In work for his 1979 book The Death Camp Treblinka, Alexander Donat began the process of locating survivors of the camp and recording their histories. In a telling testament to the lethality of this place, …
War in Society and Culture
Article – “White Supremacy Has Always Been Mainstream” by Stephen Kantrowitz
White supremacy is a language of unease. It does not describe racial domination so much as worry about it. White supremacy connotes many grim and terrifying things, including inequality, exclusion, injustice, and state and vigilante …
Lecture: Tariq Ali
“Street Fighting Year: The Importance of 1968, Fifty Years On” Tariq Ali Writer, Journalist, Filmmaker Monday, April 2, 2018 7:00 PM Elvehjem L160 (Philips Auditorium) TARIQ ALI is a writer and filmmaker. He has written …
The Society for Military History recognizes Chad Gibbs
The Society for Military History recognized Chad Gibbs for his paper “Lessons from the Treblinka Archive: Transnational Collections and their Implications for Historical Research” with an honorable mention for the Carroll Award for best graduate …
Lecture: Dr. Zach Fredman
“The Jeep Girl Crisis of 1945: American Servicemen and Chinese Women in Wartime China” Dr. Zach Fredman U.S. Foreign Policy and International Security Fellow Dartmouth College Thursday, November 30, 2017 3:30 – 5:00 Masley Media …
WWI Conference
“World War 100” Marking the centennial observance of World War I, this conference brings together national and international scholars to examine the Great War and its legacy. Guest scholars include: Sir Hew Strachan, Professor of …
Lecture: Jesse Kauffman
“Reflections in a Shattered Mirror: The First World War in German, Polish, and Russian History” Jesse Kauffman Associate Professor of History Eastern Michigan University Thursday, October 26, 2017 4:00 – 5:30 PM 206 Ingraham Hall …
Panel Discussion: Asia Rising
“Asia Rising” Come hear UW-Madison History faculty Judd Kinzley, Al McCoy, and Charles Kim at Asia Rising, a panel discussion on the presence of Asia in global politics and economics. A reception for alumni and …
War in Society and Culture Graduate Student Working Group Meeting
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 …
History Department Colloquium
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 …