On Monday, May 1 students in History 680/690: Senior Thesis Colloquium presented on their original undergraduate research projects in an afternoon event at the Pyle Center. Presentations were divided into four panels: the State and …
2023
Stephen Kantrowitz Publishes New Book
Citizens of a Stolen Land: A Ho-Chunk History of the Nineteenth-Century United States by Stephen Kantrowitz offers a concise and revealing history that reconsiders the Civil War era by centering one Native American tribe’s encounter …
History Department 2022 Newsletter – “The Past in the Present”
History Newsletter 2022-23 (pdf) History Newsletter 2022-23: mobile-friendly version (pdf) In this issue: Chair’s Welcome Back to the Archives Professor Monica Kim Named MacArthur Fellow Department of history Undergraduate Graduation Address Faculty/Staff/Emeritus News And more… …
New Faculty Member in Medical History and Bioethics
Professor Dana Landress has joined the Department of History as an Assistant Professor of Medical History and Bioethics. She is a historian of 19th and 20th century medicine and public health in the United States. …
Jim Sweet American Historical Association Presidential Address
Jim Sweet ended his term as the 2022 President of the American Historical Association with a presidential address at the annual American Historical Association Conference. The address titled “Slave Trading as a Corporate Criminal Conspiracy, from the …
2022-23 Teaching Assistant Award Winners in the Department of History
Two teaching assistants from the Department of History, Ludwig Decke and Emma Wathen, have received a Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Awards. These awards recognize their excellence in teaching. Ludwig and Emma both received the Early Excellence …
History.com Publishes Article by Professor Ashley Brown
Ashley Brown, Allan H. Selig Chair in the History of Sport and Society and Assistant Professor History, has written a brief article for History.com. “How Althea Gibson Faced Racial Barriers–Even as a Tennis Champion” was …
Undergraduate Student Researchers Talk about New Digital Exhibit “1914: Then Came Armageddon”
History Majors Maddy McGlone and Rachel Lynch talk about the new digital exhibition “1914: Then Came Armageddon” in an article published by the UW Libraries. 1914: Then Came Armageddon is the first fully digital exhibition …
Paige Glotzer Films an Episode of University Place for PBS Wisconsin
Professor Paige Glotzer discusses the history of housing segregation on PBS Wisconsin’s University Place. The episode is available to view online and will air on Monday, March 20th at 9:00 PM. Housing segregation is the …
Kathryn McGarr’s new “City of Newsmen” in Louis Menand’s review in New Yorker
In his Feb. 6, 2023 critic-at-large book review for the New Yorker, “Making the News,” Louis Menand features affiliated faculty Kathryn McGarr‘s new book, City of Newsmen: Public Lies and Professional Secrets in Cold War …