Faculty Panel Discussion Thursday, March 31, 2016 6:00 – 7:30 PM L196 Education Building Professor Susan Brewer UW-Stevens Point Department of History & International Studies Professor Myra Ferree UW–Madison Alice H. Cook Professor of Sociology Professor John Hall UW–Madison Associate Professor of U.S. Military History Associate Dean Kevin Kelly UW–Madison Associate Dean Wisconsin Law School …
“A Fisherman’s Death in Riau: Gender, Authority, & mobility from the Mediterranean to the S. China Sea” Anthony Medrano History PhD Candidate “A Frenchwoman’s Scandal in Beirut: Complicating Notions of French Paternal Protection” John Boonstra History PhD Candidate Click to view event poster (pdf)
Italian Jews Under Fascism, 1939-1945: A Personal and Historical Narrative Thursday, March 17, 2016 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. University Club, 803 State St. The Friends of the UW–Madison Libraries will be hosting a book talk, signing and reception in celebration of the publication of John Tedeschi’s new book, Italian Jews Under Fascism, 1938-1945: A Personal …
“Shades of Red: Werner Scholem, Walter Benjamin & Gershom Scholem” Mirjam Zadoff Alvin H. Rosenfeld Chair in Jewish Studies and Associate Professor in History at Indiana University Tuesday, March 15, 2016 4:00 – 5:30 PM 159 Education Bldg. (1000 Bascom Mall) Like many other young German Jews Gershom Scholem, Werner Scholem and Walter Benjamin were …
Professor Dan Bouk Colgate University Tuesday, March 15, 2016 4:00 – 5:00 PM Memorial Library, Special Collections Boomers. Xers. Millenials. The Greatest Generation. It’s nearly impossible to escape generational categories in today’s cultural, social, and political debates. In this talk, Prof. Dan Bouk explains the invention of the “baby boom generation” in the United States, …
The Weimar Century Friday, March 11, 2016 3:30 – 5:00 PM Education Bldg, Rm L155 Free and open to the public. In this talk, Udi Greenberg (Associate Professor, Dartmouth) will explore some of the surprising intellectual, political, and institutional forces that shaped Germany’s reconstruction after World War II and the broader ideological foundations of the …
Professor Emeritus Alfred Erich Senn, age 83, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, 8 March, 2016 in his home, surrounded by his family. Alfred Erich Senn was born in Madison, Wisconsin 12 April, 1932. His Swiss father, Herr Dr. phil. Alfred Senn and Lithuanian mother, Marija Eva Vedlugaite, along with sisters Marie and Elfrieda Senn had …
Kate Brown Professor of History University of Maryland, Baltimore County Friday, March 4, 2016 4:30 – 6:00 PM Wisconsin Historical Society Opening Talk Paul Robbins, Director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies: A Vocabulary for the Repressed: Native Presence, American Trauma, and John Muir’s Wisconsin Sponsored by: Department of Geography, Harvey Goldberg Center for …
All events in Curti Lounge from 11:50-1:20 pm. Monday, February 29th “Movies, Protest, & Gender in South Korea’s Sixties” Dr. Charles Kim Monday, March 28th “A Fisherman’s Death in Riau: Gender, Authority, & mobility from the Mediterranean to the S. China Sea” Anthony Medrano History PhD Candidate “A Frenchwoman’s Scandal in Beirut: Complicating Notions of …
Earl Lewis Historian and President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Tuesday, February 23, 2016 5:30 – 7:00 PM Conrad A. Elvehjem Building, L140 800 University Avenue About: Earl Lewis is President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. A well-regarded social historian, he has been a champion of the importance of diversifying the academy, enhancing …