Congratulations to Professor Francine Hirsch on receiving two recent awards for her 2020 book, Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg: A New History of the International Military Tribunal after World War II (Oxford University Press). The book has received …
2021
The Department of History Welcomes a New Assistant Director for the UW-Madison Public History Project
The Department of History is proud to welcome Meri Rose Ekberg as the new Assistant Director for the UW-Madison Public History Project! The Public History Project is a multi-year effort to uncover and give voice …
Graduate Student Jeffrey Guarneri Appears on Podcast
On a recent episode of The “What is Asia?” Podcast, UW-Madison graduate student Jeffrey Guarneri is featured talking about “Constructed Images of Nagasaki in 1930s Japan.” Guarneri discusses the images of Nagasaki that were constructed through popular media …
Graduate Student Patrick Walsh Publishes History of Biology Article
Patrick Walsh, who recently published an article in the Journal of the History of Biology. Titled, “Making a French Connection: Darwin, Brown-Séquard and the Epilepsy Studies,” Walsh’s article contributes to a long debate in the history of …
Professor Richard Keller’s Course Featured in Local News
An article featuring Professor Richard Keller’s course, History of Science 553: International Health and Global Society, was published last week in the Wisconsin State Journal. The piece addresses the return to in-person teaching this fall that …
Grad Student Samm Newton Receives Knauss Fellowship for Marine Policy
Congratulations to graduate student Samm Newton, who has received the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship from Sea Grant and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Knauss Fellowship provides a unique educational and professional experience …
Alumnus Gregory Jones-Katz Publishes New Book
Alumnus Gregory Jones-Katz has a new book published through The University of Chicago Press. Deconstruction: An American Institution is an intellectual history of the deconstruction movement that transformed the humanities during the 20th century. “Deconstruction begins well before …
Q&A with Professor Paige Glotzer About Redlining Policies in Madison
Professor Paige Glotzer was interviewed by The Capital Times this week about the history of redlining and housing segregation in Madison, WI. “The criteria of redlining, which included race, became the criteria for essentially urban …
Alumnus William Warner Joins AAS Staff
Congratulations to alumnus William Warner (Ph.D. 2017) on becoming the new Membership Manager at the Association for Asian Studies! Warner completed his graduate work in South Asian history here at UW-Madison, and his dissertation (advised by …
Welcome New Faculty
The Department of History is excited to welcome three new faculty members – Simon Balto, Marcella Hayes, and Matt Villeneuve! Simon Balto joins us as a historian of the twentieth-century United States, with a particular …