Memorial Union, Old Madison Room (800 Langdon St.) @ 5:00 pm
“X-Troop: The Secret Jewish Commandos of WWII” Leah Garrett (Hunter College, CUNY) In June of 1942, Winston Churchill and his chief of staff formed an unusual plan: a new commando unit made up of …
See the full schedule at mosseprogram.wisc.edu/rome/. Event times are Rome local. Stream seminar proceedings here. In 1963, historian George L. Mosse led a landmark seminar at Stanford University, bringing together scholars from diverse disciplines …
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Day 1: Friday, September 20, 2024 (Pyle Center, Room 209) 8:15 – Welcome 8:30-10:00am: Panel 1: War 10:15-11:45am: Roundtable 1: Historians in Public Service 12:00-1:30: Lunch 1:00-2:30pm: Panel 2: Colonialism, Empire, and their Reverberations 3:00-5:00pm: …
Memorial Union, 800 Langdon St, Room TBD (Consult “Today in the Union” upon arrival) @ 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
“A Paradox of Memory: Memorial Union & UW Madison’s War Dead” Eliana Chavkin, University of Minnesota Free and open to the public. Lunch provided (please RSVP by June 24). RSVP link: https://go.wisc.edu/3405e2 Sponsored …
This event is a webinar. @ 1:00 pm
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“From Lived Experience to the Written Word: Reconstructing Practical Knowledge in Early Modern World” Pamela H. Smith, Columbia University Comment: Professor Alice M. Goff (University of Chicago) Chair: Professor Michael Martoccio (University of Wisconsin-Madison) In …
Virtual, registration link: https://go.wisc.edu/37ivc9 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Speaker: Professor Laurie Marhoefer, University of Washington Description: Racism and the Making of Gay Rights shows how Hirschfeld laid the groundwork for modern gay rights, and how he did so by borrowing from a disturbing …
Pyle Center, Room 209, 702 Langdon St. @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Historian Jeremy Best will discuss his research on the history of wargaming and historical memory of World War II and the Holocaust. As a prelude to playing some modern wargames, he will discuss the implications …
Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street @ 4:00 pm - @ 6:00 pm
The 2023 Kutler Lectures with Riv-Ellen Prell
Virtually @ 3:00 pm
“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 …