Due to COVID-19, the Department of History office is currently closed and faculty and staff are working remotely. If you have general inquiries, please direct them to historydept@history.wisc.edu. The Department of History is working under the guidance of Smart Restart, and the most up to date spring 2021 semester information can be found on the Smart Restart webpage.
Welcome! Building on more than a century of distinguished scholarship and teaching, our faculty and staff serve over 400 undergraduate majors along with many other students passionate about history. We are also home to a vibrant community of some 130 graduate students in both History and the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology.
41st Annual Curti Lectures
Join us in welcoming Philip Deloria, Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History at Harvard University, who will give Merle Curti Lectures on March 10-12, 2021. More here…
Statement of Commitment
Statement of Commitment to Eradicating White Supremacy, Institutional Racism, and Anti-Black Violence. We draft this statement of solidarity keenly aware that our own institution has to play a role in this quest for meaningful change. Statement of Commitment
Welcome New Faculty
Please join us in welcoming Brandon Bloch, Devin Kennedy, Monica Kim, Sasha Maria Suarez, Allison Powers Useche, and Daniel Williford. More here…
Department News
UW-Madison History Grad Students Receive Fulbright Awards
UW-Madison was included this year on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2020-2021 Fulbright U.S. Students. Of the thirteen Fulbright recipients from UW-Madison, three are graduate students in our Department …
Leonora Neville Interviewed for Byzantium Podcast
Professor Leonora Neville was interviewed this month for The History of Byzantium, a podcast telling the story of the Roman Empire from 476 AD to 1453. The episode focused on “The Coup of Anna Komnene,” …
History Ph.D. Candidate Writes About Pandemic and Post-Combat Life
History Ph.D. candidate and U.S. Army veteran Chad Gibbs has an article published in Newsweek about how the end of the pandemic might feel, from the perspective of a combat veteran, and what to look …
Giuliana Chamedes Selected as Winner of Vilas Associates Competition
Congratulations to Professor Giuliana Chamedes, who has been selected as one of 23 faculty winners of the 2021 Vilas Associates Competition! The Vilas Associates Competition recognizes new and ongoing research of the highest quality and …
Professor Elizabeth Lapina Publishes New Article
Professor Elizabeth Lapina has a new article published in The Medieval Globe titled, “Medievalism, Misogyny, and Orientalism: The Representation of Queen Sibylla in Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven.” This article is an historian’s engagement with …
Professor Paige Glotzer Speaks & Presents on Housing Segregation
Professor Paige Glotzer is featured in the new episode of the podcast 1050 Bascom, from the Political Science Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discussing housing segregation in U.S. cities. Professor Glotzer offers her insights …
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Department Council Meetings
Africa at Noon: Saheed Aderinto
History of Science Brown Bag Series
Virtual film discussion “Soldiers on Screen”
Merle Curti Lecture Series
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Courses
The History Department offers a wide array of undergraduate and graduate courses under two subject headings: HISTORY and HISTORY OF SCIENCE. Many of our undergraduate courses are open to Senior Guest Auditors.
Faculty Bookshelf
Listing of books written or edited by current History Department faculty.
The History of The History Department
Highlights benchmarks in the department’s institutional history and key changes in its curriculum, faculty, and students.