Andrew Bernstein (Lewis and Clark College)
Ingraham Hall (1155 Observatory Dr) @ 12:00 pm
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 …
Michael Wert (Marquette University)
Curti Lounge (5233 Mosse Humanities) @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
This talk explores how the notion of embodied martiality became central to the ideological underpinnings of Tokugawa rule. From martial esotericism to swordsmanship, being “never quite warrior enough” defined warrior status and, by appealing to …
Elisa Frühauf Garcia (Fluminense Federal University – Brazil (UFF))
Auditorium, Chazen Museum of Art @ 5:00 pm
This talk will explore the recent return of the Tupinambá cloak to Brazil and the broader questions it raises around Indigenous identity, cultural repatriation, and historical memory. Prof. Frühauf Garcia is an expert on the …
Marla A. Ramírez (UW-Madison), Kevin R. Johnson (UC Davis), Elliott Young (Lewis and Clark College)
UW Memorial Library, 126 @ 4:00 pm
This panel explores the history of diverse immigrant communities in the United States, including Asian and Latinx/e experiences. The panelists provide a historical overview of immigration and exclusion across racial and ethnic lines. Combined, these …
Orhan Kaya (UW-Madison)
Memorial Union @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Karpat Talks Orhan Kaya, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher/Visiting Scholar, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, School of Human Ecology Presented by Karpat Graduate Student Society of Kemal H. Karpat Center for Turkish Studies
Kathryn L. Brackney
Webinar @ 11:30 am
Mosse – Zucker/Goldberg New Book Series Webinar Link: https://go.wisc.edu/bk9sbt Surreal Geographies recovers a forgotten archive of Holocaust representation. Examining art, literature, and film produced since1945, Kathryn Brackney shows how the Holocaust has developed into …
Kara Dempsey (UNC-Appalachian State University)
Memorial Library, Room 126 (728 State Street) @ 12:00 pm
Boxed lunches provided with R.S.V.P. by 20 June: https://go.wisc.edu/r4qi3o Kara E. Dempsey is Associate Professor of Geography at UNC-Appalachian State University. She studies international forced displacement, ethnonational conflicts, consolidation of state and regional power, and …
Fluno Center
Pyle Center @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Sally Hayes
Curti Lounge (5233 Mosse Humanities) @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Seventeenth-century Lima, the Pacific gateway to the imperial silver of Potosí, was frequently threatened by Dutch and English ships seeking to seize its treasures. Lima’s Black citizens, who by the second decade of the century …