by Thomas Archdeacon | Sep 8, 2012 | Videos
In Part I of a special series of Academy Evenings talks entitled “Understanding Immigration,” UW–Madison history professor Thomas Archdeacon examines immigration in our nation’s history and how it compares and contrasts with immigration today....
by David Broder | Sep 8, 2012 | Videos
How do we resolve America’s problems in ways liberals and conservatives will embrace? In Part I of the Wisconsin Academy’s “Getting to Purple: Beyond the Red and Blue of Partisan Politics” series of Academy Evenings talks, Washington Post...
by Charles Cohen, Louise Cainkar | Sep 8, 2012 | Videos
In Part II of the Wisconsin Academy’s “Perspectives on a Post-9/11 World” Academy Evenings event on September 11, 2011, three panelists reflect on the meaning of citizenship in America: Charles Cohen, UW–Madison professor of history and religious...
by Janine Geske, Scott Straus | Sep 8, 2012 | Videos
Can victims, their families, and communities—even countries—heal after unspeakable acts of violence? In this Academy Evenings “Talk to Me” series of discussions, Janine Geske, a Distinguished Professor of Law at Marquette University and former Wisconsin...
by Michael Xenos, Lewis Friedland | Sep 4, 2012 | Videos
In the run up to the 2012 fall elections, UW–Madison professors Lewis Friedland and Michael Xenos discuss the role that social media plays in political organizing. A professor in the UW-Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication and an affiliated professor...
