Title TBA Katharine Anderson Associate Professor, Dept. of Humanities, York University, Toronto Friday, February 9, 2018 12:00-1:30 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5243 Humanities Bldg.) Future Brown Bags Friday, February 16th Friday, February 23rd Friday, March 2nd Friday, March 9th Friday, March 16th Friday, March 23rd Friday, April 6th Friday, April 13th Friday, April 20th Friday, …
“The Weather Ship: Atmospheres, Networks and Disasters.” Katharine Anderson Associate Professor, Dept. of Humanities, York University, Toronto Thursday, February 8, 2018 Refreshments start at 3:45 Colloquium begins at 4:00 PM Memorial Library Special Collections 728 State St, Madison, WI The North Atlantic Ocean Stations network was developed by the International Civil Aviation Organization in the …
“A History of Conflict: Protestantism and the Origins of the Conflict Thesis” James C. Ungureanu Friday, February 2, 2018 12:00 – 1:30 PM ** Upcoming Brown Bags ** Friday, February 9th Friday, February 16th Friday, February 23rd Friday, March 2nd Friday, March 9th Friday, March 16th Friday, March 23rd Friday, April 6th Friday, April 13th …
Speaker: Nicole Nelson Friday, January 26th. 2018 12:00-1:30 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5243 Humanities Bldg.) Upcoming Brown Bags Friday, February 2nd Friday, February 9th Friday, February 16th Friday, February 23rd Friday, March 2nd Friday, March 9th Friday, March 16th Friday, March 23rd Friday, April 6th Friday, April 13th Friday, April 20th Friday, April 27th Friday, …
Science as Prophecy: A History of Paleo Perspectives on Environmental Change Melissa Charenko Department of History Ph.D. Candidate UW–Madison Monday, February 12, 2018 3:30 PM 212 University Club My work explores the development of ecological ideas and techniques used to understand the changing dynamics of human-environment interactions over the last 12,000 years. I am particularly …
A recent autobiographical essay on how Gregg Mitman became an environmental historian, commissioned by the Rachel Carson Center. Read the essay on their blog, Seeing the Woods.
“Searching for Genderqueerness in the Archive” Marie Hicks UW–Madison, Department of History Upcoming History of Science brown bag: December 8th with Lynn Nyhart – Town Hall
A new certificate teaches students historical, cultural and philosophical ways people intersect with health care and provides them a broader, more nuanced understanding of health. Last spring in a Biology and Society course, Makenzie Wydra had an aha moment. Health, she realized, isn’t just the way diseases form and how the body responds to medicines …
“Saints and Science in Early Modern Italy: Filippo Neri and Francesco Borgia as Patron Saints of Earthquakes” Prof. Monica Azzolini Dept. of Philosophy and Communication U. of Bologna; Davis Center, Princeton Friday, December 1, 2017 3:30 pm – 5:15 pm Special Collections, 976 Memorial Library The easiest way to get to Special Collections is to …
“The History of Medicine” Nicole Nelson UW–Madison, Assistant Professor of History Emer Lucey UW–Madison, Graduate Student Monday, November 27, 2017 11:50 – 1:20 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5234 Humanities Bldg.)