Professor Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen recently published an opinion piece for The New York Times, titled “The Vicious Fun of America’s Most Famous Literary Circle.” The article reflects back on the 100th anniversary of the first meeting …
2019
Alumnus Colin Palmer, Historian of the African Diaspora, Passes Away
The History Department will remember Dr. Colin Palmer (Ph.D. 1970), who passed away on June 20, 2019 in Kingston, Jamaica. An alumnus of our program and a giant in his field, Palmer helped to expand …
Summer History Coursework Becomes a Podcast
As one of our instructors teaching an online History course this summer, Brian Hamilton decided to engage his students in producing a podcast interview for Edge Effects magazine, a digital magazine produced by graduate students at the Center …
Frank “Mike” Clover (1940-2019)
The History Department Remembers Professor Emeritus Frank “Mike” Clover Professor Emeritus Frank “Mike” Clover passed away on Saturday, July 13th, 2019 at the age of 79. Clover received his B.A. from UW-Madison in 1962, and …
An Interview with Jillian Slaight (Ph.D. 2017)
This summer, the Department made a post on social media about the 100th anniversary of Wisconsin’s ratification of the 19th Amendment. One of our alumni, Jillian Slaight (Ph.D. 2017), reached out to let us know …
Recent Graduate Sebastian van Bastelaer Has Article Published in Journal of the American Revolution
Newly-minted alumnus Sebastian van Bastelaer (B.A. 2019), recently had part of his senior thesis published as an article in the Journal of the American Revolution! Sebastian graduated from our program this spring with honors in …
Volume 22 of ARCHIVE Now Available Online
ARCHIVE, the University of Wisconsin Undergraduate Journal of History, has recently published their 22nd volume! Editor-in-Chief John Douglas, along with editors Samuel Bertsch, Isabelle Cook, Jack Kelly, Grant Haxton, Hillary Miller, Marissa Miller, Jake Price, …
Alumna Brenna Wynn Greer Publishes First Book
Alumna Brenna Wynn Greer (PhD, 2011) has recently published her first book, Represented: The Black Imagemakers Who Reimagined African American Citizenship (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019), which explores how black entrepreneurs produced magazines, photographs, and …
History Graduate Students Release Podcast Interview about “Missionary Photography in Republican China”
History graduate students Galen Poor and Joshua Tan interviewed Joseph Ho for the TransAsia and the World podcast about his intersecting interests in the modern history of Christianity in China and the history of photography. …
Professor Giuliana Chamedes Publishes First Book
Professor Giuliana Chamedes‘ first book has just been released! A Twentieth-Century Crusade: The Vatican’s Battle to Remake Christian Europe (Harvard University Press, 2019), is the “first comprehensive history of the Vatican’s agenda to defeat the forces of …