Rivka Maizlish studies folk music, folklore, folk art, folk medicine – but she is not a folklorist. Maizlish is an intellectual historian, about to embark on a fellowship with the Smithsonian Institution to dive more deeply into the question, how did people in 20th century America define folk? A PhD student in the UW–Madison history …
“On Wisconsin”, UW–Madison’s alumni magazine, published a great story on Professor Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s course, “The History of Your Parents’ Generation”. In the story, Professor Ratner-Rosenhagen says “It seemed to me that [the course’s approach] could get students to connect to history.” Read the full story at “On Wisconsin.”
“Whatever Happened to the Educational Left? San Diego in the 1960s” Christopher P. Loss Vanderbilt University Monday, May 7, 2018 3:30-5:00 pm Education 245 Sponsored by the Educational Policy Studies department
After months of research, a study group convened by Chancellor Blank to study the history of racism and exclusion on the UW–Madison campus released its final report. Our own Stephen Kantrowitz co-chaired the committee along with Dr. Floyd Rose, president of 100 Black Men of Madison. In response to the report, Chancellor Blank announced several …
Badger Café: “Jews and Muslims in Christian America” Charles Cohen, an award-winning professor emeritus in the UW–Madison Department of History and the founding director of the Lubar Institute for the Study of Abrahamic Religions, teaches and writes about American religious history and the braided histories of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In his talk, he will …
“Performing History: Documenting and Enacting the Asian American Midwest” Tuesday, May 1, 2018, Mitchell Theater, Vilas Hall 7:00 PM: “Our Stories, Our History”: Snapshots of Asian America in the Midwest A performance piece composed and directed by David Furumoto. A talkback will follow the performance. Wednesday, May 2, 2018 2.30 PM: “Scents of Home” …
“Reading, Writing, & Racism: Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man and African American Literacy in Cold War America” Kristin Matthews Bringham Young University Thursday, April 12, 2018 12:00 PM 4191F Helen C. White
“Bridging the Gap: The Secular and Sacred in Evangelical Christian Zionism” Dan Hummel Institute for Research in the Humanities Wednesday, April 4, 2018 6:00 pm University Club 212 This is the inaugural of the Interdisciplinary Religion Group, an open forum for graduate students across UW–Madison who study religion in all its forms, varieties, and expressions. …
Congratulations to Kate Wersan, who has won the American Society for Environmental History’s 2017 Leopold-Hidy Prize for best article in Environmental History. Her article, “The Early Melon and the Mechanical Gardener: Toward an Environmental History of Timekeeping in the Long Eighteenth Century,” appeared in the April 2017 issue. Advised by William Cronon, Kate has held fellowships …
“Rethinking Ornamentals: Art and Music in Nineteenth-Century Common Schools” Margaret A. Nash University of California, Riverside Monday, April 2, 2018 12:00 – 1:30 PM Education 198