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 Sharia law, and offers some clarification on common misconceptions surrounding the relationship between the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and ISIS. Watch the full interview at …
Congratulations to Professor Patrick Iber on receiving a prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship. Iber is one of 213 NEH grant recipients nationwide, and his $60,000 fellowship (funded through the Ford Foundation) will last four years. This fellowship will allow Iber to work on writing his next manuscript, The Ford Foundation, Social Science, and …
The George Mosse Program in History has recently featured on their blog an oral history interview with Jane Williams, the former graduate admissions coordinator for our Department of History. Jane started the position in 1988 and retired in 2014. Her interview with John Tortorice, conducted in May of 2014, shows a unique perspective on the …
In a new video, Director Kacie Lucchini Butcher provides an update on the work of the UW–Madison Public History Project. The Project is a “multi-year effort to uncover and give voice to those who experienced, challenged, and overcame prejudice on campus” and grew out of the report from a campus study group co-chaired by Professor Stephen …
Congratulations to History major and recent graduate Alyssa Hamrick on receiving the $500 honorable mention for the 2021 Iwanter Prize for Undergraduate Research from the UW–Madison Center for the Humanities! Hamrick received the honorable mention for her senior thesis, advised by Professor Kathryn Ciancia and titled “From Katyn to ‘Katynism’: The U.S. Congressional Investigation of …
Writing in JOTWELL, a journal that celebrates “the best new scholarship relevant to the law,” historian Allison Madar (University of Oregon) highlighted Professor Gloria Whiting’s 2020 article from The William & Mary Quarterly titled, “Race, Slavery, and the Problem of Numbers in Early New England: A View from Probate Court.” Madar praised the work both …
Congratulations to Professor Marla Ramírez on receiving a Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Grant ($120,000 over 3 years) for her project, “Retrofitting Latinxs into the Wisconsin Historical Narrative.” The Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment is a competitive grant program that honors the legacy of Ineva Reilly Baldwin and Ira Baldwin by funding projects that foster public engagement and the advancement of the Wisconsin Idea. …
Professor Mary Lou Roberts has a new book titled, Sheer Misery: Soldiers in Battle in WWII (University of Chicago Press, 2021). According to the publisher’s website, “Sheer Misery trains a humane and unsparing eye on the corporeal experiences of the soldiers who fought in Belgium, France, and Italy during the last two years of the war. …
Professor Ashley Brown was recently interviewed by Smithsonian Magazine for an article about Althea Gibson, the subject of her upcoming book (in progress). In the year 1950, at age 23, Althea Gibson was the first African American man or woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships, which are today known as the U.S. Open. …
History majors Sophia Clark and Julia Derzay have been selected to receive 2021 Hilldale Undergraduate Research Fellowships! The Hilldale Fellowships are generously funded by grants from the Hilldale Foundation and the Wisconsin State Legislature, and provide awards of $3,000 to each undergraduate student selected as well as $1,000 to their faculty advisor to support collaborative …