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.)
“Charlottesville” Thursday, September 14, 2017 5:30 – 6:30 PM UW Hillel, 611 Langdon St. University of Wisconsin–Madison Faculty Russ Castronovo (English), Stephen Kantrowitz (History) and Christy Clark-Pujara (Afro-American Studies) discuss Charlottesville. Moderated by Sara Guyer, Director of the Center for the Humanities.
John Hall will record counter-terrorism history as it happens within the Pentagon. A dedication to both scholarship and service has defined the career of John Hall, the Ambrose-Hesseltine Associate Professor of U.S. Military History in the UW–Madison Department of History. A new appointment as a historian for the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Department …
Congratulations to Giuliana Chamedes for receiving a 2017-18 ACLS Fellowship. The ACLS Fellowship Program awards fellowships to individual scholars working in the humanities and related social sciences. Institutions and individuals contribute to the ACLS Fellowship Program and its endowment, including The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for …
“When Inclusive Institutions Failed: Lessons from the Democratic Revolutions of the Middle Ages” David Stasavage New York University Monday, April 24, 2017 12:00 – 1:15 PM 422 North Hall Co-sponsored by the Comparative Politics Colloquium and the Political Economy Colloquium. Event organized by Giuliana Chamedes.
“Temporal Loops, Prophesy, and Apocalypse in the Assemblage of the Nazi New Man.” Stefanos Geroulanos NYU Thursday, April 13, 2017 4:00-6:00 PM Curti Lounge Sponsored by the Center for European Studies. Event organized by Giuliana Chamedes.
presented by: The Alexander Hamilton Society Speakers: Gerard Alexander Associate Professor at the Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics University of Virginia John Hall UW–Madison Department of History John Sharpless UW–Madison Department of History Thursday, April 13, 2017 6:45-7:45 PM Law Building, Room 5246 There will be free food! Click to view event poster (pdf)
“Pain, Torture, Rights: Political Violence and the Modern State in Pre-Revolutionary Iran” Golnar Nikpour (UW–Madison, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow) Friday, March 10, 2017 3:30-5:00 PM Curti Lounge Sponsored by the Department of History. Event organized by Giuliana Chamedes.