Welcome to the Department of History at UW-Madison
Who We Are
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.
New Degree Program
The History of Science, Medicine, and Technology joins the Department of History as a graduate degree program beginning in 2017-2018. More...
New Faculty Members
Ashley Brown - African American, women’s, and sport history
Mar[ie] Hicks - history of technology, gender, and sexuality
Patrick Iber - 20th-century Latin America, U.S. foreign relations
News & Events
International Workshop: Sensing the Caribbean: Art, Culture, History, and the Sensory Turn
Thursday, September 21st, 6:00 – 7:30 pm “Song for the Beloved” An Art Performance by Honor Ford Smith Friday, September 22nd, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Workshop Alejandra Bronfman (University of British Columbia) Honor Ford-Smith …
September 21, 2017
History of Science Colloquium
“From Virus Hunting to Alien Exploration: How Colonial Science Shaped the Late 20th Century Search for Life in Outer Space.” Professor Joanna Radin Yale University Friday, September 15, 2017 3:30 pm – 5:15 pm Special …
September 21, 2017
39th Annual Merle Curti Lectures
“Empires and Citizenship” Frederick Cooper Professor of History New York University Wednesday, October 4, 2017 “Decolonizations, Colonizations, and More Decolonizations, 1776-1994” Thursday, October 5, 2017 “Locating Citizenship: Empire, Nation, Community” Friday, October 6, 2017 “Social …
September 20, 2017
History Department Colloquium
Citizenship & Its Discontents: Ho-Chunk & Other Histories Stephen Kantrowitz From Oaths to Passports: Ottoman & Russian Citizenship in the Nineteenth Century Berke Torunoglu with Tony Michels as moderator Monday, September 25, 2017 11:50-1:20 PM …
September 19, 2017
Friday Forum: Alfred McCoy
Showdown in the South China Sea: Beijing and Washington Struggle for Dominion over the “World Island” Alfred McCoy Harrington Professor of History, UW-Madison Friday, September 22, 2017 12:00-1:30 PM 206 Ingraham Hall Today, the …
September 19, 2017- More News
Upcoming Events
History Department Colloquium
Intellectual History Group Meeting
History of Science Brown Bag
History Department Colloquium
39th Annual Merle Curti Lectures
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Department Newsletter
Chair’s Welcome, Sara Spira Project, Filmmaking and History in Liberia, Historians at Work, Faculty Honors and Awards, Faculty and Emeriti Profiles, History-Making Gifts, Alumni Profiles, Grad Student Research, Wisconsin 101, 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.
