Past Event Category: Spring 2024 VSP

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  • Apr 25
    Latino Mass Mobilization: Immigration, Racialization and Activism

    Chris Zepeda-Millán, UCLA

    Online via Zoom

    Chris Zepeda-Millán, UCLA

  • Apr 18
    Building a Social Justice University: What Will It Take to Free Higher Education From Its Current Conditions?

    Davarian Baldwin, Trinity College

    Conrad A. Elvehjem Building, Room L160

    This event was presented in collaboration with Center for the Humanities, Center for Campus History, and the Department of Geography at UW–Madison. Born and raised in Wisconsin, Davarian L. Baldwin is an internationally recognized scholar, author, and public advocate. He is the Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of American Studies and Founding Director of the Smart Cities Research Lab at …

  • Apr 16
    When Heaven and Earth Changed Places

    Le Ly Hayslip, author & peace activist

    Wisconsin Historical Society, Main Auditorium, First Floor

    This event was presented in collaboration with the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Harvey Goldberg Center, and the International Division at UW–Madison, in addition to the Wisconsin Historical Society, as part of the “Waging Peace in Vietnam” program, which runs from April 1 – April, 22, 2024. Read more about the program and exhibits …

  • Apr 10
    W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life of Critical Engagement

    Lecture Series with Michael Burawoy (Lecture 4: Black Marxism)

    Hybrid Event: Zoom and Van Hise Hall, Room 254

    Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley

  • Apr 8
    W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life of Critical Engagement

    Lecture Series with Michael Burawoy (Lecture 3: Decolonizing the Canon)

    Hybrid Event: Zoom and Sewell Social Sciences Bldg., Room 8417

    Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley

  • Apr 4
    W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life of Critical Engagement

    Lecture Series with Michael Burawoy (Lecture 2: Race, Class and Capitalism)

    Hybrid Event: Zoom and Sewell Social Sciences Bldg., Room 8417

    Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley

  • Apr 2
    W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life of Critical Engagement

    Lecture Series with Michael Burawoy (Lecture 1: Critical Engagement vs. Public Sociology)

    Hybrid Event: Zoom and Sewell Social Sciences Bldg., Room 8417

    Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley

  • Mar 20
    The Dawn of the Pacific Century: China and the Condition of the Spatial Revolution

    Wang Hui, Tsinghua University

    Hybrid Event: Zoom and Sewell Social Sciences Bldg., Room 8417

    This event was presented in collaboration with the Center for East Asian Studies at UW–Madison. Wang Hui, Distinguished Professor of Literature and History, is the founding Director of the Tsinghua Institute for Advanced Study in Humanities and Social Sciences at Tsinghua University, Beijing. His work has attempted to chart the intellectual and political conditions of …

  • Mar 14
    The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy

    Phil Gorski, Yale University

    Online via Zoom

    Phil Gorski, Yale University

  • Feb 29
    Wrecked: State Politics and the Deinstitutionalization of Public Higher Education

    Barrett J. Taylor, University of North Texas

    Online via Zoom

    Barrett J. Taylor, University of North Texas

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