Stories indexed under: Humanities

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  • Panel explores WikiLeaks fallout Feb. 7, 2011 State secrets, information freedom, and technology's contentious role in democracy will be probed by three UW-Madison professors Thursday, Feb. 10 at the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.
  • UW-Madison receives grant to support humanities Dec. 20, 2010 An extraordinary public-private partnership will allow the University of Wisconsin-Madison to enhance education and research in the humanities. The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the university a $10 million grant as part of an effort to preserve and enhance the humanities at public research universities that have records of scholarly and educational excellence.
  • World Languages Day inspires high school students to explore Nov. 11, 2010 Since World Languages Day began in 2002, renowned professor Harold Scheub has roused the crowd with his tales of crossing the African continent in search of stories and folk tales.
  • Go Big Read gets a fast start on campus; author to visit on Oct. 25 Oct. 19, 2010 Go Big Read, UW-Madison's common reading program, is off to a vigorous start. Some 5,000 copies of "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," by Rebecca Skloot, were given away in September at the Chancellor's Convocation for New Students.
  • UW-Madison humanities scholars receive national fellowships June 11, 2010 Four scholars at UW-Madison working in the humanities have received fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS).
  • Summer program offers intensive study of Baltic area languages June 10, 2010 UW-Madison is an international leader in foreign languages, offering instruction in more than 80 modern and ancient languages, from Akan-Twi to Zulu. The campus also houses 11 area-studies centers, the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages and the National African Language Resource Center.
  • Photo of Odyssey class Odyssey Project offers a promising journey of hope, transformation May 13, 2010 The walls of Emily Auerbach’s office are crowded with photos that show the outcomes of hard-fought success.
  • Year of Humanities finishes with events, performances April 22, 2010 The Year of the Humanities will come to a close during the remaining weeks of the semester and the concluding events are not to be missed. On the program are a lecture on the Book of Revelation, a panel discussion on the mind and performances of Daoist rituals.
  • Mellon Foundation awards to fund postdoctoral fellowships Feb. 4, 2010 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded more than $1.8 million to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to support postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities, history and humanistic social sciences.
  • Panel assesses the future of the humanities Feb. 2, 2010 From literature, history and philosophy to languages and filmmaking, the humanities define what makes us the complex beings we are. A panel discussion tomorrow (Wednesday, Feb. 3) at the Chazen Museum of Art, 800 University Ave., 5:30 p.m., will explore the topic of the humanities in the 21st century.
  • Year of the Humanities events continue into spring Jan. 27, 2010 Languages, literary fame, poetry, filmmaking and the supernatural are topics included in the programming lineup for the spring semester of the Year of the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • Patrick Sims One-man play confronts race issues with examination of lynching victim’s life Jan. 25, 2010 Patrick Sims' brain is crowded with the lives and chatter of imaginary people. He's been listening to them since they moved in some 12 years ago when he visited America's Black Holocaust Museum on Milwaukee's north side.
  • Panel discussion on race, racism planned Jan. 14, 2010 The Center for the Humanities is planning a public panel discussion on race and racism on Wednesday, Jan. 20.
  • Author Dave Eggers and Valentino Achak Deng to visit UW-Madison Nov. 3, 2009 Award-winning author Dave Eggers and Valentino Achak Deng will visit the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Wednesday, Nov. 4, as part of the Humanities Without Boundaries series.
  • Interdisciplinary conference asks 'What is human?' Sept. 30, 2009 A conference addressing the issue "What is Human?" will be held on campus this week.
  • Author visits campus as part of Go Big Read Sept. 23, 2009 Go Big Read is the university’s new common-reading program, intended to engage all readers — students, faculty, staff and the community — in a shared academically focused experience. Chancellor Biddy Martin selected Michael Pollan’s “In Defense of Food: An Easter’s Manifesto,” which examines modern American food culture, nutrition and health.
  • Public lecture on science, Judaism planned for Sept. 17 Sept. 14, 2009 A free public lecture on the intersection of Judaic thought and science will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 17, at UW–Madison.
  • Chancellor's lecture launches Year of the Humanities Sept. 8, 2009 A lecture that delves into the songs and sexuality of ancient Greek drinking parties and a talk on the 1989 German revolution that brought down the Berlin Wall are just two events that will mark the Year of the Humanities on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
  • Author to visit campus for common-reading program Aug. 27, 2009 Michael Pollan, whose book "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto" is the focus of the Go Big Read common-reading project, will give a free public talk on Thursday, Sept. 24, at the Kohl Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • UW-Madison launches Go Big Read book program Aug. 27, 2009 When thousands of people read the same book, it's bound to get people talking. And when that book's subject matter has passionate defenders and critics, it's sure to get readers together to share their thoughts, reactions and opinions.