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All History of Science Department Events for Spring 2017

Posted on January 15, 2017

January 20 (Friday) at Noon Brown Bag: Rachel Gross, History “Wear a hat to keep your feet warm, and other lessons from the Science of Dressing during World War II.” Location: 204 Bradley Memorial January …

Posted in 2017, All News, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology

All History of Science Department Events for Fall 2016

Posted on December 30, 2016

September 9 (Friday) at Noon Brown Bag Welcome, introductions, and planning for the semester. For the remainder of the hour, we’ll have an informal discussion about current problems with academic publishing, which seems increasingly dysfunctional. …

Posted in 2016, All News, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology

Post-Soviet Lustration and Contemporary Hierarchical Relations with Russia

Posted on December 8, 2016

Professor Yuval Weber National Research University — Higher School of Economics (Moscow) Thursday, December 8, 2016 4:00 PM 206 Ingraham Hall A key challenge for post-authoritarian governments is to consolidate political authority; one of the …

Posted in 2016, All News, European History, History Events, History News, Lectures

What’s in a Name?: Searching for the African Origins of “Samba” and “Zumbi” in Brazil

Posted on November 30, 2016

Marc Hertzman Professor of History University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Wednesday, November 30, 2016 3:30 – 5:00 PM 8417 Social Science This presentation explores the contours and significance of prolonged searches for African origins of …

Posted in 2016, African History, All News, Alumni, History Events, History News, Lectures

Megan Raby wins 2016 Derek Price/Rod Webster Prize

Posted on November 30, 2016

November 2016 History of Science alumna Megan Raby has received the 2016 Derek Price/Rod Webster Prize presented at the recent History of Science Society (HSS) annual meeting in Atlanta. Awarded for the best article in …

Posted in 2016, All News, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology

Stitching Wartime History: The Case of the French Resistance

Posted on November 6, 2016

Enjoy a special afternoon with textile-collection donors and friends of the School of Human Ecology featuring Stitching History from the Holocaust, an original exhibit created by and on loan from the Jewish Museum of Milwaukee. …

Posted in 2016, All News, European History, History Events, History News, Lectures

Professor Jackson gives keynote talk at recent ASGS meeting

Posted on October 30, 2016

October 2016 Catherine Jackson, Assistant Professor in the History of Science department, gave the keynote talk at the recent meeting of the Midwest Section of the American Scientific Glassblowers Society (ASGS) held on September 24th …

Posted in 2016, All News, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology

Charenko to give live-streamed talk on her research

Posted on September 30, 2016

September 2016 Melissa Charenko, a dissertator in the History of Science dept., will be presenting details on her research work at the upcoming 2016 Introductory Symposium put on by the Consortium for History of Science, …

Posted in 2016, All News, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology

P is for Place: The Nature of Embodied History

Posted on March 4, 2016

Kate Brown Professor of History University of Maryland, Baltimore County Friday, March 4, 2016 4:30 – 6:00 PM Wisconsin Historical Society Opening Talk Paul Robbins, Director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies: A Vocabulary …

Posted in 2016, All News, Harvey Goldberg Center, History Events, History News
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