Professor Louise Young, recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, presents her research on World War II memory politics in Japan. Seventy years after Japan’s surrender, why does the conduct and interpretation …
2020
Statement of Commitment to Eradicating White Supremacy, Institutional Racism, and Anti-Black Violence
The undersigned members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of History express their collective grief, anger, and resolve in response to the murder of George Floyd, and the killings of so many African Americans that …
History Department Announces 2019-2020 Undergraduate Awards
The Department of History would like to congratulate this year’s undergraduate award recipients! We were fortunate to be able to award over $25,000 to undergraduates this year to support scholarships, writing prizes, research awards, and …
Volume 23 of ARCHIVE Now Available Online
The newest volume of ARCHIVE is here! The University of Wisconsin Undergraduate Journal of History has published their 23rd volume. Editor-in-Chief Isabelle Cook, along with editors Mingcong Bai, Madeline Brauer, Jack Hayes, Matt Kass, Alison …
New Episode: Ask a Historian podcast Season 1, Episode 3
Why have Asian Americans often been the target of xenophobic and racist attacks during disease outbreaks? The COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by a spike in anti-Asian, especially anti-Chinese, racism. Why have Asian Americans often …
Professor Emerita Florence Bernault’s New Book Selected as a Choice Magazine 2019 Outstanding Academic Title
Professor Emerita Florence Bernault’s recent book, Colonial Transactions: Imaginaries, Bodies, and Histories in Gabon (Duke University Press, 2019), has been selected as a Choice Magazine 2019 Outstanding Academic Title! According to the reviewer, “this should …
Graduate Student Jennifer Stitt Publishes Personal Essay on COVID-19
Grad student Jennifer Stitt has published a personal essay on COVID-19 in Guernica, an online magazine dedicated to global arts and politics. The article is titled “Will COVID-19 Strengthen our Bonds?: Living with Chronic Illness …
Professor Lynn Nyhart Receives WARF Named Professorship
Congratulations to Professor Lynn Nyhart, who has been appointed a WARF named professorship! “These awards, which come with $100,000, honor faculty who have made major contributions to the advancement of knowledge, primarily through their research …
New Episode: Ask a Historian podcast Season 1, Episode 2
On the latest episode of the Ask a Historian podcast, we speak with Professor Gregg Mitman about the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in Liberia. How did people’s faith in or mistrust of their government shape the …
Alumna Grace Allen Writes About Experience During COVID-19 in China
Recent graduate Grace Allen (PhD 2017) had been teaching for the School of Humanities and Social Science at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen when the COVID-19 outbreak began. Since that time, Allen has …