Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies

10/15/2026

Can't get enough baseball? ⚾️
Join us for a film screening of "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg" followed by a talk back with Director Aviva Kempner!
More info here: https://cjs.wisc.edu/event/latimer26/

10/14/2026

Don't miss "The Two Saddest Kitchens" at the Wisconsin Book Festival this Friday at 7:30pm - you'll leave with your very own copy of the book!
More info available here!
https://www.wisconsinbookfestival.org/events/two-saddest-kitchens

10/12/2026

Join us on October 12 & 13 at 4pm for this year's Kutler Lectures in American Jewish History, featuring two talks with Prof. Ronnie Grinberg!
Zoom option available - more info here: https://cjs.wisc.edu/event/kutler2026/

UW-Madison History Department glmosseprogram

10/12/2026

Happening TODAY at 4pm!
Zoom option available - more info here: https://cjs.wisc.edu/event/kutler2026/
George L. Mosse Program in History
UW-Madison Department of History

09/30/2026

Are you a current UW-Madison student interested in studying the experiences of African Americans and Jews? This scholarship is part of the Joint Initiative in African American and Jewish Studies, which was designed to encourage a comparative, cross-disciplinary approach to the study of African Americans and Jews.

The successful applicant will receive:
• up to $13,000 for completion of 3 courses in African American Studies and 3 courses in Jewish Studies. The maximum amount of the award is subject to federal, state, and UW rules regarding financial aid

or

• up to $15,000 for completion of 3 courses in one department plus a certificate or major in the other department. The maximum amount of the award is subject to federal, state, and UW rules regarding financial aid.

Learn more and apply here: https://cjs.wisc.edu/aajs-joint-scholarship/

05/14/2026

Join us this Friday as we say goodbye to Mosse Humanities before we move in July:

Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies, UW-Madison Department of History

https://mosseprogram.wisc.edu/event/humanities/

03/25/2026

03/24/2026

Join Naomi Seidman for a lecture on how Freud and psychoanalysis captured the imagination of Eastern European Jewish readers, sparking a “Freud craze” across the Yiddish press of the interwar years. Free and open to the public, with in‑person and Zoom options.

🗓️ March 24
🕓 4:00–5:30 PM
📍 Memorial Union, Old Madison Room
💻 Click the link to register for the Zoom link

Join Naomi Seidman (University of Toronto) for a lecture exploring the “Freud craze” in the Yiddish press of the interwar period. Although Karl Kraus famously quipped that psychoanalysis was “the disease of assimilated Jews,” Eastern …

03/09/2026

Join us on March 24 for the 2026 Cytron Lecture with Professor Naomi Seidman!
The lecture will be held at Memorial Union, but will also be available on Zoom.

More information and zoom link available here:
cjs.wisc.edu/event/cytron26/

03/04/2026

Join us for a night of music with singer Laura Elkeslassy as she performs alongside instrumentalists Ira Khonen Temple (keys), Eylem Basaldi (violin), Nizar Dahmani (percussion), Rachid Halihal (oud), and Ran Livneh (bass)

Free and Open to the Public!

More information: https://conney.cjs.wisc.edu/event/divas-in-exile/