Lessons from the Revolutions of 1989 in East Central Europe
Pyle CenterThis event is free and open to the public. What lessons might be drawn—for us in the here and now—from studying the cultural space of pre-1989 (post-)totalitarian East Central Europe? How might dissidentism as …
GNS+ Lecture: Juliane Egerer, “The Art of Change: Decolonization, Indigenous Gender Struggles, and the Environment in Cultural Creations by Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Ann-Helén Laestadius”
Pyle Center, Room 235Canada-based Blackfoot (Kainai) and Sámi filmmaker Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Sweden-based Sámi and Tornedalian writer Ann-Helén Laestadius neither define themselves as environmentalists nor activists, although their artistic works actively engage with the complex issues of environmental …
Eva Stubenrauch, Talk: “Theory or Method? Jost Hermand and the Social Dimension of Literature.”
1418 Van Hise HallCo-sponsored by the UW Center for German & European Studies. For almost six decades, Jost Hermand was one of the most renowned and influential social historians of literature of the late twentieth and early twenty-first …
“The Beauty of Difference – A Lecture and Conversation with Hadija Haruna-Oelker”
Pyle Center, Room 326Hadija Haruna-Oelker (she/her) is a prize-winning German author, journalist, and podcaster. She writes and speaks regularly in the media about migration, race, racism, discrimination, and the intersection of human identities. She is convinced that we …
Symposium: “From Russia with German: Migration Experiences across Three Continents”
UW–Madison, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., Room 335, Madison, Wisconsin, AND live-streamedFree and open to the public In person at the UW–Madison Pyle Center and live-streamed. Join us in Madison and meet our presenters. Ask questions and take part in discussions. For those who cannot attend …
Ulrike Draesner, Reading
Ingraham Hall, Room 206Co-sponsored by the Center for German and European Studies and the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic +. Readings will be in German with projected English translation and bilingual discussion. Premiering in Madison! Ulrike Draesner, renowned …
Iliane Thiemann: “Erase the Traces! or Murder in the Elevator Shaft: Detective Work in the Archives of the Academy of Arts, Berlin”
Virtual (Zoom)In collaboration with the Center for German and European Studies at the University of Minnesota. THIS LECTURE WILL BE IN GERMAN. This event will be virtual (via Zoom). Registration is required for the Zoom link, …
Bowery Dance at the Allen Centennial Garden Harvest Folk Festival, featuring Beth Hoven Rotto and Jon Rotto of Foot-Notes, followed by the Scandinavian American Old-Time Dance Music Ensemble
Allen Centennial Garden 620 Babcock Dr, Madison, WIWe're partnering with Allen Centennial Garden during their annual Harvest Folk Festival, so come out early and stay late for a full day of fun with great art, food, music, and an evening of dancing! …
Annika Pasanen, Professor of Sámi Linguistics and Rauni Äärelä-Vihriälä, Associate Professor of Pedagogy from Sámi University of Applied Sciences, Guovdageaidnu, Norway: Revitalization of Sámi Languages: Language Nests as an Example
1312 Van Hise HallBring your lunch and join us for a brownbag session on Indigenous language revitalization in Sápmi co-sponsored by GNS+, the Language Institute, Enwejig Indigenous Language Advocates, European Studies, and Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment. Light …
Colloquium: Refuge, Heba Gowayed, Associate Professor of Sociology, CUNY Hunter College & Graduate Center
8417 Social Sciences 1180 Observatory Drive, Madison, United StatesDrawing on a global and comparative ethnography, this talk explores how Syrian men and women seeking refuge in a moment of unprecedented global displacement are received by countries of resettlement and asylum- the U.S., Canada, …