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2022

Louise Young Inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Posted on December 30, 2022

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 …

Posted in 2022, All News, Awards, East Asian History, History News, War in Society and Culture

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

Posted on December 28, 2022

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, …

Posted in 2022, African History, All News, History News

Judd Kinzley Recorded an Interview with University of the Air

Posted on December 12, 2022

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 …

Posted in 2022, All News, East Asian History, History News, War in Society and Culture

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

Posted on December 1, 2022

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 …

Posted in 2022, All News, Alumni, Awards, History News, U.S./North American History

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

Posted on November 28, 2022

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 …

Posted in 2022, All News, History News, Southeast Asian History

Samuel Freedman Visits History 136

Posted on November 23, 2022

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 …

Posted in 2022, All News, History News, U.S./North American History

Go Big Read Author Meets with History Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Posted on November 8, 2022

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 …

Posted in 2022, All News, History News

Monica Kim Named 2022 MacArthur Fellow

Posted on October 14, 2022

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 …

Posted in 2022, All News, Awards, History News, U.S./North American History, War in Society and Culture

Kacie Lucchini Butcher Publishes New Article in The Oral History Review

Posted on September 15, 2022

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 …

Posted in 2022, All News, History News

Welcome New Faculty

Posted on September 13, 2022

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 …

Posted in 2022, African History, All News, European History, History News, Latin American and Caribbean History
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