Past Event Category: 2023
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Nov 3Wheat as an Invasive Species? The Eucharist and Ecology in Early Medieval Europe
Conrad A. Elvehjem Building L150
Speaker: Professor Paolo Squatriti, University of Michigan Description: The “cerealization” of Europe was pretty much complete by the eleventh century. In the process, a vast reduction in the biodiversity of agrarian landscapes and ecosystems and a simplification of foodways took place, as Europeans came to rely on a handful of staple crops for most of …
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Nov 3Thinking About and Across Borders: Global Europe in the Twentieth Century
Pyle Center, Room 313
This conference will place questions of twentieth-century border-making and border-crossing in Europe in a global perspective. Sponsors: George L. Mosse Program, the Department of History, the Center for European Studies, the Center for German and European Studies, the Mortenson-Petrovich Chair, Harvey Goldberg Center and CREECA.
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Nov 1History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Series
George L. Mosse Humanities Building Curti Lounge (#5233)
History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Series: “Los Alamos and Historical Analysis in a Sacred Pueblo World” with Dr. Dmitri Brown (University of Michigan)
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Oct 27Censorship, Surveillance, Disinformation: Symposium of the Center for Early Modern Studies
Memorial Library Room 126
The keynote speaker will be Hannah Marcus (Harvard University). Her talk will be on Friday October 27 at 9:30am. Sponsors: Political Science, Department of English, Department of History, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program , Department of French and Italian, History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, UW–Madison Libraries.
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Oct 26Censorship, Surveillance, Disinformation: Symposium of the Center for Early Modern Studies
Memorial Library Room 126
The keynote speaker will be Hannah Marcus (Harvard University). Her talk will be on Friday October 27 at 9:30am. Sponsors: Political Science, Department of English, Department of History, Department of Spanish & Portuguese, Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program , Department of French and Italian, History of Science, Medicine, and Technology, UW–Madison Libraries.
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Oct 24The Harvey Goldberg Memorial Lecture: A World Safe for Autocracy? Domestic Politics, Chinese Foreign Policy, and the Future of the International Order
George L. Mosse Humanities Building Curti Lounge (#5233)
Speaker: Jessica Chen Weiss, Cornell University Description: Beneath Xi Jinping’s grand slogans of a “Chinese dream” and a “shared future for humankind,” there are internal tensions, debates, and interests that compete to shape China’s approach to the world. Through the lens of domestic politics, nationalism, and regime insecurity in China, Weiss will examine the evolving …
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Sep 20History Major/Certificate Open House
Curti Lounge, Room 5233 George L. Mosse Humanities Building
The Department of History welcomes new and returning undergraduate students to attend our History Major/Certificate Open House and find out more about the programs and opportunities we offer. Pizza will be served, and attendees will be entered in a drawing to win signed copies of newly published books written by UW–Madison History professors. Come mingle …
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Sep 14“Singing Like Germans: Black Musicians in the Land of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms”
Virtually
“Singing Like Germans: Black Musicians in the Land of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms” with speaker Professor Kira Thurman (University of Michigan), comments by Professor Lauren Stokes (Northwestern University), and chaired by Professor Chad S.A. Gibbs (College of Charleston, Zucker/Goldberg Center for Holocaust Studies) Singing like Germans: Black Musicians in the Land of Bach, Beethoven, and …
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Sep 13History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Series
George L. Mosse Humanities Building Curti Lounge (#5233)
History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Series: “The Generative AI Deployment Rush: How to Democratize the Politics of Pace” with Dr. Annette Zimmermann (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
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Sep 6