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. …
History Events
History of Science Brown Bag – Fritz Davis
“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 …
Lecture – Alfred McCoy
“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 …
Lecture – Dan Hummel
“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 …
Lecture – Lynn K. Nyhart
“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 …
Lecture – Margaret A. Nash
“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
Lecture: Tariq Ali
“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 …
Africa at Noon – Grant Harris
“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, …
History of Science Brown Bag – Irene Toro Martinez
“‘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 …
Lecture – Aaron Rubin
“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 …