The European Studies Alliance
and the UW-Madison Libraries
 are pleased to cosponsor a talk by
The Honorable
Alfred Defago
 Former Ambassador of  Switzerland to the
United States and Visiting Professor of
International Studies, UW-Madison
"More than Just a
Tiny Footnote:  Switzerland's Mark on American History"
Tuesday, 6 November 2001
4:30 p.m.
126 Memorial Library
Swiss Exhibit logo

Ambassador Defago's talk is the opening address for an exhibit entitled:
Sister Republics: Switzerland and the United States from 1776 to the Present.
November 6, 2001 - January 10, 2002
West Corridor of Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The Library of Congress and The Swiss National Library created the "Sister Republics" traveling exhibit to celebrate the special relationship between Switzerland and the United States.
  • Find out how two Swiss scholars may have inspired Thomas Jefferson's drafting of the Declaration of Independence.
  • Discover where in Switzerland Benjamin Franklin sent his
    children and grandchildren for their educations.
  • Learn why Swiss citizens fought in the American Civil War.

For more information about this talk, please contact the European Studies Alliance
608.265.4766  • info@europeanstudiesalliance.org • http://europeanstudiesalliance.org