Be on the lookout for good reading material to come later this year! Alumnus Jacob Blanc (Ph.D. 2017), will have his first authored book published in December of 2019. The title is Before the Flood: The Itaipu Dam and the Visibility of Rural Brazil (Duke University Press), and it focuses on the protest movements of rural …
This week, the world remembers the 75th anniversary of the Normandy Landings. In an effort to commemorate this moment, alumnus and Board of Visitors Emeritus Jeffrey A. Engel (M.A. 1996, Ph.D. 2001) has written an opinion piece for the Washington Post. The article is titled “Lest we forget: The lesson of D-Day for Americans today,” and …
Graduate student Simon Fisher is featured in the Spring 2019 edition of the Journal of African American History! Fisher’s article, “Challenging Dissemblance in Pauli Murray Historiography, Sketching a History of the Trans New Negro,” was part of a special JAAH issue on “LGBT Themes in African American History.” Fisher is working on a dissertation currently …
Beck Powling, a rising UW–Madison senior majoring in History, has been awarded a Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grant! This award is given by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi – the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Powling will be using the grant to support her study abroad at …
Recently graduated history majors Samantha Zinnen (2019) and Tristan Krause (2018) have been featured in an article from UW News, for their work done with UW–Madison’s Missing in Action Recovery and Identification Project. This project focuses on advancing the recovery of MIAs by “involving an academic blend of knowledge and research as well as educating …
On behalf of the UW, History professor Joe Dennis gave the “faculty words of appreciation” in Chinese at the gala in celebration of UW and Nanjing University’s new comprehensive strategic partnership. UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank and NJU President Lü Jian signed the agreement in Nanjing on May 24, 2019. 历史系教授戴思哲(Joe Dennis)代表威斯康辛大学教授在南京大学—威斯康辛大学全面战略合作伙伴关系启动仪式的感言. Rebecca Blank 校长和吕建校长于2019年5月24日签定了该协议。
Alumnus David Fields (Ph.D. 2017), recently had an article published in the Washington Post. The article is titled “How Korea was divided and why the aftershocks still haunt us today.” In the piece, Fields discusses the history of diplomatic and political relations between Korea and the United States, and the implications of historical treaties and …
Alumna Debbie Sharnak (Ph.D. 2017), currently a Lecturer on History and Literature at Harvard University, has recently won Harvard’s 2019 Stephen Botein Prize for Excellence in Teaching! Sharnak’s research and teaching cover topics such as the history of human rights, transnational networks, Latin America, and international relations. Before starting her position at Harvard, Sharnak worked …
Hilary Miller, a History and Political Science major who graduated this spring, will soon be heading off to Geneva, Switzerland to work with the UN Watch, a nonprofit that monitors the United Nations and promotes human rights. Miller received this opportunity through the prestigious Morris B. Abram Fellowship, which is a one-year position in which …
The History Department is proud to announce our undergraduate students who received Departmental scholarships, writing prizes, and research awards this year! Award winners were recognized on Friday, May 10th, at the Graduation and Awards Reception at Wisconsin Historical Society. For more information about these awards, see the History Department Prize page.