The legendary University of Wisconsin-Madison professor George Mosse taught courses in European cultural history, providing unique insight into racism and fascism. Mosse retired in 1987, but his work couldn’t be more relevant in an era …
Jewish History
Seminar: Victor Jew
“The Jew As Arsonist: State Discourses and Institutional Othering in Wisconsin, 1900-1940” Victor Jew, Ph.D. Asian American Studies Program UW-Madison Wednesday, February 14, 2018 12:00 PM CJW Conference Room (4233 Mosse Humanities Bldg.) Because the …
Lecture: Eliyahu Stern
“Marx and the Kabbalah” Eliyahu Stern Professor of Modern Jewish Intellectual and Cultural History, Judaic Studies, Religious Studies and History Yale University Thursday, November 2, 2017 3:00 – 4:30 PM Pyle Center Professor Eliyahu Stern …
Kutler Lectures
Kutler Lectures with Professor Roger Horowitz University of Delaware “Kosher USA: How Coke Became Kosher and Other Tales of Modern Food” Wednesday, October 18th “Is Kosher a Brand?: Ruminations on the Intersections of Jewish Law …
Lecture: Daniel Hummel
“Seeing is Believing: The Rise of Holy Land Tourism and Evangelical Christian Zionism after 1967” Daniel Hummel History, Harvard University Monday, October 9, 2017 3:30 PM 212 University Club Building Since the 1960s, American evangelical …
History Department Colloquium
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 …
Confronting Antisemitism and Islamophobia : From the Middle Ages to Today
Panelists: Kathryn Ciancia Amos Bitzan Elizabeth Lapina Tony Michels Golnar Nikpour Monday, March 27, 2017 5:00 PM Memorial Library, Room 126 Sponsored by: Department of History, George L. Mosse Program, and Center for Humanities. Click …
Polish Towns? Jewish Towns?: Urban Development in Eastern Poland on the Eve of the Holocaust
Kathryn Ciancia Assistant Professor, Department of History, UW-Madison Friday, April 8, 2016 12:00 – 1:00 PM Banquet Room, University Club Kathryn Ciancia is an assistant professor in the History department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. …
John Tedeschi Book Talk and Signing
Italian Jews Under Fascism, 1939-1945: A Personal and Historical Narrative Thursday, March 17, 2016 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. University Club, 803 State St. The Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries will be hosting a book talk, …
To ‘The Land of Social Revolution’ and Back: American Encounters with Soviet Russia
Tony Michels Professor, Department of History, UW-Madison Friday, February 19, 2016 12:00 – 1:00 PM Banquet Room, University Club In the 1920s, Americans traveled to the Soviet Union to witness the Russian Revolution up close. …