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Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s “American Nietzsche” was Turned into an Exhibit

Professor Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s “American Nietzsche” was turned into an exhibit “No Trivial Matter: Nietzsche’s Urge for the Truth” at New York Encounter, NYC (Feb. 2023) and discussed in the April 12th issue…
Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen Writes About the Use and Abuse of History for Hedgehog Review

Professor Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen has a new piece published with The Hedgehog Review titled, “Nietzsche’s Quarrel with History: Are there any lessons left for history to teach us?” The piece was published as part of their…
Professor Mou Banerjee Interviewed About Afghanistan

Professor Mou Banerjee has been interviewed by Channel 3000 News about the current situation happening in Afghanistan. Banerjee lends a historical perspective to the Taliban’s role in Afghanistan, discusses the role of…
Professor Mou Banerjee Featured for Excellent Teaching

UW–Madison News has featured Professor Mou Banerjee in a piece about pandemic pedagogy, and what meaningful connection with students looks like in a virtual classroom. At the end of the fall 2020…
UW–Madison History Grad Students Receive Fulbright Awards

UW–Madison was included this year on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2020-2021 Fulbright U.S. Students. Of the thirteen Fulbright recipients from UW–Madison, three are graduate students…
Professor Elizabeth Lapina Publishes New Article

Professor Elizabeth Lapina has a new article published in The Medieval Globe titled, “Medievalism, Misogyny, and Orientalism: The Representation of Queen Sibylla in Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven.” This article is an…
Professor Joe Dennis’ Research Featured in Podcast Episode

Professor Joe Dennis is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Germany. His research there is focused on the history of Chinese school libraries…
Professor Aaron Rock-Singer Publishes Article on Islamic Religious & Social Movements

Professor Aaron Rock-Singer has a new article in the journal Religions, titled “Practices of Piety: An Alternative Approach to the Study of Islamic Movements.” “This article challenges the dominant organization-centered focus of…