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Event tomorrow! “Speaking Truths, Half-Truths and Untruths to Power: A Formerly Enslaved Philosopher Struggles with his Past” with Prof. Christian Thomsen of the National Museum of Denmark. 📆 October 22, 2026, 4-6pm 📍 Room 4281, Irving & Dorothy Levy Hall by @uwhistorydept
Gifts during Fill the Hill help the History Department to offer opportunities, support, and professional development that directly benefit students inside and outside the classroom. Fill the Hill ends at 5:00 PM CST! Participate in this favorite UW-Madison tradition, share your support, and make gifts today. 🦩 Visit uwflamingos.com/campaign/history/ to make a gift in support the Department of History! Link in our bio. (Photos by Althea Dotzour, Jeff Miller, and Taylor Wolfram / UW-Madison) by @uwhistorydept
Fill the Hill has taken flight! From now until 5:00pm CT tomorrow (10/2) you’ll have the opportunity to take part in this beloved UW-Madison tradition and to support the Department of History. 🦩🦩🦩 Your gifts help to support the education, research, and future success of students in the History Department. Click the link in our bio to learn how your gifts can make an impact in the History Department! (Photo by Taylor Wolfram / UW-Madison) by @uwhistorydept
Thursday, Sept 24, 12:45 p.m., Room 4281 Levy Hall. Lecture by war historian Jennifer Yip of the National University of Singapore on her latest book, "Grains of Conflict: The Struggle for Food in China’s Total War 1937-1945." This event is co-sponsored by CEAS in partnership with the Department of History and its related War in Society and Culture Program, and the Harvey Goldberg Center. by @uwhistorydept
In honor of the 250th anniversary of American independence, you are invited to a symposium on slavery, liberty, and the American Revolution tomorrow April 23. To attend please reserve your free ticket at the link in our bio. 📆Thurs, April 23 ⏰4:00pm Poster Exhibition: The Art of Freedom; 5:00pm Keynote Storytelling Lecture 📍Wisconsin Historical Society (816 State Street) Schedule of Events: 4pm, Poster Exhibition: The Art of Freedom. Join to learn about the Freedom Seekers project and explore stories of people who fled slavery during the Revolutionary era. 5pm, Keynote Storytelling Lecture, “Freedom Seekers: Declaring Independence from Slavery during the American Revolution" with Professor Gloria McCahon Whiting, E. Gordon Fox Associate Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison. by @uwhistorydept
UW Chemistry Emeritus Professor Hyuk Yu, in conversation with CEAS Associate Director David Fields, shared memories from a remarkable life journey spanning colonial Korea, the Korean War, and his later experience as UW–Madison’s first Korean faculty member. Thank you to everyone who joined us for this memorable event! This talk was sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies, the Department of Chemistry, the Department of History, the War in Society and Culture Program, and the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. by @uwhistorydept
Thank you to all who supported the History Department during Day of the Badger! With your help we unlocked a $15,000 match made possible by History alumni. Gifts made during Day of the Badger help to strengthen the History Department for future generations of UW-Madison students. Your contributions enable us to continue offering students programs and opportunities that further their history education, support their research and professional development, and prepare them for successful and impactful careers. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! by @uwhistorydept
ONE HOUR LEFT 🎉 Thank you for your generosity in supporting the History Department during Day of the Badger! You can join in and participate until 5:00PM today! Visit dayofthebadger.org/campaign/history/ or click the link in our bio! by @uwhistorydept
6 hours left to support the History Department in Day of the Badger! Gifts of any size will make a difference! Gifts to the History Department during Day of the Badger help us to enhance the experiences of students in the classroom, provide innovative internships for graduate and undergraduate students, host exciting events with historians from around the country and the world, and support cutting edge research from faculty and students. To participate, visit dayofthebadger.org/campaign/history or click the link in our bio! (Photo credits: Althea Dotzour/UW-Madison, Arrowstar Photography) by @uwhistorydept
Please join us next Thursday for the 2025 Michael B. Petrovich Lecture with Benjamin Nathans (Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania): "To the Success of Our Hopeless Cause: The Many Lives of the Soviet Dissident Movement" 📆Thurs, April 16, 4:00pm 📍Pyle Center, Room 121 This event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the lecture. We hope to see you there! by @uwhistorydept
Happy Day of the Badger! For 1,848 minutes you have the opportunity to give back and celebrate UW-Madison. Support of the History Department allows the Department of History to offer the best quality instruction, professional development, research support, and internship opportunities to students. In addition to reinforcing our academic programs, your support helps to strengthen the UW–Madison Department of History as a leading program in the field with innovative research, scholarship, and public engagement. To participate, visit dayofthebadger.org/campaign/history or click the link in our bio! (Photo credits: Althea Dotzour/UW-Madison) by @uwhistorydept
🎤 A Korean-American Odyssey Join us for a conversation with Emeritus Chemistry Professor Hyuk Yu, whose life traces the major turning points of modern Korean history! 📅 April 16 | 4:30 PM 📍 Bascom Hall 272 This talk draws from a new East Asia Now podcast series based on his oral history. Come hear the story behind the podcast and the life behind the history! Co-sponsored by CEAS, Department of Chemistry, Department of History and Wisconsin Veterans Museum by @uwhistorydept

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