Past Event Category: 2025
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Nov 13“The Making of the Carceral State in Modern Iran”
Golnar Nikpour (Dartmouth College)
Pyle Center (Room 313)
The establishment and expansion of the modern prison system in Iran in the 20th and 21st centuries have led to an enduring and elemental transformation in Iranian lives and social and political worlds. This talk traces the making of the carceral state in Iran, the resulting incarceration of millions of people over several decades, responses …
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Nov 122025 Merle Curti Lectures with Amy Lonetree
Amy Lonetree (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Pyle Center (702 Langdon St), Room 121
“Native American Museum Practices and the Ongoing Project of Truth Telling and Reclamation”: Wednesday, November 12, 4:00 PM As a result of Indigenous activism and new museum theory and practice, the relationship between Native Americans and mainstream museums has changed significantly over the last several decades. These changes include the sharing of curatorial authority, collaborative …
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Nov 5“No One Plays Like Them: Martial and Equestrian Sports in the Mamluk Sultanate (1250-1517)”
Christopher Herde (UW-Madison)
Curti Lounge (5233 Mosse Humanities)
For a mamluk soldier, one of the highest virtues was furusiyyah. This complicated term literally means “horsemanship”, but by the Mamluk period encapsulated a range of skills and codes of behavior including the use of weapons, falconry, veterinary knowledge, and the proper organization and conduct of aristocratic mujahidin. Often compared to the European concept of Chivalry, furusiyyah was the structuring principle of …
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Nov 4“Still Lives: Jewish Photography in Nazi Germany”
Ofer Ashkenazi, Rebekka Grossmann, Sarah Wobick-Segev, and Shira Miron
Zoom
Ofer Ashkenazi, Rebekka Grossmann, Sarah Wobick-Segev, and Shira Miron Still Lives: Jewish Photography in Nazi Germany (University of Pennsylvania Press, January 2025). Tuesday, 4 November 2025 11:00 CST, ZOOM Register for Zoom webinar Sponsored by: George L. Mosse Program in History Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies UW–Madison Center for German and European Studies Still Lives …
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Oct 29“Wages for Housework: The History of a Movement”
Emily Callaci (UW-Madison)
Pyle Center, Room 226 (702 Langdon St.)
Presented by Madison History Club. This event will be recorded by PBS Wisconsin University Place In the 1970s, a network of feminists across the globe came together to make a deceptively simple demand: Wages for Housework! When invoked today, the phrase commonly refers to the cash payment that was its signature demand, yet for the …
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Oct 28“Peasants, Doctors, and Empires: Puerto Rico at the Turn of the 20th Century”
Francisco A. Scarano (UW-Madison)
Chazen Museum Auditorium
4:30pm Reception; 5:30pm Lecture
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Oct 28“Hegel and the Dutch Painting of the Golden Age”
Klaus Vieweg (University of Jena)
Hagen Room (Room 150), Elvehjem Building
Event sponsored by University Lectures Fellowship, Goldberg Center, Department of History, and Department of Art History
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Oct 27“Environmental Justice and Sustainability: A Hegelian Perspective”
Klaus Vieweg (University of Jena)
Curti Lounge (5233 Mosse Humanities Building)
Event sponsors: University Lectures Fellowship, Goldberg Center, Havens Wright Center for Social Justice, Department of History
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Oct 22“Decolonization, the Algerian War, and the Making of Modern Counterinsurgency”
Terrence G. Peterson (Florida International University)
Fluno Center - Howard Auditorium
The Algerian War was a pivotal event in the global struggle for decolonization. In this discussion of his new book, Terrence G. Peterson highlights how the conflict also helped to transform the nature of modern warfare. As the French Army attempted to counter the struggle for Algerian independence, it fashioned a radical project of armed …
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Oct 13“Fuji: the Making of a Global Mountain”
Andrew Bernstein (Lewis and Clark College)
Ingraham Hall (1155 Observatory Dr)
Mount Fuji commands attention. Visible to millions in Tokyo, its iconic silhouette is recognizable around the world. At the same time, industries and military bases located on and around the mountain connect it to economic and political networks with global reach. By examining both the representation and material exploitation of Fuji over the past several …