestors in Africa: Arts & Actions A Conference hosted by the African Studies Program The conference spans a wide variety of disciplines and your department/program was identified as potentially interested in this exciting event. This multi-disciplinary symposium will explore sensory aspects of African traditions of honoring ancestors. To learn more and register, visit whirlingancestors.wisc.edu. …
“Life as the History of Science in a Department of History.” Fritz Davis Friday, April 6, 2018 12:00 – 1:00 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5233 Humanities Bldg.) Future Brown Bags Friday, April 13th Friday, April 20th Friday, April 27th All Brown Bags are held in the Curti Lounge (Rm. 5233 Humanities Bldg.) from 12:00-1:00 PM …
“Thinking about the American Empire and Its Impending Decline” Alfred McCoy Harrington Professor of History UW–Madison with comments by Professor Patrick Iber Monday, April 9, 2018 5:00 – 6:30 PM Pyle Center Auditorium Free and open to the public
“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. …
“The Sense of a Beginning: Starting a History of Biology” Lynn K. Nyhart Vilas-Bablitch-Kelch Distinguished Achievement Professor of History of Science, UW–Madison History IRH Senior Fellow Monday, April 2, 2018 3:30 – 5:00 PM 212 University Club Bldg. In 1802, the word “Biologie” appeared for the first time, in French and German, to characterize a …
“Rethinking Ornamentals: Art and Music in Nineteenth-Century Common Schools” Margaret A. Nash University of California, Riverside Monday, April 2, 2018 12:00 – 1:30 PM Education 198
“Street Fighting Year: The Importance of 1968, Fifty Years On” Tariq Ali Writer, Journalist, Filmmaker Monday, April 2, 2018 7:00 PM Elvehjem L160 (Philips Auditorium) TARIQ ALI is a writer and filmmaker. He has written more than two dozen books on world history and politics, and seven novels (translated into over a dozen languages) as …
“Why Africa Matters to U.S. National Security” Grant Harris CEO of Harris Africa Partners LLC Former Senior Advisor on Africa to President Obama Wednesday, March 21, 2018 12:00 – 1:00 PM 206 Ingraham Hall Lunch, coffee, and tea provided!
“‘Unfortunately, he did not survive to keep that appointment’: Death, Prison Protest and Health Care Reform at Fox Lake, WI, 1972-1975” Irene Toro Martinez UW–Madison, History Department Graduate Student Friday, March 23, 2018 12:00-1:00 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5233 Humanities Bldg.) Future Brown Bags Friday, April 6th Friday, April 13th Friday, April 20th Friday, …
“Jewish Languages, Past and Present” Aaron Rubin Penn State University Monday, March 19, 2018 4:00 PM Pyle Center This presentation is devoted to the rich array of languages other than Hebrew that have been written and spoken by Jewish communities throughout history. Some Jewish languages have substantial written traditions in the Hebrew script, while others …