06/17/2026
Take a break from work this to check out Pamela Potter's review of "The Work of Music: Labor and Creativity in Germany's Long Nineteenth Century" by Celia Applegate!
UW-Madison Department of History European Studies at UW-Madison
Pamela M. Potter, review of Celia Applegate’s “The Work of Music: Labor and Creativity in Germany’s Long Nineteenth Century”
Celia Applegate. The Work of Music: Labor and Creativity in Germany’s Long Nineteenth Century. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2025. 164 PP. Cloth $49.95. ISBN: 9780299353308. Celia Applegate’s The Work of Music: Labor and Creativity …
06/16/2026
Fellowship Opportunity!
Leibniz IEG is currently seeking applications from doctoral students in European history for 6-12 month fellowships. Details below, apply by August 15.
UW-Madison Department of History European Studies at UW-Madison
IEG Fellowships for Doctoral Students
The Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) in Mainz awards fellowships for doctoral students in European history, the history of religion and other historical disciplines.
06/03/2026
This may be the last posted from inside Mosse Humanities, but we'll always carry a bit of this ol' brutalist monstrosity with us.
If you remember the building (fondly or otherwise), consider sharing a story here or ordering a copy Doug Haynes' book of sketches.
UW-Madison Department of History
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05/27/2026
This be sure to mark your calendars for next week's Mosse Lectures by Adrian Daub: ""Still", "No Longer", "Finally Again": Collective Perception of Time and Discourses of Prohibition".
🕖 4 June 19:15 CET
🗺️ Senatssaal of Humboldt University
Unter den Linden 6, 10117 Berlin
This lecture will be given in German.
05/20/2026
If you haven't seen Luke Gramith's new book, we recommend taking some time out of your to check it out. The Red Italians of Monfalcone: Everyday Fascism, Communist Horizons, and the Migration of an Italian Border Community Beyond the Iron Curtain is available now!
📖https://uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/T/The-Red-Italians-of-Monfalcone
05/19/2026
Happy publication date to Luke Gramith, whose new book The Red Italians of Monfalcone: Everyday Fascism, Communist Horizons, and the Migration of an Italian Border Community Beyond the Iron Curtain is out today!
Learn more: https://uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/T/The-Red-Italians-of-Monfalcone
02/11/2026
Another to share with you on this ! Join us ✨ this Friday ✨ for "On Exile: A Conversation" with Hisham Matar and Daniel Mendelsohn
🗓️ February 13
🕙 5 PM
📍The Remarque Institute, 60 5th Avenue, 8th floor
mosselectures.wisc.edu