Professor Marla Ramirez won the Oral History Association’s Article Award for her essay titled, “Gendered banishment: Rewriting Mexican repatriation through a transgenerational oral history methodology.” This award was created to recognize an article or essay …
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Alum Tamara Feinstein Publishes New Book
Alum Tamara Feinstein (Ph.D., 2013) recently published a new book titled, The Fate of Peruvian Democracy: Political Violence, Human Rights, and the Legal Left. Description: Tamara Feinstein investigates the bloody Shining Path conflict’s effect on …
Ashley Brown Interviewed on the Bloomberg Businessweek Podcast
Professor Ashley Brown was recently interviewed on the Bloomberg Businessweek Podcast to discuss her book Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson. During her segment, Brown discusses what first inspired her to dive …
Alumnus Thomas McStay Adams Publishes New Book
Alumnus Thomas McStay Adams (Ph.D. 1972) published his two-volume work Europe’s Welfare Traditions Since 1500: Reform Without End in February of this year. Description: Tracing the interwoven traditions of modern welfare states in Europe over …
Alum Sinae Hyun Publishes New Book
Former Ph.D. student Sinae Hyun recently published a new book titled Indigenizing the Cold War: The Border Patrol Police and Nation-Building in Thailand (University of Hawaii Press, 2023). Description The Border Patrol Police (BPP) of …
Alumnus Daniel G. Hummel Publishes New Book
Former Ph.D. student Daniel G. Hummel recently published a new book titled The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism: How the Evangelical Battle over the End Times Shaped a Nation (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2023). …
History Majors Awarded Departmental Distinction
Congratulations to 18 graduates of Spring 2023 that have been awarded Departmental Distinction in the History Major! Departmental Distinction recognizes outstanding academic achievement in the History major, and is an option for students who are …
Farha Tahir Named Forward Award Recipient
Farha Tahir, History, Political Science, and International Public Affairs graduate ‘09 and member of the History Department Board of Visitors, was named a 2023 Forward Award Recipient. The Forward Award acknowledges rising stars in various …
Susan Lederer Awarded WARF Named Professorship
Professor Susan Lederer has been awarded a WARF Named Professorship. Five faculty across campus have been awarded WARF Named Professorships, which come with $100,000, and honor faculty who have made major contributions to the advancement …
ARCHIVE Volume 26 Now Available Online
The newest volume of ARCHIVE is here! The University of Wisconsin-Madison Undergraduate Journal of History published their 26th volume this May 2023. Editor-in-Chief Madeline McGlone, along with Editors Reilly Coon, Bella Costanzo, Sophia Halverson, Thomas …