Category: 2022

Louise Young Inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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This past fall, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences inducted Professor Louise Young. An honorary society and policy organization founded in 1780, the Academy elects exceptionally accomplished individuals and engages them in advancing the public good. Young signed the Book of Members at an Induction Ceremony that celebrated recently elected artists, scholars, scientists, and leaders in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. …

Jim Sweet Gives His Presidential Address at the American Historical Association Conference in January

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Jim Sweet ends his term as the 2022 President of the American Historical Association with a presidential address at the annual American Historical Association Conference. The address, entitled “Slave Trading as a Corporate Criminal Conspiracy, from the Calabar Massacre to BLM, 1767-2022” will take place on Friday, January 6 from 5:30-6:30 in the Philadelphia Marriott …

Judd Kinzley Recorded an Interview with University of the Air

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Professor Judd Kinzley recorded an interview on the history of US-China relations for University of the Air on Wisconsin Public Radio. University of the Air invites distinguished faculty guests from the University of Wisconsin–Madison to discuss topics in music, art, writing, theater, science, education, and history. During the interview, Professor Kinzley explains the ups and …

Ph.D. Alum Catherine Burns Received 2022 James Phinney Baxter Award

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Catherine M. Burns (PhD 2011) is the recipient of the 2022 James Phinney Baxter Award for best article in the scholarly journal Maine History. “ ‘It May Be Questionable’: Granger v. Avery and the Redaction of Article X, Section 5 from the Maine Constitution” examines why Maine, since 1876, has excluded from the state constitution …

PhD Candidate Tyler A. Lehrer Publishes New Article in Itinerario: Journal of Imperial and Global Interactions

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Tyler A. Lehrer (he/him), PhD Candidate in Southeast and South Asian History, has recently published an article in Itinerario: Journal of Imperial and Global Interactions titled “Dangerous Friendships in Eighteenth-Century Buddhist Laṅkā and Siam.” The article considers how the kingdoms of Kandy (in what is now Sri Lanka) and Ayutthaya (now Thailand) were briefly connected across …

Samuel Freedman Visits History 136

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On Tuesday, November 15th Professor Ashley Brown hosted Samuel G. Freedman as a guest speaker in History 136: Sport, Recreation, & Society in the United States. Freedman’s appearance was coordinated as part of his visit to campus as a scholar-in-residence with the Center for Journalism Ethics this fall semester. Freedman is an award-winning author, columnist, and …

Go Big Read Author Meets with History Undergraduate and Graduate Students

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This year’s Go Big Read book is How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith. On November 2nd, 2022, Clint Smith spoke with History undergraduates and graduate students in the Humanities Building in the Curti Lounge. Students had the opportunity to ask Smith about his book …

Monica Kim Named 2022 MacArthur Fellow

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Professor Monica Kim has recently been named a MacArthur Fellow. This “genius grant” fellowship provides an $800,000 stipend for the fellows to use as they see fit. The criteria that are used to select the fellows are exceptional creativity, future promise, and potential for the fellowship to lead to creative work. The director of the …

Kacie Lucchini Butcher Publishes New Article in The Oral History Review

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Kacie Lucchini Butcher, the Director of the Public History Project, recently published an article in The Oral History Review titled Challenging the Badger Brand: The Ethics of Conducting Oral History Interviews with College-Athletes. This article examines the ethical problems that arose during attempts to document the experiences of college athletes at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. …

Welcome New Faculty

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The Department of History is excited to welcome three new faculty members – Khaled Esseissah, Michael Martoccio, and Jorell Meléndez-Badillo! Khaled Esseissah joins us as a historian of Islam, colonialism, slavery, race, and gender, with a focus on nineteenth- and twentieth-century West Africa. Professor Esseissah is currently working on his book manuscript, Emancipation, Authority, and …