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.
Fall Courses
More than 80 Graduate and Undergraduate Courses in History and History of Science will be offered in Fall 2019. Click here to find out more!
Diversity in History
“We strongly believe that our intellectual endeavors are made more credible and rigorous when they include different peoples, places….” More here…
History of Science, Medicine, and Technology
History of Science, Medicine, and Technology (HSMT) brings together pioneering faculty members in History and Medical History & Bioethics. More here…
Department News
An Interview with Jillian Slaight (Ph.D. 2017)
This summer, the Department made a post on social media about the 100th anniversary of Wisconsin’s ratification of the 19th Amendment. One of our alumni, Jillian Slaight (Ph.D. 2017), reached out to let us know …
Recent Graduate Sebastian van Bastelaer Has Article Published in Journal of the American Revolution
Newly-minted alumnus Sebastian van Bastelaer (B.A. 2019), recently had part of his senior thesis published as an article in the Journal of the American Revolution! Sebastian graduated from our program this spring with honors in …
Volume 22 of ARCHIVE Now Available Online
ARCHIVE, the University of Wisconsin Undergraduate Journal of History, has recently published their 22nd volume! Editor-in-Chief John Douglas, along with editors Samuel Bertsch, Isabelle Cook, Jack Kelly, Grant Haxton, Hillary Miller, Marissa Miller, Jake Price, …
Alumna Brenna Wynn Greer Publishes First Book
Alumna Brenna Wynn Greer (PhD, 2011) has recently published her first book, Represented: The Black Imagemakers Who Reimagined African American Citizenship (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019), which explores how black entrepreneurs produced magazines, photographs, and …
History Graduate Students Release Podcast Interview about “Missionary Photography in Republican China”
History graduate students Galen Poor and Joshua Tan interviewed Joseph Ho for the TransAsia and the World podcast about his intersecting interests in the modern history of Christianity in China and the history of photography. …
Professor Giuliana Chamedes Publishes First Book
Professor Giuliana Chamedes‘ first book has just been released! A Twentieth-Century Crusade: The Vatican’s Battle to Remake Christian Europe (Harvard University Press, 2019), is the “first comprehensive history of the Vatican’s agenda to defeat the forces of …
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Department Newsletter
Chair’s Welcome, Board of Visitors News, New Faculty, Faculty/Staff/Emeritus News, The Refugee Returns, Mosse Program Course, Undergraduate/Graduate News & Awards, Hands-On History, Alumni Notes, Department Milestones, and more!
Merle Curti Lecture Series
The annual Merle Curti Lectures commemorate our late colleague Merle Curti, a pioneer in the practice of American intellectual and cultural history, as well as a beloved member of our department for nearly half a century until his death in 1996.