Lecture: Danielle Lussier
“Religious Practice and Political Participation in Indonesia: Is There a Link?” Danielle Lussier Assistant Professor of Political Science Grinnell College Friday, November 17, 2017 12:00 PM 206 Ingraham Hall
“Religious Practice and Political Participation in Indonesia: Is There a Link?” Danielle Lussier Assistant Professor of Political Science Grinnell College Friday, November 17, 2017 12:00 PM 206 Ingraham Hall
“The Luther Year” Professor Lee Wandel “Collaboration Refocused: Photography & French Collective Memory, 1944-49.” Abigail Lewis (UW–Madison History PhD Student) Monday, November 20, 2017 11:50-1:20 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5233 Humanities Bldg.) Rudy Koshar will moderate. This will be a particularly good time to consider commemoration & memory, as October 31 marks the 500th anniversary …
“Engineers, Scientists, Musicians, and the Trautonium in Berlin in the 1930s” Myles Jackson Gallatin Research Excellence Professor, New York University Friday, November 17, 2017 12:00 – 1:00 Curti Lounge (Rm. 5233 humanities Bldg.) Radio and electrical engineers, physicists, and physiologists working on the synthesis and broadcasting of speech and music provided musicians with a …
“Translating Ugandan Oral Literature for Children” Aaron Mushengyezi Dean of the School of Languages, Literature, and Communication Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda Wednesday, November 8, 2017 12:00 PM 206 Ingraham Hall Dr. Mushengyezi will discuss the form and social relevance of Ugandan oral children’s texts. His project is the first in Uganda to comprehensively collect …
“Transnationalizing Buddhism: Cambodian Temples, Student Monks, and Pilgrims in Sri Lanka and India” John Marston Professor of Asian and African Studies Colegio de Mexico Friday, November 10, 2017 12:00 PM 206 Ingraham Hall Free and open to the public.
“Songs to Encourage the Cessation of Litigation: Printing, Orality, and Legal Knowledge in China, 1595-1949” Joe Dennis Professor of History UW–Madison Monday, November 6, 2017 3:30 – 5:00 PM 212 University Club 803 State St How did people form their attitudes towards law in early modern and Republican period China? How did mass legal education …
The Intellectual History Group invites you to attend a special round table on the moral imperative of thinking with Elizabeth Minnich Professor of Moral Philosophy and Senior Scholar Association of American Colleges & Universities Thursday, November 9, 2017 4:00 – 5:30 PM 212 University Club Elizabeth Minnich is a professor of moral philosophy and Senior …
“Visual Culture and Disaster Victim Identification in America, 1900-1950.” Vicki Daniel UW–Madison HSMT Ph.D. Alum Friday, November 3, 2017 3:30 pm – 5:15 pm Special Collections, 976 Memorial Library The easiest way to get to Special Collections is to take the separate elevator down the hall to the right of the main elevator bank, which …
“Sacred Spaces, The Art of Merit Making, and the Trans Asian Trade: Looking Beyond the Glass of Buddhist Mainland Southeast Asia” Catherine Raymond Professor of Art History School of Art and Design Northern Illinois University Friday, November 3, 2017 12:00-1:00 PM 206 Ingraham Hall Sponsored by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies
“Rightwing Populism in Germany” Sebastian Voigt Research Fellow Institute for Contemporary History in Munich Dr. Voigt has been a fellow at the Institute for Social Movements in Bochum and a faculty member at the Ruhr University. He is a former Fulbright Scholar who has published widely in the field of Modern European History on such …