“Land Grant Universities and the Wisconsin Idea, 1862-1912″ Adam Nelson Professor of Educational Policy Studies and History UW–Madison Tuesday, October 17, 2017 7:00 – 8:30 pm UWBC Auditorium, 1111 Genetics/Biotechnology Center (425 Henry Mall) Assigned Readings: “Intellectuals and Public Life: Between Radicalism and Reform” by Leon Fink, Stephen T. Leonard, Donald M. Reid
History Sandwiched In: “Always on the Move – Mexican Migrant Workers in Mid-Twentieth Century Wisconsin” Sergio González UW–Madison, Dept. of History Graduate Student Tuesday, October 17, 2017 12:15-1:00 PM Wisconsin Historical Museum, 30 North Carroll St. Join historian Sergio González as he examines the lives of Mexican-descent migrant workers who labored across Wisconsin throughout the …
“Harry Steenbock and the Technoscience of Vitamines, 1885-1925” Friday, October 13, 2017 12:00 – 1:30 pm Kevin Walters UW–Madison, History Graduate Student
with Brian North UW–Madison, History Department Graduate Student Friday, October 13, 2017 3:00 – 4:30 PM City Bar on State Street 636 State St. Madison Additional Information Brian North will take the lead a two-part presentation. First he wants to go over the major themes of his previously published work Making the Difficult Routine, and …
“The Hemings Family of Monticello” Annette Gordon-Reed Harvard University Charles Warren Professor of American Legal History Wednesday, October 11, 2017 4:00 – 5:00 PM Wisconsin History Society Auditorium
“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 Christians have flocked to Holy Land sites in Israel and Palestine in ever-increasing numbers. In 2016, more than 380,000 American …
“U.S. Cold War Immigration and the Politics of Sanctuary” Cindy I-Fen Cheng History, UW–Madison Asian American Studies Monday, October 2, 2017 3:30 PM 212 University Club This talk looks at how U.S. Cold War immigration policies structured the marginalization of Central Americans. Unlike Southeast Asians, Central Americans did not flee communist countries but countries where …
ROUNDTABLE: History & the Present With UW–Madison History Faculty: Liz Hennessey, Patrick Iber, Rudy Koshar, Karl Shoemaker, & Sarah Thal Monday, October 2, 2017 11:50-1:20 PM Curti Lounge (Rm 5233 Humanities Bldg.) Limits & possibilities of historians’ engagement with the present.
A Wisconsin professor is about to witness and document Pentagon history. Here’s how he finds a way to relax: BTN LiveBIG By Scott Smith University of Wisconsin professor John Hall is going to witness and write the history of the military’s fight against violent extremism. It will undoubtedly be a fascinating inside look at life …
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 Curti Lounge (Rm 5233 Humanities Bldg.)