Jonathan Zimmerman (University of Pennsylvania)
Education Building 298 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
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“Freedom Seekers: Declaring Independence from Slavery during the American Revolution”
Gloria McCahon Whiting (UW-Madison)
Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium (816 State St.) @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
4:00 – 5:00pm Poster Exhibition: The Art of Freedom Learn about the Freedom Seekers project and explore stories of people who fled slavery during the Revolutionary era. Enjoy a complimentary spread of food and beverages …
“The Mistral: A Windswept History of Modern France”
Catherine Tatiana Dunlop (Montana State University, Bozeman)
Zoom @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Zoom Webinar Registration
2025 American Historical Association George L. Mosse Prize Recipient: The Mistral: A Windswept History of Modern France Catherine Tatiana Dunlop (Montana State University, Bozeman) Chaired by Professor Emma Kuby (University of Wisconsin-Madison) An in-depth look …
2026 Petrovich Lecture: “To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement”
Benjamin Nathans (University of Pennsylvania)
Pyle Center, Room 121 @ 4:00 pm
Reception to follow: 5:30 PM | Pyle Center, AT&T Lounge Half a century ago, the Soviet Union found itself unexpectedly challenged by a group of Soviet citizens who achieved global fame in the longest …
2026 Karpat Lecture: “Managing Byzantine Heritage in the Modern World: The Development of Byzantine Studies in Turkey”
Koray Durak (Boğaziçi University)
Curti Lounge — 5233 Mosse Humanities @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
This lecture traces the evolution of Byzantine studies in Turkey from the late Ottoman period to the present, with particular emphasis on the roles played by both state and non-state actors, as well as local …
“Savin, Sex, and Scandal: Re-thinking Abortion in Early America”
Mary Fissell (Johns Hopkins University)
Curti Lounge (5233 Mosse Humanities) @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
History of Science Medicine and Technology Colloquium Series Co-sponsored by History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Program and the Department of Medical History and Bioethics
Chinese Badgers/Badgers in China
Memorial Library, Room 126 @ 4:30 pm
Chinese Badgers/Badgers of China: Profiles of early UW-Madison students presented in the context of a 19th-century Chinese debate over the value of student exchanges The annual spring “Chinese Badgers” workshop offers opportunities for students …
“Christian Internationalism and German Belonging: The Salvation Army from Imperial Germany to Nazism”
Rebecca Carter-Chand (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum)
Zoom @ 3:00 pm
Zoom link: https://go.wisc.edu/12if5x George L. Mosse First Book Prize Recipient: Christian Internationalism and German Belonging: The Salvation Army from Imperial Germany to Nazism – Rebecca Carter-Chand Comment by: Brandon Bloch (UW-Madison) Chaired by: Ofer Ashkenazi …
“Psychoanalysis for Diabetics: Freud in the Popular Jewish Press”
Naomi Seidman (University of Toronto)
Memorial Union and Zoom @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Memorial Union, Old Madison Room 800 Langdon St (Madison, WI) Also available on Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/meeting/register/mhu3k6mBT0WCMDomo4JDEw#/registration The Austrian journalist Karl Kraus reportedly quipped, “Psychoanalysis is the disease of assimilated Jews; Eastern European Jews make do …
“Survival at Treblinka: Geography, Gender, and Social Networks of Jewish Resistance”
Chad S.A. Gibbs
Zoom @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
College of Charleston Mosse Lecture Chad S.A. Gibbs, Survival at Treblinka: Geography, Gender, and Social Networks in Jewish Resistance (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2026). Comment by Jacob Flaws (Kean University) Chaired by Hanna Green …