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.
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 Department Newsletter
The 2018 History Department newsletter, “The Past In The Present” is available now! 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
Professor Emeritus John Sharpless Featured in Article Discussing His Teaching
Recently retired, Professor Emeritus John Sharpless was featured in an article from the Isthmus, discussing his time teaching at UW-Madison. “’I think it’s more about how I treated students generally,’ says Sharpless, 73, who gave his …
Kemal Karpat (1923-2019)
The Department of History will mourn the loss of Turkish historian and Professor Emeritus Kemal Karpat. Professor Karpat passed away on February 20th, 2019, at the age of 96. Professor Karpat taught in our department …
History Alumnus John Rowe Featured in L&S Newsletter
History alumnus John Rowe (B.S. 1967 and J.D. 1970) was featured last month in Sift & Winnow, the e-newsletter of the College of Letters & Science at UW-Madison. The article was titled “Knowledge is Power,” …
Norman K. Risjord (1931-2019)
Norman K. Risjord, age 87, died on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. Norman was born in Manitowoc on Nov. 25, 1931, and grew up in Kansas City. He attended the College of William and Mary, 1949 …
Emeritus Professor William J. Courtenay Publishes New Book
Professor Emeritus William J. Courtenay has published a new book on religious life at the medieval University of Paris. The book is titled Rituals for the Dead: Religion and Community in the Medieval University of …
Allan H. Selig Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of Sport and Society in the United States
The Department of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is pleased to announce a search for a two-year Allan H. Selig Postdoctoral Fellow in the History of Sport and Society in the United States, especially …
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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.