October 20, 2014

2014 History Lecture series sold out, but you needn’t miss the lectures

The four evenings that comprise the 2014 History Lecture Series have already sold out, but no one needs to miss the lectures themselves.

The lectures will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday evenings from Nov. 5 to Dec. 3, all in Room 130 of Kane Hall. The series topic is “1914: The Great War and the Modern World.”

There will be on-site waiting lists each evening and a televised feed will be broadcast in Room 210 of Kane Hall. The lectures also will be broadcast at a later date on UWTV.

Here’s the schedule:
Nov. 5: Raymond Jonas, professor of history, “Domination, Integration, and Betrayal.”
Nov. 12: Devin Naar, assistant professor of history and chair of the Jackson School of International Studies’ Sephardic Studies Program, “From Empires to Nation-States.”
Nov. 19: Jordanna Bailkin, associate professor of history, “Home Fronts and Battle Fronts.”
Dec. 3: John Toews, professor of history and director of the Comparative History of Ideas program, “Cultural Death and Radical Hope.”

For more information — and supplemental reading lists provided by the faculty speakers — visit www.uwalum.com/history.

• Music of World War I: The UW School of Music also is taking note of the 100-year anniversary of the start of World War I with a three-concert series titled “Music from the War to End All Wars.” Concerts will be Dec. 7, and March 8 and May 3, 2015, and will feature the music of Debussy, Bartok, Ravel and Charles Ives as well as pre-concert lectures by Robert Stacey, professor of history and dean of the College of Arts & Sciences; Ronald Moore, professor of philosophy, and Steven Morrison, professor of music education. Learn more online.