Lecture: Lee Palmer Wandel
“The Matter of the Liturgy” Lee Palmer Wandel Dept of History, UW–Madison Friday, March 2, 2018 2:30-4:00 PM 6191 Helen C. White Building
“The Matter of the Liturgy” Lee Palmer Wandel Dept of History, UW–Madison Friday, March 2, 2018 2:30-4:00 PM 6191 Helen C. White Building
“Risky Corporeality: Slavery and the New Quantifiable Bodies of the Early Modern Atlantic” Pablo Gómez “A Spectacular Vengeance: Violence, State Intervention, and Peasant Autonomy in Revolutionary Bolivia” Bridgette Werner Moderated by Patrick Iber Monday, February 26, 2018 11:50 – 1:20 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5243 Mosse Humanities Bldg.)
“The History of Chronobiology: Constructing the Timescape of a New Scientific Field” Jole Shackelford University of Minnesota Friday, March 2, 2018 12:00-1:00 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5243 Mosse Humanities Bldg.) Future Brown Bags Friday, March 9th Friday, March 16th Friday, March 23rd Friday, April 6th Friday, April 13th Friday, April 20th Friday, April 27th …
“Graphic Difference: Interpreting a Medieval Theological Debate through Comics” Nina Caputo Department of History University of Florida Monday, February 26, 2018 4:00 – 5:30 PM Pyle Center Nina Caputo works on Jewish-Christian relations in the middle ages with a focus on polemics, theological disputations, and the role played by converts as intermediaries between the two …
The legendary University of Wisconsin–Madison professor George Mosse taught courses in European cultural history, providing unique insight into racism and fascism. Mosse retired in 1987, but his work couldn’t be more relevant in an era plagued by increasing intolerance and authoritarianism. That helps explain the appeal of What History Tells, an online course featuring Mosse’s …
“New Species, New Extinctions in Laos and Vietnam” William Robichaud Saola Conservation Program Coordinator Global Wildlife Conservation Friday, February 23rd 12:00 – 1:30 PM 206 Ingraham Hall
“How (Not) to Write a Book Review” Pablo Gómez and Lynn Nyhart Friday, February 23, 2018 12:00-1:00 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5243 Mosse Humanities Bldg.) Future Brown Bags Friday, March 2nd Friday, March 9th Friday, March 16th Friday, March 23rd Friday, April 6th Friday, April 13th Friday, April 20th Friday, April 27th Friday, May …
“The Great Disruption: Biologists, Revolutions, and the Values of Science ca. 1848” Lynn K. Nyhart Vilas-Bablitch-Kelch Distinguished Achievement Professor of History of Science University of Wisconsin–Madison Wednesday, February 21, 2018 5:30 PM L140 Conrad A. Elvehjem Building In the German-speaking states of the 1840s and 50s, revolution was in the air. While the political revolutions …
The History Department sadly announces that Professor Emeritus Diane Lindstrom died on February 7, 2018. She was the first woman to earn tenure in the History Department. She also was the first person to teach a course at the university in Women’s Studies. Diane Lindstrom and her twin brother, Daniel, were born in Jamestown, New …
“Capital Accumulation, Reproduction and the Reconstruction of the Commons” Silvia Federici Hofstra University “Feminism and the Politics of the Commons” Tuesday, February 20, 2018 4:00 PM 6191 Helen C. White “Reproduction and Capital Accumulation: Past and Present.” Wednesday, February 21, 2018 4:00 PM 6191 Helen C. White Open Seminar for students, faculty, and public Thursday, …