Pablo F. Gómez, Associate Professor in the departments of History and Medical History and Bioethics, has been awarded the 2019 William H. Welch Medal by the American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) for …
2019
Alumnus David Blight Wins Pulitzer Prize in History
Congratulations to alumnus David Blight (Ph.D. 1985), who has just won the Pulitzer Prize in History! Blight, Professor of History at Yale, was recognized for his most recent book, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (Simon & Schuster, …
Alumnus Ryan Quintana Featured on Ben Franklin’s World Podcast
History alumnus Ryan Quintana (Ph.D. 2010) was recently featured in an episode of the podcast Ben Franklin’s World! In the episode, he discusses the creation and development of early republic South Carolina through concepts of …
Professor Emeritus John Sharpless Featured in Article Discussing His Teaching
Recently retired, Professor Emeritus John Sharpless was featured in an article from the Isthmus, discussing his time teaching at UW-Madison. “’I think it’s more about how I treated students generally,’ says Sharpless, 73, who gave his …
Kemal Karpat (1923-2019)
The Department of History will mourn the loss of Turkish historian and Professor Emeritus Kemal Karpat. Professor Karpat passed away on February 20th, 2019, at the age of 96. Professor Karpat taught in our department …
History Alumnus John Rowe Featured in L&S Newsletter
History alumnus John Rowe (B.S. 1967 and J.D. 1970) was featured last month in Sift & Winnow, the e-newsletter of the College of Letters & Science at UW-Madison. The article was titled “Knowledge is Power,” …
Norman K. Risjord (1931-2019)
Norman K. Risjord, age 87, died on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. Norman was born in Manitowoc on Nov. 25, 1931, and grew up in Kansas City. He attended the College of William and Mary, 1949 …
Emeritus Professor William J. Courtenay Publishes New Book
Professor Emeritus William J. Courtenay has published a new book on religious life at the medieval University of Paris. The book is titled Rituals for the Dead: Religion and Community in the Medieval University of …
Professor Patrick Iber has Op-Ed Published in New York Times
Professor Patrick Iber had an op-ed published in the New York Times yesterday, on the subject of U.S.-Venezuelan relations. Professor Iber is a historian of 20th century Latin America and U.S. foreign relations at UW-Madison. …
Undergraduate History Majors Highlighted for Mosse Program Research
Two of our History majors, Piper Brown-Kingsley and Claire Hitter, have been George L. Mosse Program Undergraduate Interns for the past several months, working at Wisconsin Historical Society and listening to oral history interviews from Wisconsin’s Jewish …