Professor Elizabeth Hennessy’s recently published book, On the Backs of Tortoises: Darwin, the Galapagos, and the Fate of an Evolutionary Eden (Yale University Press, 2019), has been featured in the New York Review of Books. David Quammen’s review, which covers three books on Darwin (of which Hennessy’s is one), notes that On the Backs of …
Director of Graduate Studies and Professor of History Joe Dennis is featured this week in an article from Inside Higher Ed discussing the impact of COVID-19 on graduate students. Many graduate students are facing increased anxiety and challenges for how to find funding at a time when much of the economy has frozen. Those students …
In a press release this week, it was announced that Professor Gregg Mitman had received a coveted Advanced Investigator Grant from the European Research Council. Mitman is a Professor of History of Science, Medical History, and Environmental Studies at UW–Madison, and is an affiliated researcher with the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society at …
As a response to the recent uptick in incidents of racism and discrimination towards Asian and Asian American individuals amidst COVID-19, Professor Cindy I-Fen Cheng spoke to a local Madison news station about the history of these types of “immigrant scapegoating.” Cheng, Professor of History and Director of the Asian American Studies Program, said in …
Jennifer Stitt, a PhD candidate in the History Department at UW–Madison, has been featured in an article from Danish newspaper Dagbladet Information on the cultural history of solitude and the practice of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stitt is writing her dissertation, titled “Seeking Solitude: Imagining Self and Society in America” under the advisement …
Professor Gregg Mitman, a scholar of medical history and environmental studies, is featured today in an interview with the College of Letters & Science discussing what we can learn from global epidemics in a historical lens. Professor Mitman has studied the historical path of infectious disease outbreaks across centuries and the globe, and has released …
On April 7th, Professor Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen will be honored by the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award! Professor Ratner-Rosenhagen was one of thirteen faculty members selected to receive an award this year. A university tradition since 1953, these awards are given out annually to recognize some of the university’s finest educators. At …
Professor Paige Glotzer, a scholar of urban history and political economy, has been selected as the Urban History Association’s member of the week! She is profiled on The Metropole, the official blog of the Urban History Association, here: https://themetropole.blog/2020/02/18/member-of-the-week-paige-glotzer/. Asked about her advice for young scholars who are preparing for a career related to urban history …
In keeping with the spirit of the Wisconsin Idea, the Department recently created the Madison History Club, which brings together people who are curious about the past and eager to discuss history with others. The Madison History Club offers public lectures, book discussions, roundtables, film screenings, and digital programming, sharing the knowledge and expertise of …
Anna Zeide (Ph.D. 2014) an alumna and current Assistant Professor of History at Oklahoma State University has received the 2019 award for best Reference, History and Scholarship book from the James Beard Foundation! Zeide won the award for her 2018 book Canned: The Rise and Fall of Consumer Confidence in the American Food Industry (University …