The Galápagos Islands are often called a natural laboratory of evolution. This metaphor provides a powerful way of understanding space that, through scientific research, conservation and tourism, has shaped the archipelago over the past century. …
Article – “History in an Age of Fake News” by Patrick Iber
We work and live in a time when historical knowledge has become intensely politicized. That knowledge is political is hardly new, but the rise of Donald Trump has heightened the polarization. His administration governs with …
Article – “White Supremacy Has Always Been Mainstream” by Stephen Kantrowitz
White supremacy is a language of unease. It does not describe racial domination so much as worry about it. White supremacy connotes many grim and terrifying things, including inequality, exclusion, injustice, and state and vigilante …
Graduate School Interview with Rivka Maizlish
Rivka Maizlish studies folk music, folklore, folk art, folk medicine – but she is not a folklorist. Maizlish is an intellectual historian, about to embark on a fellowship with the Smithsonian Institution to dive more …
Smithsonian Magazine highlights the efforts of George Mosse’s nephew, Roger Strauch, to track down the Mosse family artworks that had been seized by the Nazis.
In the final months of the 19th century, a German sculptor named Walter Schott began drawing up plans for a massive work he hoped would represent the pinnacle of his 15-year career. Cast in bronze, …
Celebration-of-life gathering to remember Margaret R. Bogue
Date: Saturday, 16 June, from 1:30pm to 4pm Place: First Congregational Church, UCC at 1609 University Avenue Names of surviving daughters: Sue Bogue, Margaret Bogue-Harper, and Ellie Bogue Anyone so inclined is invited to share …
“The History of Your Parents’ Generation” with Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen
“On Wisconsin”, UW-Madison’s alumni magazine, published a great story on Professor Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s course, “The History of Your Parents’ Generation”. In the story, Professor Ratner-Rosenhagen says “It seemed to me that [the course’s approach] could …
UW History alum Martín Espada recognized with Distinguished Lifetime Achievement award for poetry
The Poetry Foundation is pleased to announce the winner of the 2018 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, which honors a living US poet for outstanding lifetime achievement. Martín Espada is awarded the prize in recognition of …
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 …