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Our distinguished faculty and staff serve over 400 undergraduate majors and many other students passionate about history. We are also home to a vibrant community of some 160 graduate students.
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Department Newsletter
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News & Events
Emily Callaci and Mitra Sharafi receive summer research support from the NEH
Emily Callaci, assistant professor of history, and Mitra Sharafi, associate professor at the Law School, have been offered Summer Stipend awards by the National Endowment for the Humanities. This is the first time two UW–Madison …
Lecture: John von Heyking
“Winston Churchill on Politics as Friendship” John von Heyking Professor, Political Science University of Lethbridge Alberta, Canada Thursday, May 24, 2018 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Upper Lounge, Brocach Irish Pub Sponsored by the Center for …
Emma Strenski, senior History major, receives Fulbright Award
Congratulations to senior History major Emma Strenski!! Emma has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to Bosnia and Herzegovina in Modern History from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign …
Caitlin Tyler-Richards wins Mellon University Press Diversity Fellowship
Caitlin Tyler-Richards, History PhD candidate in African History, has won a Mellon University Press Diversity Fellowship at the University of Washington Press for 2018-2019. This prestigious fellowship will allow Caitlin to continue work on her …
Lecture: Christopher P. Loss
“Whatever Happened to the Educational Left? San Diego in the 1960s” Christopher P. Loss Vanderbilt University Monday, May 7, 2018 3:30-5:00 pm Education 245 Sponsored by the Educational Policy Studies department
Kantrowitz-Led Committee Releases Report on the Ku Klux Klan at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
After months of research, a study group convened by Chancellor Blank to study the history of racism and exclusion on the UW-Madison campus released its final report. Our own Stephen Kantrowitz co-chaired the committee along …
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Lecture: John von Heyking
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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 199