Caitlin Tyler-Richards, History PhD candidate in African History, has won a Mellon University Press Diversity Fellowship at the University of Washington Press for 2018-2019. This prestigious fellowship will allow Caitlin to continue work on her dissertation, “‘I Wish You All Vivid’: Nigerian Literature in a Post-Colonial Word”. Formerly a student of Florence Bernault and now …
“Whatever Happened to the Educational Left? San Diego in the 1960s” Christopher P. Loss Vanderbilt University Monday, May 7, 2018 3:30-5:00 pm Education 245 Sponsored by the Educational Policy Studies department
After months of research, a study group convened by Chancellor Blank to study the history of racism and exclusion on the UW–Madison campus released its final report. Our own Stephen Kantrowitz co-chaired the committee along with Dr. Floyd Rose, president of 100 Black Men of Madison. In response to the report, Chancellor Blank announced several …
The state of the field on European antisemitism Hosted by Renato Moro and John Connolly Tuesday, May 29, 2018 4:00 PM Curt Lounge (Rm 5233 Mosse Humanities Bldg.) Co-sponsored by the Mosse Program and the History & Politics seminar
“REVOLUTION LOCALIZED: PORTRAYALS OF TAJIKISTAN IN SOVIET LITERATURE, 1927-1941” MA candidate Nicholas Seay presents his master’s thesis. Thursday, May 3, 2018 4:00-5:30 PM 336 Ingraham Hall
Badger Café: “Jews and Muslims in Christian America” Charles Cohen, an award-winning professor emeritus in the UW–Madison Department of History and the founding director of the Lubar Institute for the Study of Abrahamic Religions, teaches and writes about American religious history and the braided histories of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In his talk, he will …
“Performing History: Documenting and Enacting the Asian American Midwest” Tuesday, May 1, 2018, Mitchell Theater, Vilas Hall 7:00 PM: “Our Stories, Our History”: Snapshots of Asian America in the Midwest A performance piece composed and directed by David Furumoto. A talkback will follow the performance. Wednesday, May 2, 2018 2.30 PM: “Scents of Home” …
“Conservation, Prevention, and Rescue: Saving Gorilla Populations in Eastern and Central Africa” Julius Nziza Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project & UC-Davis Wildlife Help Center Wednesday, April 25, 2018 12:00 PM 206 Ingraham Hall Dr. Julius Nziza obtained his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree and is currently completing a Master of Science degree in International Infectious Disease …
11th Annual Michael B. Petrovich Lecture supported by the Alice D. Mortensen/Petrovich Chair in Russian History “Soviet Americana: or How Russians Learned to Love and Hate America” Sergei I. Zhuk Professor of History, Ball State University April 27th, 2018 4:00-5:30pm DE235 Pyle Center Reception to follow
The Graduate Early Modern Student Society Presents the 2018 GEMSS Symposium “(Mis)appropriating the Past: The Uses and Abuses of History: The Uses and Abuses of History” Dr. Steven Nadler William H. Hay II Professor of Philosophy, Evjue-Bascom Professor in Humanities, Weinstein-Bascom Professor of Jewish Studies, and Department of Philosophy Friday, April 27, 2018 8:00 AM …