Past Events Category: Burdick-Vary Event

Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, DeLuca Forum
October 12, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

The first installment of the “Big Questions” series asks a philosopher and a scientist to tackle the biggest of them all: what is life and how did it originate?

Grainger Hall, Room 3070
April 4, 2019 @ 9:15 am - 5:30 pm

2019 Burdick-Vary Symposium

Wisconsin Institute for Discover, DeLuca Forum
March 2, 2018 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Burdick-Vary Symposium Theresa Kelley IRH Senior Fellow; English, UW-Madison (as well as members of the Symposium Organizing Committee)   This symposium proposes to bring together artists, scientists and scholars across several disciplines for whom color …

Pyle Center
March 10, 2017 @ 9:30 am - 6:00 pm

2017 Burdick-Vary Symposium Organized by Louise Young How has the history of imperialism and colonialism brought us to the current conjuncture? This symposium brings together specialists from different fields to rethink possibilities for a critical …

Pyle Center, Room 313
March 3, 2017 @ 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm

2017 Burdick-Vary Symposium  In conjunction with: “Martha Glowacki’s Natural History, Observations and Reflections” (Chazen Museum of Art) “Natural History : Natural Philosophy: An Exhibit in Special Collections” (Memorial Library, Room 984)   This symposium brings …

Helen C. White Hall, Room 6191
December 8, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

2016 Burdick-Vary Lecture: Lori Kido Lopez Communication Arts, UW-Madison   Studies of fandom and fan culture have always centered on the complex feelings of fascination and frustration that motivate audiences.  When we consider the way …

Conrad A. Elvehjem Building, Room L140
October 19, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

2016 Focus on the Humanities Distinguished Faculty Lecture: Leslie Bow Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor and Mark and Elisabeth Eccles Professor of English and Asian American Studies, UW-Madison   How does the mundane object serve as …

Helen C. White Hall, Room 6191
October 17, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

2016 Burdick-Vary Event: Charles Yu Author and Screenwriter   What do cowboy robots, hapless yeomen, time machine repairmen, and third class superheroes have in common? They all issue from the imagination of Charles Yu. Charles Yu is …

Conrad A. Elvehjem Building, Room L140
October 7, 2016 @ 7:00 pm - October 9, 2016 @ 4:00 pm

  Burdick-Vary Events, Organized by Dr. Lori Kido Lopez: Join us for a weekend celebrating brand new Asian American documentaries and filmmakers, brought to you by the Asian American Studies Program at UW-Madison. All films are …

Conrad A. Elvehjem Building, Room L140
September 14, 2016 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

2016 Nellie Y. McKay Lecture in the Humanities: Christine Yano Professor of Anthropology, University of Hawaii   Pink globalization, the spread of cute goods from Japan to other parts of the world, has been a …