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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

Professor Emeritus William Cronon Returns to Campus for Retirement Celebration

Posted on May 20, 2022

On Saturday, April 30th, 2022 Professor Emeritus William Cronon returned to the UW-Madison campus for a conference in celebration of his retirement. The one day conference titled “Common Places: Keywords for a More Than Human World” …

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

Retirement Celebration in Honor of Professor Emeritus William Cronon

Posted on April 27, 2022

This Saturday, April 30th, Professor Emeritus William Cronon will be back on the UW-Madison campus to participate in “Common Places: Keywords for a More Than Human World,” a day-long conference organized by his former PhD students that …

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

Alumnus Russell King Publishes Book

Posted on April 5, 2022

Congratulations to alumnus Russell King (BA 2002) on the publication of his new book, Rajneeshpuram: Inside the Cult of Bhagwan and Its Failed American Utopia, out this month from the Chicago Review Press. “In 1981, ambitious …

Posted in 2022, All News, Alumni, Books, History News, South Asian History

Alumnus Mark Solovey Publishes New Book

Posted on March 15, 2022

Congratulations to alumnus Mark Solovey (PhD, 1996) on the publication of his newest book, Social Science for What? Battles Over Public Funding for the “Other Sciences” at the National Science Foundation (MIT Press, 2020). “In …

Posted in 2020, All News, Alumni, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology

In Memoriam: Alumnus R. Richard “Dick” Wagner

Posted on December 21, 2021

In Memoriam: Alumnus R. Richard “Dick” Wagner The Department of History is sad to share the news that one of our alums, R. Richard “Dick” Wagner (PhD, 1971) passed away unexpectedly on December 12, 2021 …

Posted in 2021, All News, Alumni, History News, Memorials

UW History Alumni & Emeritus Receive WHA Awards

Posted on November 4, 2021

Congratulations to our graduate program alumni, Jennifer Holland (PhD, 2013) and Cori Simon (PhD, 2020), on their awards from the Western Historical Association! At the WHA meeting last week, Jennifer Holland was presented with two …

Posted in 2021, All News, Alumni, Awards, Emeriti, History News, U.S./North American History

Alumnus David Harrisville Publishes First Book on WWII German Soldiers on the Eastern Front

Posted on October 29, 2021

Congratulations to alumnus David Harrisville (PhD 2017) on the publication of his first book, The Virtuous Wehrmacht: Crafting the Myth of the German Soldier on the Eastern Front, 1941-1944 (Cornell University Press, 2021). Set to …

Posted in 2021, All News, Alumni, Books, European History, History News

Alumnus Gregory Jones-Katz Publishes New Book

Posted on September 27, 2021

Alumnus Gregory Jones-Katz has a new book published through The University of Chicago Press. Deconstruction: An American Institution is an intellectual history of the deconstruction movement that transformed the humanities during the 20th century. “Deconstruction begins well before …

Posted in 2021, All News, Alumni, Books, History News, U.S./North American History

Alumnus William Warner Joins AAS Staff

Posted on September 20, 2021

Congratulations to alumnus William Warner (Ph.D. 2017) on becoming the new Membership Manager at the Association for Asian Studies! Warner completed his graduate work in South Asian history here at UW-Madison, and his dissertation (advised by …

Posted in 2021, All News, Alumni, History News, South Asian History
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