Category: Political History

• 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 […]

• Summer Scholars Share Insights on Interwar European Politics

  Posted on Aug 15th

  The Friends of UW-Madison seek to provide scholars around the country and the world opportunity to access unique collections held by the […]

• 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: […]

• 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 […]

• Lessons Learned

  Posted on Nov 17th

  “The war not only encouraged self-sacrifice, but it also brought out the bullies, the super patriots, the true believers who found it […]

• A Dynamic Duo – the Nadlers Introduce a New Way to Look at Old Ideas

  Posted on Oct 11th

  Take one UW-Madison philosophy professor, add an illustrator with a penchant for “comic art,” shake vigorously, and the result is Heretics! The […]

• Tim Tyson speaks to issues of race and politics

  Posted on Aug 30th

  Mark your calendars for Thursday, September 28, 2017.  The Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries is pleased to host author and former UW-Madison […]

• Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries’ annual Douglas Schewe Lecture

  Posted on Mar 18th

  Speaker Professor Kathy Cramer, Director Morgridge Center for Public Service April 28th, 2016, 5:00-7:00 p.m. Varsity Hall II, Union South Join the […]

• John Tedeschi Book Talk and Signing

  Posted on Feb 18th

  Italian Jews Under Fascism, 1939-1945: A Personal and Historical Narrative  Thursday, March 17 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. University Club, 803 State St, Madison […]