George L. Mosse Program in History

09/02/2026

First of a new semester in our new offices in brand-new Levy Hall. Drop by if you get the chance!
UW-Madison Department of History European Studies at UW-Madison

08/26/2026

As the semester starts up here in Madison, we'd like to take this to encourage you to attend Paula Oppermann's upcoming lecture, “Thunder Cross: Fascist Antisemitism in Twentieth-Century Latvia”
https://mosseprogram.wisc.edu/event/oppermann/

📅 September 22 @ 10:30
Online event

UW-Madison Department of History European Studies at UW-Madison

08/19/2026

This we'd like to spotlight one of our phenomenal Mosse interns. Teddy Xing started working with the Mosse Program and the Wisconsin Veterans Museum in 2024, and wrote this reflection on the experience:

https://mosseprogram.wisc.edu/2026/08/19/xing-2/

UW-Madison Department of History European Studies at UW-Madison

My name is Teddy Xing, and for the past three years, it has been my privilege to work with the George L. Mosse Program as an undergraduate and graduate research intern at the Wisconsin Veterans …

08/12/2026

This would be a good Wednesday to remind any early-career scholars you know about the Mosse First Book Prize.

Applications will be accepted through September first.

See below for details:
https://mosseprogram.wisc.edu/2026/04/05/fbp-2/

UW-Madison Department of History European Studies at UW-Madison

07/29/2026

This we bid a final farewell to our offices in the George L. Mosse Humanities building.

In memory of all the work done in this building by George L. Mosse, John Tortorice, and countless other Mosseaner over the years, George's work desk was the last piece of furniture out the door.

07/15/2026

This we are happy to announce the publication of "What is Fascism?", a new collection of George Mosse's lectures and the responses of his peers at the prescient 1963 Stanford Seminar.
UW-Madison Department of History European Studies at UW-Madison

https://uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/W/What-Is-Fascism

07/14/2026

Job Opportunity!
UW-Madison is seeking a full-time assistant professor of Modern European Jewish History. Details below, apply by September 24, 2026

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07/08/2026

This we would like to highlight Alex Scheepens' new article "Beyond Sexual Violence: Jewish Women Hiding in Nazi-Occupied Holland."
UW-Madison Department of History European Studies at UW-Madison Alex Scheepens

When the German armed forces invaded the Netherlands on May 10, 1940, the Jewish population in the country—then numbering approximately 140,000, over half of whom lived in Amsterdam—was left with few choices. While several hundred managed to escape to Britain before the Dutch capitulation on May...

07/02/2026

The Times of Israel just published an article on the important work Chad Gibbs is doing on resistance at Treblinka. Chad provided additional context about the project in his March 23 Mosse Lecture, which you can watch below:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-treblinka-research-uncovers-forgotten-role-of-women-in-1943-death-camp-revolt/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0oCMt0dueU

Chad S.A. Gibbs, "Survival at Treblinka: Geography, Gender, and Soc...

07/01/2026

If you missed Hannes Bajohr's Vienna Mosse Lecture last month, is the day to get caught up!
UW-Madison Department of History European Studies at UW-Madison

The lecture is in German

Hannes Bajohr, “Wirklichkeit auf Abruf: Künstliche Intelligenz und ...