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2020

Edward Coffman (1931-2020)

Posted on September 22, 2020

Edward McKenzie Coffman, distinguished military historian and revered teacher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died on September 16, 2020, at Thomson-Hood Veteran Center in Wilmore, Kentucky.  He was 91. “Mac” Coffman was born in Hopkinsville, …

Posted in 2020, All News, Emeriti, History News, Memorials

Welcome New Faculty

Posted on August 31, 2020

Brandon Bloch – Faculty Page I am a historian of modern Europe, with an emphasis on Germany and its global entanglements. My research and teaching foreground questions of democracy, citizenship, and human rights. I am …

Posted in 2020, All News, History News, Shared News

Professor Francine Hirsch Publishes New Book

Posted on August 20, 2020

Physical copies of the book are now available! Organized in the immediate aftermath of World War II to try the former Nazi leaders for war crimes, the Nuremberg trials, known as the International Military Tribunal …

Posted in 2020, All News, Books, European History, History News

André Wink publishes new book.

Posted on August 18, 2020

In a new accessible narrative, André Wink presents his major reinterpretation of the long-term history of India and the Indian Ocean region from the perspective of world history and geography. Situating the history of the …

Posted in 2020, All News, Books, Emeriti, History News

Professor Gloria Whiting Publishes Article in William and Mary Quarterly

Posted on August 7, 2020

Professor Gloria Whiting recently published an article in the early American history journal, William and Mary Quarterly. Titled “Race, Slavery, and the Problem of Numbers in Early New England: A View from Probate Court,” the …

Posted in 2020, All News, Gender and Women’s History, History News, U.S./North American History

Richard Sewell (1931-2020)

Posted on August 7, 2020

On Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Richard Herbert Sewell, aged 89, passed away peacefully at Agrace Hospice. Richard was born April 11, 1931, in Ann Arbor, Mich. to Herbert and Anna (Broene) Sewell. Like them, he …

Posted in 2020, All News, Emeriti, History News, Memorials

Thomas J. McCormick (1933 – 2020)

Posted on August 7, 2020

Thomas Joseph McCormick Jr., emeritus professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, passed away on July 25 at the age of 87. Tom earned his Ph.D. at UW–Madison in 1960, after receiving his Master’s …

Posted in 2020, All News, Emeriti, History News, Memorials

Professor James Sweet Becomes Next President-Elect of AHA

Posted on July 28, 2020

Professor James H. Sweet has been selected as the new President-elect of the American Historical Association. In the 2020 balloting for officers and committee representatives, AHA members voted to elect James Sweet as the next …

Posted in 2020, African History, All News, Awards, History News

Francine Hirsch Talks About New Book on Podcast

Posted on July 22, 2020

Professor Francine Hirsch is featured on a new episode of the SRB Podcast talking about her new book, Soviet Judgement at Nuremberg: A New History of the International Military Tribunal after World War II (Oxford …

Posted in 2020, All News, European History, History News

Alumna Vaneesa Cook Writes About Work with MIA Project

Posted on July 22, 2020

Alumna Vaneesa Cook (Ph.D. 2015) has written a blog post about her work with the Missing in Action Recovery & Identification Project at UW-Madison. The piece is titled “The Legacy of the 5307th Merrill’s Marauders: …

Posted in 2020, All News, Alumni, History News, U.S./North American History
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