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Zada Ballew and Christopher Hulshof Receive TA Awards

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Congratulations to graduate students Zada Ballew and Christopher Hulshof on receiving 2021 Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Awards! Zada received the Early Excellence in Teaching Award, while Christopher received the Exceptional Service Award. The Early Excellence in Teaching Award recognizes outstanding and inspirational performance on the part of TAs with fewer than four semesters of teaching experience. The Exceptional Service Award recognizes TAs …

Professor Judith Houck Receives 2022 Distinguished Teaching Award

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Congratulations to Professor Judith Houck, who is one of twelve faculty members chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize some of the university’s finest educators. Houck, a professor in History and Gender & Women’s Studies, was selected to receive the Chancellor’s Inclusive Excellence Award, which recognizes achievements in …

History Department 2021 Newsletter – “The Past in the Present”

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History Newsletter 2021-22 (pdf) History Newsletter 2021-22: mobile-friendly version (pdf) Chair’s Welcome Changing the Face of History A New Home for Humanities Mosse Series Releases New Books Faculty/Staff/Emeritus News and more… This issue and past copies of the newsletter can also be found on the History Newsletter page.

Professor Aaron Rock-Singer Announced as 2022-23 Vilas Associate

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Congratulations to Professor Aaron Rock-Singer, who has been selected as one of 26 faculty winners of the Vilas Associates Competition. The competition recognizes “new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance.” Tenure-track assistant professors and tenured faculty within 20 years of their tenure date are eligible to receive this award, which is funded by …

In Memoriam: Alumnus R. Richard “Dick” Wagner

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In Memoriam: Alumnus R. Richard “Dick” Wagner The Department of History is sad to share the news that one of our alums, R. Richard “Dick” Wagner (PhD, 1971) passed away unexpectedly on December 12, 2021 at the age of 78. Wagner was an activist, historian, gay rights leader, and public servant who worked for the …

In Memoriam: Alumnus Tyler Stovall

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The Department of History is saddened to note the passing of alumnus Tyler Stovall (PhD, 1984). Dr. Stovall studied with Harvey Goldberg at UW–Madison and became a distinguished historian of modern France with a particular interest in race and class, Blackness, postcolonial history, and transnational history. He authored 10 books and numerous articles during his lifetime, …

Professor Judd Kinzley Publishes Article in Wisconsin Magazine of History

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Congratulations to Professor Judd Kinzley, who has a new article published in the most recent issue of the Wisconsin Magazine of History. “The Ghosts of Science Hall: The Chinese Geologists of the University of Wisconsin” tells the story of the Chinese students sent to the University of Wisconsin in the 1920s by China’s National Geological …

Professor Gloria Whiting Wins Prize for Best Article in American Legal History

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Professor Gloria Whiting has received the Cromwell Prize from the American Society for Legal History for her article, “Race, Slavery, and the Problem of Numbers in Early New England: A View from Probate Court.” This prize is awarded annually for the best article in American legal history published by an early career scholar during the …

Professor Alfred McCoy Publishes New Book

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Congratulations to Professor Alfred McCoy on the publication of his new book, To Govern the Globe: World Orders and Catastrophic Change, out this month from Haymarket Books. From the publisher’s website: “In a tempestuous narrative that sweeps across five continents and seven centuries, this book explains how a succession of catastrophes—from the devastating Black Death …

Professor Lucas Richert Publishes New Book on the Global History of Cannabis

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Lucas Richert, Associate Professor and George Urdang Chair in the History of Pharmacy and History Department faculty affiliate, has published a new book titled Cannabis: Global Histories (MIT Press, 2021). The book, co-edited by Lucas Richert and James M. Hills, provides a wide-ranging geographical, temporal, and thematic view of cannabis, as both intoxicant and therapeutic substance, through …