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FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Introducing the 2025 Mosse-Friends Fellow:
DR. KARA E. DEMPSEY, UNC-Appalachian State University

Geographic and Geopolitical Variability of EU Asylum During the European Migration “Crisis”

Dr. Kara E. Dempsey is Associate Professor of Geography at UNC-Appalachian State University. She studies international forced displacement, ethnonational conflicts, consolidation of state and regional power, and peace-building processes. She is the author of The Geopolitics of Conflict, Nationalism, and Reconciliation in Ireland (2022), co-editor of Making and Unmaking Refugees (2023), and co-editor of Making Geographies of Peace and Conflict (2024).

Join us for a Lecture-Luncheon
Wednesday, June 25, 12:00 P.M.
Memorial Library, Room 126
728 State Street, Madison

Free and open to the public.
Boxed lunches provided with R.S.V.P. by June 20:
https://go.wisc.edu/r4qi3o

Sponsored by the Friends of UW-Madison Libraries, the George L. Mosse Program in History, and the Jean Monnet European Union center of Excellence

Friends Spring 2025 Book Sale
April 9-12, 2025
Memorial Library, Room 116

Prices fall daily – come early for the best selection; come later for the best prices!

• Wednesday, April 9
  Preview Sale:  4:00-8:00 P.M. ($5 entry)
• Thursday & Friday, April 10 & 11
  Regular Sale: 10:30 A.M.-7:00 P.M. (no entry fee)
• Saturday, April 12
  Bag Sale: 9:00 A.M.-1:00 P.M. ($5 per bag)
  Bring your own grocery bag or purchase one for $1
  From 1:05-2:00 p.m. all remaining items are FREE

This semiannual sale is organized by the Friends to help to support public events and lectures, priorities identified by the Dean, special purchases and preservation of library materials, and grants for the visiting scholar program. We accept donations for upcoming sales on a continual basis. The sale is free (except the preview sale) and open to the public.

We strive to ensure our events are inclusive and welcoming for all participants. If you need an accommodation, please contact Friends@library.wisc.edu.

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For additional information about the Friends of the UW–Madison Libraries, contact:

Friends of the UW-Madison Libraries
330H Memorial Library
728 State Street
Madison, WI 53706
(608) 265-2505
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