Karl Schlögel is a noted German historian of Eastern Europe who specializes in modern Russia, the history of Stalinism, the Russian diaspora and dissident movements, Eastern European cultural history and theoretical problems of historical narration. …

Free and Open to the Public The period of large-scale migration from Europe to North America during the 19th and into the 20th century coincided with the invention of recorded sound. Through obsolete media such …

Julia Fiedorczuk is a writer, poet, translator, scholar, and editor. Her creative work has been translated into several languages and includes volumes of poetry, essays, short stories, and novels. She is also an Associate Professor …

How can the history of one family from Ukraine shed new light on the history of the Russian Revolution, Soviet internationalism, Stalinism, and world capitalism?  In this Focus on the Humanities talk, Professor Hirsch will …

Free and open to the public, but registration is required. Email Antje Petty (apetty@wisc.edu) to receive a link. Links will be sent on February 27, 2024. In the mid-1820s, the newly independent country of Brazil …