Jonathan Zimmerman (University of Pennsylvania)
Education Building 298 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Past Events Category: History Events
“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 …
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 …
“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 …
“The Dubious Scientific Foundations of 21st Century Eugenics”
Emily Merchant (UC Davis)
Curti Lounge (5233 Mosse Humanities) @ 12:00 pm
History of Science, Medicine, and Technology Colloquium Series
2026 Doria Dee Johnson Lecture: “Fear and Fury: Bernie Goetz, White Rage, and the Long Reach of the Reagan 80s”
Heather Ann Thompson (University of Michigan)
Pyle Center, Vandeberg Auditorium, Room 121 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Doria Dee Johnson Lecture in History & Social Justice Fear and Fury: Bernie Goetz, White Rage, and the Long Reach of the Reagan 80s In 1984, as the Reagan Revolution was taking its toll on …