“A Place Called Home: Family and Identity on Oneida Land” with Susan Brewer Tuesday, December 5, 2017 4:00 PM 7191 Helen C. White Susan Brewer investigates the history of Oneida Indian land in central New York State by recounting the story of one piece of land and the two families who lived on it. By …
A new certificate teaches students historical, cultural and philosophical ways people intersect with health care and provides them a broader, more nuanced understanding of health. Last spring in a Biology and Society course, Makenzie Wydra had an aha moment. Health, she realized, isn’t just the way diseases form and how the body responds to medicines …
“Digesting Bodies: Status, Gender, and Mastery in Roman Society and Homes” Mira Green History, University of Washington Classics Monday, December 4, 2017 3:30 – 5:00 PM 212 University Club Providing a distinct window into the social and political developments of the early Roman Empire, my research focuses on Roman attitudes towards the digesting body and …
“Saints and Science in Early Modern Italy: Filippo Neri and Francesco Borgia as Patron Saints of Earthquakes” Prof. Monica Azzolini Dept. of Philosophy and Communication U. of Bologna; Davis Center, Princeton Friday, December 1, 2017 3:30 pm – 5:15 pm Special Collections, 976 Memorial Library The easiest way to get to Special Collections is to …
“The Jeep Girl Crisis of 1945: American Servicemen and Chinese Women in Wartime China” Dr. Zach Fredman U.S. Foreign Policy and International Security Fellow Dartmouth College Thursday, November 30, 2017 3:30 – 5:00 Masley Media Room, Red Gym Sponsored by: Center for East Asian Studies, George L. Mosse Program in History, Harvey Goldberg Center for …
The Americanist Lecture Series in the Department of English is excited to host the upcoming talk, “No Straight Lines: The History and Artistry of Queer Comics” Justin Hall Cartoonist and Assistant Professor of Comics Studies California College of the Arts Thursday, November 30, 2017 10:00 – 11:30 AM 6191 Helen C. White In this talk, …
“Martin Luther & the Reformation” listen to Lee Palmer Wandel UW–Madison, Professor of History on Wisconsin Public Radios’ “University of the Air” He was a catalyst for a religious revolution and he remains controversial today. Five hundred years ago, an Augustinian monk named Martin Luther began questioning some of the fundamental practices and beliefs of …
“The History of Medicine” Nicole Nelson UW–Madison, Assistant Professor of History Emer Lucey UW–Madison, Graduate Student Monday, November 27, 2017 11:50 – 1:20 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5234 Humanities Bldg.)
Congratulations to our own Micaela Sullivan-Fowler (Curator and History of Medicine Librarian at Ebling Library, as well as Ebling’s head of marketing and communications) for being named Distinguished Academic Librarian! This rank is given only to those who “demonstrate exceptional performance, are recognized beyond the work unit as outstanding, and have a reputation of excellence …
Centro Hispano has announced that Sergio González has earned the 2017 Ilda Conteris Thomas Award. He was honored as part of a year-end banquet hosted by Centro Hispano on Friday, Nov. 17, at the Madison Club. The award is named in honor of Ilda Conteris Thomas, who was the first-ever executive director at Centro Hispano …