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 …
2019
History Department Undergraduates Receive Departmental and University Awards
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 …
Graduate Student Patrick Walsh has Article Published in Australian Feminist Studies Journal
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: …
History Department TAs Receive Department and University Awards
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 …
New Book from Honorary Fellow to be Released in Fall 2019
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 …
Professor Louise Young Receives Kellett Mid-Career Award
Professor Louise Young was recently honored with a prestigious Kellett Mid-Career Award! This five year award was created to provide needed support and encouragement to faculty at a critical stage of their careers. The award is …
Faculty Receive Vilas Professorships and Awards
Four faculty members have received Vilas Professorships and Awards this year! Professor Francine Hirsch (Russian & European History) received the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship, an award recognizing distinguished scholarship as well as outstanding efforts in …
History Department Congratulates New PhDs
Congratulations to the eleven graduate students that completed their PhD in History this year! The graduates were recognized at a reception on May 10th at the University Club. The names of the graduates, along with …
Alumnus Tom Rademacher Has Thesis Published on Wisconsin Mining History
Alumnus Tom Rademacher (BA, 2017) recently had his senior honors thesis published in volume 25 of The Mining History Journal – the peer reviewed, scholarly journal of the Mining History Association. Rademacher’s thesis is titled, …
Professor Alfred McCoy Publishes Opinion Piece on Drug Prohibition
Professor Alfred McCoy, the Harrington Professor of History at UW-Madison, has published an opinion piece on the foreign and domestic implications of drug prohibition policies, through the lens of history. The link to the piece …