December 2013 History of Science graduate student Melissa Charenko and Associate Lecturer and Postdoctoral Fellow Toshihiro Higuchi have been named Honored Instructors for their contributions to UW students and their education. This fall, as course …
2013
All History of Science Department Events for Fall 2013
September 6 (Friday) at Noon Brown Bag Introductions and Planning Location: 204 Bradley Memorial September 13 (Friday) at Noon Richard Hirsh, Virginia Tech “History of Science & Technology and Public Policy: Reflections on an Academic’s …
Emily Callaci won First Book Award for junior faculty
Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen won the AHA’s biennial Dunning Prize for Best Book in US History
Graduate Student Jesse Gant has co-authored a book about Wisconsin bicycling history
Graduate Student Film Premieres at Tales From Planet Earth
October 2013 Melissa Charenko’s short film, 24-7B, will premiere on Friday, November 1, 2013, the opening night of the 2013 Tales From Planet Earth biennial film festival. Charenko, a history of science graduate student, produced …
Wall Street Journal ‘Numbers Guy’ Interviews Rick Keller
August 2013 Carl Bialik, ‘The Numbers Guy’ columnist for the Wall Street Journal, interviewed Professor Rick Keller as part of his 17 August 2013 blog posting titled “The Challenge of Counting Heat-Wave Deaths.” Click ‘here‘ …
Historian William Jones joins Gwen Ifill on the PBS Newshour – August 14, 2013
Historian William Jones joins Gwen Ifill to offer an overview of how the March on Washington came to be, why President Kennedy wanted it to be called off and what roles women of color played …
Thongchai Winichakul on University of the air
On July 21, 2013, Thongchai Winichakul was interviewed on Wisconsin Public Radio’s show, University of the Air. The topic of the show was “Thailand: Coping with a Troubled Past”. A complete list of past shows …
Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s latest book wins two awards
Professor Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s book, American Nietzsche: A History of an Icon and His Ideas (University of Chicago Press), has been awarded the 2013 Society for U.S. Intellectual History Annual Book Award for the best book …