This workshop is newly funded for 2004-2005 gathers faculty and graduate students from several departments at UW-Madison, with the organizing core from the departments of English, German, History, Art History and Musicology, to consider how the philosopher and cultural critic Theodor W. Adorno examined and formulated some of the key issues of modernity, especially art, politics, and culture.
Coordinator(s): Theresa Kelley (English) and Gerhard Richter (German)
Africa in the African Diaspora
This workshop, which builds upon recent hires at the UW-Madison in African diaspora studies, will focus especially on the basic question of identity, the diffusion of African identity throughout and the place of Africa in the African diaspora. This workshop began in the 2003-2004 academic year. Funding was renewed for 2004-2005.
Coordinator: Tejumola Olaniyan (African Studies)
Chernobyl and its Consequences
An examination of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and its far-reaching impact on environmentalist movements, Russian and Central/Eastern European politics and culture, and global anxiety about the presence of nuclear technology. This workshop is newly funded in 2004-2005.
Coordinator: Jennifer Tishler (CREECA)
Empire in Transition
From 1899 to 1902, the United States became involved in The Philippine Insurrection, a guerrilla war that has been largely forgotten by the general public. This workshop uses that little-remembered event as a starting point for considering the wider meaning of empire in the making of the modern world. This workshop began in the 2003-2004 academic year. Funding was renewed for 2004-2005.
Coordinator: Victor Bascara (English)
Transnational Gender History
In recent years, many feminist scholars have begun to adopt a more transnational approach to writing the history of women and gender, responding to the limitations of nation-bound histories. This newer approach emphasizes the permeability of national boundaries and political contests of power, and pays attention to international feminist, labor, and working-class movements that transcend national interests. This workshop will explore the interaction of gender identities with those of various races, ethnicities, and nations, to better understand the changing notion of “woman” across space and time. This workshop began in the 2003-2004 academic year. Funding was renewed for 2004-2005.
