Category: Author Talk

• Research Reveals the Rich History of the Washburn Observatory at UW-Madison

  Posted on Oct 9th

  The University of Wisconsin-Madison is home to one of the oldest and most prestigious astronomy programs in the nation. The key to […]

• Dr. Tara A. Bynum Detects Friendship and Joy in 250-Year-Old Correspondence

  Posted on Oct 2nd

  The word archive can hold many meanings. As a noun, it refers to a repository of collected information. As a verb, to […]

• Jason Steinhauer, author of History, Disrupted, on campus March 28

  Posted on Feb 27th

  In this rapidly changing world, it takes work to keep up with the daily onslaught of information and demands on our attention […]

• Dr. Johanna Drucker Traces the Origins of the Alphabet

  Posted on Aug 30th

  Free Public Lecture – 4:30 P.M. Tuesday, September 20 at the Chazen Museum of Art Auditorium “A B C D E F […]

• Archival Reflections: Can You See Yourself? Experiences in LGBTQ+ and BIPOC Representation in the Archives, Livestreaming April 20, 6:00 P.M. (CDT)

  Posted on Apr 11th

  Have you ever wondered whether marginalized communities are included in the archives? Who decides what history is protected and what is doomed […]

• The Friends sponsor Jarrett Adams for the Wisconsin Book Festival

  Posted on Nov 9th

  AIRED ON C-SPAN2 DECEMBER 12 | WATCH IT HERE Redeeming Justice (Convergent Books, Sept 2021) is not just the title of his […]

• Digging for Higher Insights

  Posted on Feb 15th

  For Dr. Eddie R. Cole, the past can contribute to conversations in the present. In his new book, The Campus Color Line: […]

• History Reflects Ongoing Societal Inequities

  Posted on Nov 17th

  Dr. Anna Ott was one of Madison’s first female physicians and benefitted from the privileges of wealth and whiteness. Yet she was […]

• The Friends introduce Nikki Giovanni to Kick Off the Wisconsin Book Festival

  Posted on Oct 19th

  When Friends board member Debra Shapiro introduced poet, activist, mother, and professor Nikki Giovanni on October 15, 2020, it was a tremendous […]

• Joshua Calhoun discusses Renaissance-era Paper with Shakespeare actor Sarah Day

  Posted on Sep 24th

  The Friends of UW-Madison Libraries hosted Dr. Joshua Calhoun via livestream on September 24, 2020 to talk about his discoveries while writing his […]

• Sigrid Schultz, Courage Revealed by U.K. researcher Dr. David Milne

  Posted on Feb 10th

  Sigrid Schultz is an American woman who reported in Germany as a bureau chief for the Chicago Tribune about the rise of the […]

• Celebrating Jazz Musician Mary Lou Williams

  Posted on Oct 23rd

  If you’ve never heard of jazz pianist Mary Lou Williams, don’t be too hard on yourself.  Neither had either performer for the […]