In August 2025, Professor Brandon Bloch published his first book with Harvard University Press, entitled: Reinventing Protestant Germany: Religious Nationalists and the Contest for Post-Nazi Democracy. The book tells the story of how German Protestant …
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Marla Ramírez Receives 2025 Mentor Award
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Marla Ramírez (History & Chican@ and Latin@ Studies) on receiving the 2025 Mentor Award for her outstanding work as a mentor, teacher, and contributor to the UW–Madison community. Professor Ramírez takes …
Gloria Whiting’s New Book, Belonging: An Intimate History of Slavery and Family in Early New England continues to receive awards
In August 2024, Gloria Whiting published her first book, Belonging: An Intimate History of Slavery and Family in Early New England, which explores how Black New Englanders maintained a sense of belonging among their kin …
Allison Powers Useche Interviewed and Publishes Article in Diplomatic History Journal
Professor Allison Powers Useche recently published an article in the journal Diplomatic History entitled “Defining Dispossession: Arbitration and the Transformation of Sovereign Debt.” In this article, Professor Useche examines how nineteenth-century arbitration tribunals—particularly the 1868 …
Day of the Badger 2025
April 8 – 9, 2025 DAY OF THE BADGER Day of the Badger is an annual campus-wide day of giving. For 1,848 minutes on April 8 – April 9, alumni, friends, faculty, and students …
Ashley Brown Continues to Receive Book Awards
Ashley Brown – Associate Professor and Allan H. Selig Chair in the History of Sport and Society – has continued to receive many accolades for her biography of the iconic American tennis player and golfer …
Emily Callaci Publishes Book Wages for House Work
In February 2025, UW-Madison History Professor Emily Callaci published a new book entitled Wages for House Work: The Story of a Movement, an Idea, a Promise. You can find Wages for House Work at Penguin …
James Sweet Publishes Book: Mutiny on the Black Prince: Slavery, Piracy, and the Limits of Liberty in the Revolutionary Atlantic World
In January 2025, James Sweet published a new book with Oxford University Press. The book is entitled Mutiny on the Black Prince: Slavery, Piracy, and the Limits of Liberty in the Revolutionary Atlantic World. Read …
Jorell Meléndez-Badillo collaborates with artist Bad Bunny to tell Puerto Rico’s History
Professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo recently collaborated with artist Bad Bunny on his latest project. Accompanying the songs on Bad Bunny’s sixth album, “Debí Tirar Más Fotos”, 17 visualizers were released on January 5. The visualizers feature …
Mou Banerjee Publishes Book: The Disinherited: The Politics of Christian Conversion in Colonial India
In January 2025, Harvard University Press published a new book authored by Professor Mou Banerjee: The Disinherited: The Politics of Christian Conversion in Colonial India. An illuminating history of religious and political controversy in nineteenth-century …