December 2011 Congratulations to Anna Zeide who has received a University Exceptional Service Award. This award recognizes outstanding graduate student teaching assistants who, in addition to their regular teaching duties, perform exceptional service related to …
2011
All History of Science Department Events for Fall 2011
September 2 (Friday) at Noon Brown Bag Introductions and Planning Location: 204 Bradley Memorial September 9 (Friday) at Noon Victoria Nourse, UW-Madison Law School “Progressive Science: The Eugenic Revival of the 1930s.” Location: 204 Bradley …
Neil Kodesh’s book Beyond the Royal Gaze is co-winner of the Herskovits Prize
Neil Kodesh’s book Beyond the Royal Gaze is co-winner of the African Studies Association’s prestigious Herskovits Prize. Check out African Studies Association, Melville J. Herskovits Award for more information.
Robinson Awarded Population Health Dissertation Grant
November 2011 Katie Robinson, a M.D./Ph.D. candidate in the History of Science, has received a 2011-2012 UW-Madison Population Health Dissertation Grant provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholars Program. Robinson plans …
Deutsches Museum Scholar-in-Residence Grant to Staley
November 2011 Professor Richard Staley has received a six month scholar-in-residence grant from the Deutsches Museum, Munich, in support of his ongoing project on physics and anthropology.
UW undergraduate and History Major Alexis Brown named Rhodes Scholar
Stanley Kutler won his case to open the closed testimony by Richard Nixon about Watergate
Thongchai Winichakul elected Vice President of AAS
Jim Sweet wins the Frederick Douglass Book Prize
James Sweet, Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin, has been selected as the winner of the 2012 Frederick Douglass Book Prize for his book, Domingos Álvares, African Healing, and the Intellectual History of …
Gregg Mitman named Vilas Professor
October 2011 Professor Gregg Mitman has been named Vilas Professor, one of the highest honors for established UW faculty. Vilas Professorships, created “for the advancement of learning,” recognize proven research ability and unusual qualifications and …