Exhibit: “Embroidered with Pain” (March 2-27)

Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., 1st-floor gallery
@ 8:00 am - @ 4:00 pm
https://vyshyti-bolem.in.ua/en/#home

The interactive exhibit “Embroidered With Pain” shares the uncomfortable and often hidden stories of Ukrainians who have survived wartime sexual violence at the hands of Russian soldiers since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Blending ancient …

Fulbright Week (March 9-13)

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https://fulbright.wisc.edu/fulbrightweek/

During Fulbright Week, Mark Lilleleht will host an information session for faculty and staff on the Fulbright Scholar and Specialist Programs, an information session on the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, and an online opportunity to connect with Fulbright Commissions …

“A ‘Total Revolution?’ The Pugachev Rebellion: Between Indigenous Republicanism and the Radical Enlightenment,” a lecture by Kirill Ospovat

Kirill Ospovat, Associate Professor of German, Nordic, and Slavic Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ingraham 206
@ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

This lecture is co-sponsored by the UW–Madison Department of German, Nordic, Slavic+. About the Lecture: This talk will address the Pugachev Rebellion (1773-1775) in the Russian Empire, the most massive popular uprising in eighteenth-century Europe …

“Byzantium, Historical Nostalgia, and Digital Extremism,” a K-Grads talk by Berke Çetinkaya

Berke Çetinkaya, PhD Candidate, UW–Madison Department of History
Memorial Union, Beefeaters Room, Third Floor
@ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/97405379821?pwd=ywCtWGfRDfGhKfDLVRB1LKYr4K6K9a.1

In-person and Online Zoom: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/97405379821?pwd=ywCtWGfRDfGhKfDLVRB1LKYr4K6K9a.1 About the Lecture: Although lacking a nation-state devoted to promoting its legacy and the pop-cultural capital enjoyed by “Ancient Greece,” “Rome,” or the “Crusaders,” Byzantium has never lacked people eager to …

“From Co-optation to Traditionalist Campaigns: Authoritarian Responses to Non-state Religious Actors,” a lecture by Marika Olijar

Marika Olijar, PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, UW–Madison
Ingraham 206
@ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

This lecture is co-sponsored by the UW–Madison Department of Political Science. About the Lecture: Authoritarian regimes use various strategies to entrench their power. Among informal strategies is the instrumentalization of tradition through moral panics and the …

2026 World Cinema Day

World Cinema Day, a collaboration between UW-Madison’s IRIS and the Wisconsin Film Festival that began in 2004, brings school children and teachers to Madison for the screening of a high-quality, international film with an introduction …

“Stalin and the History of Genocide,” 2026 Petrovich Lecture by Norman Naimark

Norman Naimark, Robert & Florence McDonnell Professor of E. European Studies, Stanford University
Ingraham 206
@ 4:00 pm - 5:15 pm

This lecture is co-sponsored by the Alice D. Mortenson/Petrovich Distinguished Chair of Russian History. About the Lecture: More information coming soon! About the Speaker: Norman M. Naimark was born in New York and was educated …