December 2020
Jana Weiß, On the Road to Prohibition: The Temperance Battle and German-American Brewers
A hundred years ago, Prohibition was enacted nationwide in the United States. This lecture juxtaposes the evolution of the temperance movement with the role of beer and wine in German-American communities. Special emphasis will be…
Find out more »December 2021
FLAS Award Information Session Virtual
The FLAS Award competition for Summer 2022 and Academic Year 2023 is now open. FOREIGN LANGUAGE & AREA STUDIES (FLAS) fellowships are funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the UW's National…
Find out more »January 2022
FLAS Award Information Session Virtual
The FLAS Award competition for Summer 2022 and Academic Year 2023 is now open. FOREIGN LANGUAGE & AREA STUDIES (FLAS) fellowships are funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the UW's National…
Find out more »FLAS Award Information Session Virtual
The FLAS Award competition for Summer 2022 and Academic Year 2023 is now open. FOREIGN LANGUAGE & AREA STUDIES (FLAS) fellowships are funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by the UW's National…
Find out more »November 2022
Languages Alumni Panel & Networking Event
Learn from UW-Madison language alumni working in a range of career industries about how their language studies have shaped their careers! Students will have the opportunity to network directly with panelists and gain insight into…
Find out more »“Race in/and Europe,” Sunnie Rucker-Chang & Eileen Ryan
Co-sponsored by the Center for German and European Studies and the History Department. Please join Professor Sunnie Rucker-Chang (Ohio State University) and Professor Eileen Ryan (Temple University) for a conversation about the past and present of…
Find out more »February 2023
“Miracles and Medicine: New Evidence for Healing in a Medieval Monastery,” Professor Winston Black
Before the development of independent hospitals in the later Middle Ages, some of the best medical care could be found in monastic infirmaries, where monks and nuns provided natural remedies and spiritual support for patients,…
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