Exhibit: “‘Sängerfeste’ — A German American Tradition”
Max Kade Institute LibraryVisit the Max Kade Institute Library for an exhibit on the history of German American singing societies and their festivals, the Sängerfests. April 6 – June 30, 2023 Hours vary! Please contact the Max Kade …
Paul J. Schrag Lecture with Marc Volovici (Univ. of Haifa): “Jewish Nationalism and the Quest to Turn German into a Foreign Language”
Pyle CenterThe UW-Madison Department of History & the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies presents: The 2023 Paul J. Schrag Lecture “Jewish Nationalism and the Quest to Turn German into a Foreign Language” Marc Volovici (University of …
WE WILL NOT BE SILENT: Sophie Scholl and the White Rose
Wisconsin Historical Society 816 State Street on Library MallThursday April 27 at 8 PM Wisconsin Historical Society 816 State Street on Library Mall WE WILL NOT BE SILENT! Sophie Scholl and the White Rose is a dramatic reading that tells their story …
Bowery Dance
Allen Centennial Garden 620 Babcock Dr, Madison, WIIt’s time again for our annual fall dance! Instead of a barn dance, we’re hosting a bowery dance. What’s a bowery? UW–Madison and the Dictionary of Regional American English has you covered. Music will be …
The 23rd Annual Conference of the German and Dutch Graduate Student Association at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Date: September 29–30, 2023 Keynote Address & Speaker "Stoffwechsel mit der Natur: Before-and Afterimages of State Socialist Environments?" Dr. Seth Howes (University of Missouri) Workshop Presentation & Speakers "Narrating (natural) 'environments'- Applying an …
Esther Dischereit, “Who was Fritz Kittel? A Reichsbahn Worker Decides 1933-2023”
Ingraham Hall, Room 206Sponsored by the Center for German and European Studies and the German unit of the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic +. In February of this year, Esther Dischereit created an exhibition in cooperation with …
Jane Bennett – The Efficacy of the Slight: Zhuangzi and Lucretius in Times of Ecological Crisis
Conrad A. Elvehjem Building, Room L150Jane Bennett’s talk explores a trans-temporal resemblance between the Zhuangzi (a source-text for Daoism, China, 5th-3rd century, BCE) and the materialism of Lucretius’s De Rerum Natura (Rome, 1st century, BCE). The two orientations affirm what she calls the efficacy of the …
Icelandic Heritage in North America
1312 Van Hise HallProfessors Úlfar Bragason and Birna Arnbjörnsdóttir of the University of Iceland will give a presentation based on their newly edited book, "Icelandic Heritage in North America." Light snacks and beverages will be provided.
Fall 2023 Graduate School Virtual Open House
Virtual EventIf you are a prospective student who wants to know more about applying to graduate programs at UW-Madison, then this is the event for you! The Fall 2023 Virtual Open House will be held virtually …
Andrea Rottmann: Queer Lives Across the Wall: Desire and Danger in Divided Berlin, 1945-1970
260 Bascom HallAndrea Rottmann is postdoctoral research fellow in the project "Human Rights, Queer Genders and Sexualities since the 1970s" at the Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut at Freie Universität Berlin. Her dissertation, "Queer Home Berlin? Making Queer Selves and Spaces …