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April 2019
GEMSS Graduate Research Symposium, “Early Modern Bodies”
The Graduate Early Modern Studies Society (GEMSS, UW-Madison) will have its third annual Graduate Research Symposium on "Early Modern Bodies" at UW-Madison on Friday, April 26th in the Lowell Center on campus. The keynote will be given…
Find out more »Dr. Carolyn Nadeau, “Attending to Bodily Sustenance and Concepts of Taste in Francisco Martinez Montino’s 1611 Royal Cookbook”
This is the keynote address for the 2019 GEMSS Symposium. Click here for more details and here for a schedule of events.
Find out more »Peter Filkins, “Writing History, Writing Biography: Capturing the Life of H.G. Adler’s Many Worlds”
Poet, novelist, author of two seminal Holocaust studies, one of the earliest historians of Auschwitz, a last representative of Kafka’s Prague, and expert for the Eichmann trial, H.G. Adler (1910-1988) survived Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, and two…
Find out more »Paul-Alexis Mellet, “Peace and Justice. Remonstrances as a Means of Negotiation and Resistance during the French Civil Wars (1550-1600)”
Remonstrances were texts printed in Europe during the civil wars (1550-1650). They are unique in that they served simultaneously as a means of governance, instruments of negotiation, and avenues of resistance. They enabled continuous dialog…
Find out more »May 2019
Annual Meeting for The Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies (SASS)
The Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies will hold its annual academic conference in Madison from May 2nd through May 4th. Each year the conference draws hundreds of presenters from various parts of the…
Find out more »Giuliana Chamedes, “Catholic Internationalism: The Vatican’s Holy War against Liberals and Communists in Europe, 1915-1965”
Drawing on new archival research conducted in eight countries and in seven different languages, “Catholic Internationalism: The Vatican’s Holy War against Liberals and Communists in Europe, 1915-1965” uncovers how the Vatican shaped the European international…
Find out more »Florence Vatan, “Paris: The Pulse of the City”
A part of the French and Italian Cities Lectures; Public talks on the great cities of Italy, France, and the French speaking world. Co-sponsored by European Studies, the Center for German and European Studies, the…
Find out more »July 2019
Madison Early Music Festival “The Grand Tour: A 20th Anniversary Celebration”
The Madison Early Music Festival presents The Grand Tour: A 20th Anniversary Celebration! This year's theme is an homage to the 300-year tradition of young English aristocrats trekking through Europe in search of art, adventure, and…
Find out more »March 2020
“Decolonization at Sixty: Francophone Africa Six Decades from Independence” Conference
Sponsored by the Law School and African Studies, with European Studies. Organized by Professor Jason Yackee.
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