Dr. Liina-Ly Roos, Dr. Ida Moen Johnson, and Dr. Mary Hennessy
Madsen Room (1312 Van Hise) @ 12:00 pm CST
The discussion will focus on Liina-Ly Roos’s recent publication, The Not-Quite Child (University of Washington Press, 2025). The event will take the form of a conversation among three of our wonderful GNS colleagues: Dr. Liina-Ly Roos, Dr. …
1418 Van Hise Hall @ 4:00 pm CST - 5:00 pm CST
This presentation explores why and how young, urban Bulgarians are addressing rural depopulation, and especially how recovery of traditional cultural practices plays into their endeavors.
Josh Brown (UW–Eau Claire), Matt Johnson (UW–Madison), Mark Louden (UW–Madison), Sunny Yudkoff (UW–Madison)
UW–Madison Memorial Union, Old Madison Room, 800 Langdon Street @ 4:00 pm CST
This event will showcase poetic works in Yiddish and Pennsylvania Dutch that deal with the concept of place.
Emily Sneff
@ 6:00 pm CST
https://uwmadison.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1UOtwOHvSIOb93RMGB1i5g
Free and open to the public, but registration is required. Click here to register for a Zoom link. The names of German Americans do not often come to mind when we think about the founding …
Brandon Bloch
@ 6:00 pm CST
https://uwmadison.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8hq7_WMqTI6iSh06ocWevw
This presentation examines the fraught interactions between German Lutheran pastors and their American Protestant counterparts, as well as U.S.-based faith organizations.
Paul Peucker
@ 6:00 pm CDT
Join us and Dr. Peucker as he explores the history of the Moravians and examines the diary itself—who these men were, the topics they discussed in London, and why this source remains relevant today.
Thomasz Grusiecki (Queen’s University, Canada)
Pyle Center Room 332 @ 4:00 pm CDT
From the 16th century onward, Jaktorów Forest in Mazovia, Poland, became the last refuge of the aurochs, a now-extinct species of long-horned wild cattle. Despite the Polish kings’ best efforts at conservation, the species perished …
Deluca Forum @ 6:30 pm CDT
More information to come.