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“The Black Dollar in 19th Century Baltimore”
Mitchell Hall 206Join us on Friday, October 17, 2025 at 1:00 pm in Mitchell Hall room 206 as Dr. Marcus Allen from the Department of History presents, "The Black Dollar in 19th Century Baltimore." In Baltimore's nineteenth century black community, poverty and …
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Doris Bergen Lecture
Golda Meir Library, 4th Floor 2311 East Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesPlease join us on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 as Doris Bergen, Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Toronto, presents "We have been lied to": How Antisemitism, Anti-Black Racism, and Misogyny are Linked. What …
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The Town of Milwaukee, Glendale, and the North Shore: Exploring the History of Suburban Governance in Wisconsin.
American Geographical Society Library (AGSL)The UW-Milwaukee Department of Geography Colloquium Series proudly welcomes Dr. Amanda I. Seligman, Professor in the Department of History, Urban Studies Programs at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with The Town of Milwaukee, Glendale, and the North Shore: Exploring the History …
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Literature and Justice: Language and the Fight Against Feminicides
Holton Hall 341The UW-Milwaukee Department of History Welcomes Dr. Diana Aldrete, Assistant Professor of Language and Culture Studies and Human Rights, Trinity College for Literature and Justice: Language and the Fight Against Feminicides. This talk explores how contemporary Mexican women writers transform …
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Ofer Ashkenazi, “Navigating Profound Uncertainty: Jewish Photography in Nazi Germany”
Golda Meir Library, 4th Floor 2311 East Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesThis talk explores how German Jews used private photography to record and interpret their lives under National Socialism. Drawing on a database of some 15,000 images, it examines how these photographs documented daily experiences and reflected Jewish responses to escalating …
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History’s Brown Bag Series Continues
Please join us for the final History Department Brown Bag series event of the fall, 2026 semester. Johnathan J. Kasparek presents "The Politician as Folk Hero: The Posthumous Career of Robert M. 'Fighting Bob' LaFollette." Event is free and open …
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Book Launch: Lisa Silverman, The Postwar Antisemite: Culture & Complicity After the Holocaust
Boswell Books 2259 N. Downer Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United StatesLisa Silverman in Conversation with Alan Singer Decades before the Nazi persecution of the Jews would emerge as a master moral paradigm of evil in popular culture, the constructed Antisemite became part of a forceful narrative structure that allowed stereotypes …
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Latin Table: Spring Semester
Curtin Hall 866Thursdays, 4:00–5:00pm Curtin Hall, Room 866 Practice spoken Latin! Everyone is welcome!
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McGaffey Lecture Series: Dr. Nathan Connolly with “Letters From Our Ancestors: Family History and Our Capitalist Future”
Student Union Alumni Fireside LoungeProfessor Connolly traces four generations of his Caribbean family to explore how working people navigated racism and economic precarity. In a world of shrinking protections for woman and people of color, the experiences of colonized families continue to shape how …