“Sacco & Vanzetti: Day of Remembrance” What can we learn from their story? Come to a special meeting of the Campus Workers Collective. Guest Speaker: Giuliana Chamedes Assistant Professor of History UW–Madison Thursday, September 22, 2016 3:00 PM Union South – Varsity Room
Professor Steve Stern History, UW–Madison Monday, September 19, 2016 3:30 PM 212 University Club Building This is an extraordinary true-life story. It’s a tale of murder, human rights, and social justice in the Americas. It’s about the power of music in tumultuous times – and also, the power of historical knowledge and the humanities in …
Allan George Bogue, age 95, died Aug. 1, 2016. He was born May 12, 1921, to George and Eleta Britton Bogue in London, Ontario, Canada. He was a Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1964-1991. Bogue’s education includes; Ph.D.: Cornell University (1951); M.A.: University of Western Ontario (1946); and B.A.: University of Western …
July 2016 Having defended his dissertation “From Samarqand to Istanbul: Astronomy and Scientific Education in the commentaries of Fatḥallāh al-Shirwānī,” Scott Trigg will take up in August a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the History and Philosophy of Science Graduate Program at the University of Notre Dame. Scott will continue pursuing his research in history of …
July 2016 Daniel Liu, who recently completed his Ph.D. degree with a dissertation titled “Visions of Life and Matter: Protoplasm, Scientific Microscopy, and the Origins of Molecular Biology, 1839-1941,” will become one of the two inaugural 2016–18 IPRH-Andrew W. Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellows in Bio-Humanities at the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH) starting …
July 2016 At the recent American Association for the History of Medicine annual meeting in Minneapolis, History of Science department graduate student Travis Weisse received an Honorable Mention in the Richard H. Shryock Medal Essay Contest for his paper titled “‘A Farewell to Chitterlings’: Alvenia Fulton, Natural Health Foods, and the Civil Rights Movement.” Another …
On Friday, May 13, at the University Club, the History Department, in a ceremony hosted by the Director of Graduate Studies Colleen Dunlavy, celebrated the graduate students who have completed their dissertations and earned the Ph.D. during this academic year.
Professor Mary Lou Roberts addresses graduating History majors at the Department of History’s Graduation & Awards Recognition Ceremony and Reception on May 13th, 2016 in the Wisconsin Historical Society. Introduction by Professor Leonora Neville.
An International Conference at the University of Wisconsin–Madison May 6 – 7, 2016 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM University Club, 803 State St. Featuring: Ali Akhtar (Bates College) Wendy Laura Belcher (Princeton) Alexander Bevilacqua (Harvard) Shmuel Feiner (Bar Ilan University) Elaine Fisher (UW–Madison) Pablo F. Gómez (UW–Madison) Janet Gyafso (Harvard) John Stratton (Columbia) J. Michelle …
Meet successful UW History alumni and get advice from them about your future career ideas. Learn about careers in non-profits, government, business, and more! Students at any level, from freshmen to seniors, are encouraged to attend. Friday, May 6, 2016 1:15 – 2:45 PM Pyle Center, Rm 226 Here are a few of the organizations …