Lorenzo Benadusi. Respectability and Violence: Military Values, Masculine Honor, and Italy’s Road to Mass Death. Translated by Zakiya Hanafi. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2021. 416 PP. $79.95. ISBN 9780299333300. Lorenzo Benadusi is an Associate …
George L. Mosse
Anastasia Bruss, “Trials, Tribulations, and the Community of Badgers – UW-Madison Campus History as Told through the Oral History Program”
When I first accepted an internship with the George L. Mosse Program, I most hoped that I would be able to expand and deepen my passion for history. While working with the Mosse Program, I …
Oral History: Marjorie Kreilick
Narrator: Marjorie Kreilick Interviewers: Robert Lange, John Tortorice Date: 7, 8, 9, 10 April 2008 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio (4 files) Total Length: 8 hours, 33 minutes Marjorie Kreilick Biography: Marjorie Kreilick, born …
Oral History: Birutė Ciplijauskaitė
Narrator: Birutė Ciplijauskaitė Interviewer: Laura Smail, John Tortorice Dates: 3 December 1984, 27 December 2012, 6 February 2013 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio Total Length: 4 hours, 10 minutes Birutė Ciplijauskaitė biography: Professor Birutė …
Mosseaner Presentations at the Spring 2022 History Department Board of Visitors Meetings
From 7-8 April 2022, the UW-Madison Department of History Board of Visitors convened at Memorial Union. Established in 2015, the Board is comprised of History alumni/ae who serve as volunteer ambassadors for the Department to …
Annette Becker and Mary Louise Roberts, “Messengers of Disaster”
Mary Louise Roberts: It’s a great honor to have Annette Becker here today. She’s a professor of contemporary history at Paris Nanterre La Défense and a senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France. She …
Oral History: Alfonso Alfonsi
Narrator: Alfonso Alfonsi Interviewer: John Tortorice Date: 25 March 2018 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio Total Length: 2 hours, 9 minutes, 21 seconds Alfonso Alfonsi biography: I have more than 40 years of experience …
Oral History: Paul F. Grendler
Narrator: Paul F. Grendler Interviewer: John Tortorice Date: 22 January 2022 Transcribed: Maddy McGlone, Paul Grendler Format: Audio Total Length: 1 hour, 38 minutes Paul F. Grendler biography: Paul F. Grendler was born on …
Oral History: John Rowe
Narrator: John Rowe Interviewer: John Tortorice Date: 13 July 2021 Transcribed: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio Total Length: 1 hour, 18 minutes John Rowe biography: John W. Rowe is Chairman Emeritus of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation, …
Oral History: Stanley Payne
Narrator: Stanley Payne Interviewer: John Tortorice Date: 18 December 2018 Transcribed: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio Total Length: 2 hours, 22 minutes Stanley Payne biography: Stanley G. Payne taught in five American universities, from 1968 to …
In Memoriam: Tyler Stovall (1954-2021)
Tyler Stovall, Mensch A tribute by Michael Berkowitz Tyler Stovall completed his PhD “The Urbanization of Bobigny, 1900-1939” with Harvey Goldberg in May 1984. Michael Berkowitz completed his PhD “‘Mind, Muscle, and Men’: The Imagination …
Oral History: David Warren Sabean
Narrator: David Warren Sabean Interviewer: John Tortorice Date: 9 April 2013 Transcribed: Teresa Bergen (22 May 2013) Format: Audio Total Length: 2 hours, 23 minutes David Warren Sabean biography: David Warren Sabean is Henry …
Oral History: Michael Kaplan
Narrator: Michael Kaplan Interviewer: John Tortorice Date: 24, 25, 26 February 2019 Transcribed: Teresa Bergen, Skye Doney Format: Audio Total Length: 2 hours, 55 minutes, 40 seconds Michael Kaplan biography: Michael Kaplan graduated from the …
Oral History: Patrick Hutton
Narrator: Patrick Hutton Interviewer: John Tortorice Date: 27 January 2021 Format: Text only via email during the 2020-2021 COVID-19 pandemic. Patrick Hutton biography: Patrick H. Hutton is professor of history emeritus at the University of …
Oral History: Vicki Caron
Narrator: Vicki Caron Interviewer: John Tortorice Date: 31 March 2017 Transcribed: Teresa Bergen Total Time: 38 minutes, 39 seconds Format: Audio Vicki Caron biography: Vicki Caron is a Professor Emerita at Cornell University. Prior to …
Oral History: Michael Berkowitz
Narrator: Michael Berkowitz Interviewer: John Tortorice Videographer: William Tishler Date: 7 November 2018 Transcribed: Teresa Bergen, Matthew Greene, Skye Doney Format: Video Editing: Kyle Jenkins, Greg Konop Length: 1 hour, 42 minutes Michael Berkowitz …
Oral History: David Sorkin
Narrator: David Sorkin Interviewer: John Tortorice Date: 8 November 2019 Transcribed: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio Length: 2 hours, 5 minutes David Sorkin Biography: David Sorkin studied with George L. Mosse as an undergraduate at UW-Madison. …
Oral History: Alison Klairmont Lingo
Narrator: Alison Klairmont Lingo Interviewer: Skye Doney, Kilian Harrer Date: 15 June 2018 Transcribed: Teresa Bergen Total Time: 47 minutes Format: Audio Alison Klairmont Lingo biography: I encountered George L. Mosse when I was a …
Oral History: Robert Nye
Narrator: Robert Nye Interviewer: Skye Doney Videographer: William Tishler Date: 8 May 2019 Transcribed: Teresa Bergen, Skye Doney Format: Video Editing: Kyle Jenkins, Greg Konop Total Time: 1 hour, 13 minutes Robert Nye biography: I …
David Harrisville, review of Moritz Föllmer’s “Culture in the Third Reich”
Moritz Föllmer. Culture in the Third Reich. Trans. Jeremy Noakes and Lesley Sharp. Oxford University Press, 2020. 336 PP. Cloth $25.95. ISBN: 9780198814603. The birthplace of Beethoven and Goethe, Germany has long been seen by …
Oral History: Steven E. Aschheim
28 November 2014: 8 April 2014: Narrator: Steven E. Aschheim Interviewer: John Tortorice Date: 8 April 2014, 28 November 2014 Transcribed: Pop Up Archive, Melissa Schultz Total Time: 1 hour, 50 minutes (over two sessions) …
Oral History: Peter Abbott
Narrator: Peter Abbott Interviewer: John Tortorice, Skye Doney Videographer: William Tishler Date: 5 October 2018 Transcribed: Skye Doney Total Time: 38 minutes Editing: Kyle Jenkins, Greg Konop Peter Abbott biography: Born May 4, 1947, to …
Oral History: Seymour Drescher
Narrator: Seymour Drescher Interviewer: Anita Hecht, Life History Services Videographer: Anita Hecht Date: 28 October 2010 Transcribed: Skye Doney Total Time: 1 hour, 30 minutes Editing: Charles Glen for Life History Services, LLC Kyle Jenkins, …
Oral History: Lucy Cooper
Narrator: Lucy Cooper Interviewer: John Tortorice, Skye Doney Videographer: William Tishler Date: 5 October 2018 Transcribed: Skye Doney Total Time: 26 minutes Editing: Kyle Jenkins, Greg Konop Lucy Cooper Biography: I came out to …
Oral History: Rusty Borkin
Narrator: Rusty Borkin Interviewer: John Tortorice, Skye Doney Videographer: William Tishler Date: 5 October 2018 Transcribed: Skye Doney Total Time: 29 minutes Editing: Kyle Jenkins, Greg Konop Rusty Borkin biography: Rusty graduated with a BA …