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.
Summer Courses 2019
Options for summer courses that are online, on-campus, ethnic studies, and History 201/Comm B. More here…
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
Forthcoming Book from Alumnus Jacob Blanc
Be on the lookout for good reading material to come later this year! Alumnus Jacob Blanc (Ph.D. 2017), will have his first authored book published in December of 2019. The title is Before the Flood: The …
Alumnus Publishes Piece in Washington Post on 75th Anniversary of D-Day
This week, the world remembers the 75th anniversary of the Normandy Landings. In an effort to commemorate this moment, alumnus and Board of Visitors Emeritus Jeffrey A. Engel (M.A. 1996, Ph.D. 2001) has written an opinion …
PhD Candidate Simon Fisher Featured in the Journal of African American History’s First LGBT Special Issue
Graduate student Simon Fisher is featured in the Spring 2019 edition of the Journal of African American History! Fisher’s article, “Challenging Dissemblance in Pauli Murray Historiography, Sketching a History of the Trans New Negro,” was …
Undergraduate History Major Awarded Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grant
Beck Powling, a rising UW-Madison senior majoring in History, has been awarded a Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grant! This award is given by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi – the nation’s oldest and most …
History Majors Featured for Work on MIA Project
Recently graduated history majors Samantha Zinnen (2019) and Tristan Krause (2018) have been featured in an article from UW News, for their work done with UW-Madison’s Missing in Action Recovery and Identification Project. This project …
Professor Joe Dennis Delivers Speech at UW-Nanjing University Celebration in China
On behalf of the UW, History professor Joe Dennis gave the “faculty words of appreciation” in Chinese at the gala in celebration of UW and Nanjing University’s new comprehensive strategic partnership. UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank and NJU President Lü Jian signed …
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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.