Congratulations to Giuliana Chamedes for receiving a 2017-18 ACLS Fellowship. The ACLS Fellowship Program awards fellowships to individual scholars working in the humanities and related social sciences. Institutions and individuals contribute to the ACLS Fellowship Program and its endowment, including The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for …
In the last twenty years, language documentation of endangered languages has emerged as a new field of linguistics with contemporary priorities and procedures.
Dr. Juan Cole Professor of History at the University of Michigan Monday April 24, 2017 12:00-1:00 206 Ingraham Hall Later Muslim accounts posit an essential enmity between Muslims and pagans in the Hejaz, leading to the wars of the 620s. These Umayyad and Abbasid accounts have influenced the interpretations of contemporary scholars. A close examination …
“When Inclusive Institutions Failed: Lessons from the Democratic Revolutions of the Middle Ages” David Stasavage New York University Monday, April 24, 2017 12:00 – 1:15 PM 422 North Hall Co-sponsored by the Comparative Politics Colloquium and the Political Economy Colloquium. Event organized by Giuliana Chamedes.
Dr. Andreas Etges Amerika-Institut University of Munich Monday, April 17, 2017 4:00-5:30 PM Curti Lounge (5233/43 Humanities) Funded by the Center for European Studies Co sponsored by: Department of History, The Center for European Studies, and the Department of German, Nordic, & Slavic. Click to view event poster (pdf)
“Temporal Loops, Prophesy, and Apocalypse in the Assemblage of the Nazi New Man.” Stefanos Geroulanos NYU Thursday, April 13, 2017 4:00-6:00 PM Curti Lounge Sponsored by the Center for European Studies. Event organized by Giuliana Chamedes.
presented by: The Alexander Hamilton Society Speakers: Gerard Alexander Associate Professor at the Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics University of Virginia John Hall UW–Madison Department of History John Sharpless UW–Madison Department of History Thursday, April 13, 2017 6:45-7:45 PM Law Building, Room 5246 There will be free food! Click to view event poster (pdf)
Christopher Hanscom UCLA Korean literature professor. Tuesday, April 11, 2017 4:15-6:00 PM Ingraham Hall, Room 22 Prof. Christopher Hanscom will discuss two recent South Korean films, exploring connections between the portrayal of “involuntary resistances” and violations of narrative form in I’m a Cyborg but That’s OK (2006) and Castaway on the Moon (2009). He will …
Brett Reilly PhD Candidate, Department of History Friday, April 7, 2017 12:00-1:30 PM 206 Ingraham Hall Debates among historians of the Indochina Wars have centered on the degree to which they were characterized by colonialism or communism. Histories of the First Indochina War – predominantly authored by diplomatic historians – offer a distinct periodization of …
The Work of a Public Historian: A Panel Discussion Friday, April 7, 2017 3:30-5:00 pm Curti Lounge (5233 Humanities) Angela Glasker, Wisconsin Historical Museum Michael Hollander, Wisconsin Historical Museum Alexandra Lord (PhD ’95), National Museum of American History Sarah Marcus (PhD ’01), Crown Family Philanthropies & Chicago History Museum Applying to Public History Jobs: A …