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.
Sifting & Reckoning
From September 12 – December 23, 2022, the Chazen Museum of Art will be displaying the Public History Project’s premiere exhibition titled Sifting & Reckoning: UW–Madison’s History of Exclusion and Resistance. Read more…
Professor Monica Kim Named 2022 MacArthur Fellow
Professor Monica Kim, a historian of the United States and international and diplomatic history with a focus on the Korean War, has been named a 2022 MacArthur Fellow. Read more…
Madison History Club
The Madison History Club brings UW–Madison alumni together with people across Madison who are curious about the past and eager to learn and discuss history with others. More here…
Department News
Ph.D. Alum Catherine Burns Received 2022 James Phinney Baxter Award
Catherine M. Burns (PhD 2011) is the recipient of the 2022 James Phinney Baxter Award for best article in the scholarly journal Maine History. “ ‘It May Be Questionable’: Granger v. Avery and the Redaction …
PhD Candidate Tyler A. Lehrer Publishes New Article in Itinerario: Journal of Imperial and Global Interactions
Tyler A. Lehrer (he/him), PhD Candidate in Southeast and South Asian History, has recently published an article in Itinerario: Journal of Imperial and Global Interactions titled “Dangerous Friendships in Eighteenth-Century Buddhist Laṅkā and Siam.” The article …
Samuel Freedman Visits History 136
On Tuesday, November 15th Professor Ashley Brown hosted Samuel G. Freedman as a guest speaker in History 136: Sport, Recreation, & Society in the United States. Freedman’s appearance was coordinated as part of his visit to …
Go Big Read Author Meets with History Undergraduate and Graduate Students
This year’s Go Big Read book is How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith. On November 2nd, 2022, Clint Smith spoke with History undergraduates and …
Professor Monica Kim Named 2022 MacArthur Fellow
Professor Monica Kim has recently been named a MacArthur Fellow. This “genius grant” fellowship provides an $800,000 stipend for the fellows to use as they see fit. The criteria that are used to select the …
Kacie Lucchini Butcher Publishes New Article in The Oral History Review
Kacie Lucchini Butcher, the Director of the Public History Project, recently published an article in The Oral History Review titled Challenging the Badger Brand: The Ethics of Conducting Oral History Interviews with College-Athletes. This article …
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