University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: Jewish History

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 to view event poster (pdf)

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. She received her PhD in History from Stanford University in 2011 and went on to work as a postdoctoral lecturer …

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, signing and reception in celebration of the publication of John Tedeschi’s new book, Italian Jews Under Fascism, 1938-1945: A Personal …

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. Some saw a daring social experiment that wedded scientific planning with ideals of equality in all areas of human endeavor. …

Workshop: Rethinking Borderlands

Thursday December 3, 2015 Memorial Library Room 126 3:30 to 5:00 pm Kathryn Ciancia on Inter-war Poland Assistant Professor of History, UW-Madison Judd Kinzley on the Early People’s Republic of China Assistant Professor of History, UW-Madison Willard Sunderland on Imperial Russia Professor of History, University of Cincinnati This workshop will adopt a comparative perspective for …

Kathryn Ciancia Awarded “First Book” Award

Congratulating Kathryn Ciancia who has been awarded the Center for the Humanities “First Book Award.” Kathryn follows Emily Callaci, Daniel Ussishkin, and Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen in winning the award. “The Center’s First Book Award is funded by a short-term humanities programming grant from the A.W. Mellon Foundation. The First Book program is open to all tenure-track, junior …