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.