Beck Powling, a rising UW–Madison senior majoring in History, has been awarded a Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grant! This award is given by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi – the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Powling will be using the grant to support her study abroad at …
Recently graduated history majors Samantha Zinnen (2019) and Tristan Krause (2018) have been featured in an article from UW News, for their work done with UW–Madison’s Missing in Action Recovery and Identification Project. This project focuses on advancing the recovery of MIAs by “involving an academic blend of knowledge and research as well as educating …
On behalf of the UW, History professor Joe Dennis gave the “faculty words of appreciation” in Chinese at the gala in celebration of UW and Nanjing University’s new comprehensive strategic partnership. UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank and NJU President Lü Jian signed the agreement in Nanjing on May 24, 2019. 历史系教授戴思哲(Joe Dennis)代表威斯康辛大学教授在南京大学—威斯康辛大学全面战略合作伙伴关系启动仪式的感言. Rebecca Blank 校长和吕建校长于2019年5月24日签定了该协议。
Alumnus David Fields (Ph.D. 2017), recently had an article published in the Washington Post. The article is titled “How Korea was divided and why the aftershocks still haunt us today.” In the piece, Fields discusses the history of diplomatic and political relations between Korea and the United States, and the implications of historical treaties and …
Alumna Debbie Sharnak (Ph.D. 2017), currently a Lecturer on History and Literature at Harvard University, has recently won Harvard’s 2019 Stephen Botein Prize for Excellence in Teaching! Sharnak’s research and teaching cover topics such as the history of human rights, transnational networks, Latin America, and international relations. Before starting her position at Harvard, Sharnak worked …
Hilary Miller, a History and Political Science major who graduated this spring, will soon be heading off to Geneva, Switzerland to work with the UN Watch, a nonprofit that monitors the United Nations and promotes human rights. Miller received this opportunity through the prestigious Morris B. Abram Fellowship, which is a one-year position in which …
The History Department is proud to announce our undergraduate students who received Departmental scholarships, writing prizes, and research awards this year! Award winners were recognized on Friday, May 10th, at the Graduation and Awards Reception at Wisconsin Historical Society. For more information about these awards, see the History Department Prize page.
Patrick Walsh, a graduate student in the Department of History at UW–Madison, has just had his first article published in the peer-reviewed journal, Australian Feminist Studies! The article is titled, “Experimenting with ‘Life’ in Nineteenth-Century Physiology: Brown-Séquard’s Method for Characterising Blood,” and discusses the intersection of feminist studies with historical analysis of the ontological questions of …
Eleven Teaching Assistants in the Department of History have received awards this year, both from the Department and from the University! The Department awards are as follows: Innovations in Teaching Award (Brianna Lafoon), Early Excellence Award (Chad Gibbs), and Exceptional Service Awards (Conrad Allen, Michael Kaelin, Ben Kasten, Emer Lucey, Alice Main). The Department also …
James Ungureanu, a current honorary research fellow in the Department of History at UW–Madison, has a new book that is due to be released this fall. Ungureanu is a historian of science and religion, and his research is mainly focused on the period of the nineteenth-century. His new book, Science, Religion, and the Protestant Tradition: …