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 …