Past Event Category: Guest Lecture
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Oct 22How Solar Energy Became Cheap (and What it Means for the World)Professor Gregory Nemet
Madison Marriott South, 706 John Nolen Drive, Madison WI 53713 Register here by 10/17
Professor Gregory Nemet will present: “How Solar Energy Became Cheap (and What it Means for the World).” Prof. Nemet’s presentation will discuss the recent history of solar energy in the United States and around the world, with a focus on its sharply declining cost relative to other forms of energy. As nations around the world look …
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Oct 16The Changing Focus and Role of America in the WorldDenis McDonough
Multicultural Greek Council Room East (4306), Memorial Union More Information
The Political Science Department, along with the Thompson Center, is hosting a public conversation with Denis McDonough, former Deputy National Security Advisor, White House Chief of Staff, and Secretary of Veterans Affairs. You won’t want to miss this incredible opportunity – mark your calendars for October 16th, 2025 from 4-5pm at the Multicultural Greek Council Room East …
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Oct 13The J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa LectureDr. Marina Ottaway
Alumni Lounge, Pyle Center Register Here
2025 Lecture: “The Resistible Threat of Semiauthoritarianism” The J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished International Visitor Fund supports regular lectures on contemporary issues of global significance. Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa (‘46 BA L&S) established this fund to support an annual public lecture on a contemporary issue of global significance by a distinguished woman in …
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Sep 17Past, Present, and Future of Nuclear Energy in the United States and AbroadDr. Halil Avci
Northwoods Room (3rd floor), Union South, UW-Madison More information
The Madison Committee on Foreign Relations, in collaboration with the Madison International Trade Association, is hosting Dr. Halil Avci to present: “Past, Present, and Future of Nuclear Energy in the United States and Abroad.” Dr. Avci’s presentation will provide an overview of the history, current status and potential future of nuclear energy in the United …
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Jul 25Humans Who Language: Restoring Humanity to Language Education in Dehumanizing Times
Dr. L. J. Randolph Jr.
Online Register
Join the Wisconsin Intensive Summer Languages Institutes (WISLI) for their Career Fair Keynote address, “Humans Who Language: Restoring Humanity to Language Education in Dehumanizing Times.” This free, online lecture is open to language students, educators, and everyone who supports or advocates for the learning and teaching of Less Commonly Taught Languages (LCTLs). Register Speaker Bio …
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May 1Wages for Housework: An Evening with Emily Callaci in Conversation with Pernille IpsenEmily Callaci, Pernille Ipsen
A Room Of One's Own Bookstore, 2717 Atwood Avenue Madison, WI 53704 More Information
A Room of One’s Own is thrilled to host Emily Callaci in celebration of her new release, Wages for Housework: The Story of a Movement, An Idea, a Promise. She will be joined in conversation with Pernille Ipsen. This is an in-person event at A Room of One’s Own Bookstore. About the book Across the …
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Apr 21Campus Speech: Defining Antisemitism, and IslamophobiaProfessors Peter Beinart (CUNY), and Sahar Aziz (Rutgers)
WI Idea Lounge, Pyle Center (reception to follow) Register
Universities are now at the center of societal debates about Islamophobia, antisemitism, and freedom of expression. Antisemitism and Islamophobia are real. Increasingly, however, voicing support for Palestinians is cast as antisemitism or as a form of support for terrorism. This panel examines the controversy from a critical perspective. What are the limits of pro-Palestinian speech? …
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Apr 18Rock Throwing, State Violence, and the Question of ResistanceKarma Chavez, University of Texas-Austin
Hybrid Event: Zoom and Sewell Social Science Building, Room 8108 Register
This event is presented in collaboration with the Havens Wright Center, the Center for the Humanities, and the Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS) at UW–Madison. Karma Chavez is Bobby and Sherri Patton Professor of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies and Chair, Mexican American and Latina/o Studies. Her scholarship is primarily informed by queer of color …
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Apr 14BioCultural Diversity and Agency in the Anthropocene: Dams and Precarity Along the MekongPrasenjit Duara, Duke University
Hybrid Event: Zoom and Sewell Social Science Building, Room 8108 Register
This event is presented in collaboration with the Department of History and the Havens Wright Center at UW–Madison. Prasenjit Duara is the Oscar Tang Chair of East Asian Studies at Duke University. He was born and educated in India and received his PhD in Chinese history from Harvard University. He was previously Professor and Chair of the …
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Apr 3“Living Right: Far-Right Youth Activists in Contemporary Europe,” a lecture by Agnieszka Pasieka
206 Ingraham More Information
About the Lecture: In this book presentation, Agnieszka Pasieka will draw from her fieldwork among Italian, Polish, and Hungarian militant youths, painting unforgettable portraits of students, laborers, entrepreneurs, musicians, and activists from well-off middle-class backgrounds who have all …