Spring 2022 Lecture Series
The Center for European Studies has collaborated with affiliated UW–Madison faculty to produce a unique virtual lecture series for the 2021-2022 academic year featuring scholars, experts, and authors from a broad variety of disciplines. This lecture series is funded by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI National Resource Center grant.
This webpage will be updated regularly to reflect changes in the schedule.
Lecture Program
Emanuele Coccia
The Life of Plants: A Metaphysics of Mixture February 3rd @ 11 AM
Robert Braun – Comparative Politics Colloquium: “Bloodlines: National Border Crossings and Antisemitism in Weimar Germany”
Comparative Politics Colloquium: Bloodlines: National Border Crossings and Antisemitism in Weimar Germany February 17th @ 12 PM
Emily Greble, “Muslims and the Making of Europe”
Muslims and the Making of Europe February 17th @ 4 PM
Mart Laar, “Cold War Leadership: The Estonian Experience”
Cold War Leadership: The Estonian Experience February 18th @ 12 PM
Anne Applebaum, “The Cold War Leadership of Pope John Paul II”
The Cold War Leadership of Pope John Paul II February 23rd @ 7 PM
David Harrisville, “The Virtuous Wehrmacht” Book Launch
The Virtuous Wehrmacht Book Launch February 24 @ 2 PM
Christian Odendahl, European Economic Policy”
European Economic Policy March 2nd @ 12 PM
Symposium: “Post-Fascist Politics in Germany and Japan”
“Post-Fascist Politics in Germany and Japan” March 4 @ 1 PM
Yannick Tagand
French Presidency of the Counsel of the European Union March 10 @ 4 PM
Middle East Studies Program International Conference
Who is Afraid of Democracy? : New Wave of Transformations in the Middle East and North Africa March 25- March 26
The Futures of Education 2022 Education Policy Studies Conference
The Futures of Education 2022 Education Policy Studies Conference March 25 @ 7 AM
“Mission Ulja Funk” World Cinema Day 2022
“Mission Ulja Funk” World Cinema Day 2022 April 8 @ 11 AM
Kiley Kost, Dan Nolan & Seth Peabody
“Teaching Environments: German Ecological Thought in the Classroom” April 11 @ 4 PM
Rebecca Donner, “Mildred Harnack: An American Graduate Student at the Center of Berlin’s Underground Resistance to Hitler”
Mildred Harnack: An American Graduate Student at the Center of Berlin’s Underground Resistance to Hitler April 13 @ 4 PM
Tracy Sharpley-Whiting
“The Variegated Life of Josephine Baker” April 27 @12 PM
“Dante After Dante” International Symposium
“Dante After Dante” International Symposium April 29-April 30
La Follette Forum: American Power, Prosperity, and Democracy
American Power, Prosperity, and Democracy May 4 @ 9 AM

















