Christine Lamberson (PhD, 2012) was featured in October’s issue of Perspectives on History, the news magazine of the American Historical Association for her work conducting oral history interviews with veterans in West Texas. She co-authored an …
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UW History Alum Jason Morgan (Ph.D. 2016) Translates English Edition of Hata Ikuhiko’s Book
UW History alum Jason Morgan (Ph.D. 2016) served as translator of an updated, English-language edition of Hata Ikuhiko’s 1999 book, Comfort Women and Sex in the Battle Zone (Hamilton Books, Rowman & Littlefield, 2018) – …
Heavy hitter Allan ‘Bud’ Selig tapped as 2018 winter commencement speaker
December’s University of Wisconsin–Madison commencement speaker hopes to knock it out of the ballpark. He certainly knows his way around one. Allan “Bud” Selig, commissioner emeritus of Major League Baseball, will deliver the charge to …
Britt Tevis (Ph.D. 2016) co-authored an article about the link between antisemitism and anti-immigrant sentiments.
Why the Pittsburgh shooter raged about immigration before attacking a synagogue by Jaclyn Granick and Britt Tevis On Saturday, a shooter opened fire inside a synagogue in the heart of a heavily Jewish neighborhood in …
Katherine Benton-Cohen (Ph.D. 2012) served as historical advisor to Bisbee ‘17
Katherine Benton-Cohen received her PhD from our department in 2002, is Associate Professor of History at Georgetown University, and recently served as historical advisor to the documentary Bisbee ‘17, which will be playing at Madison …
Elizabeth Schmidt (Ph.D. 1987) has published a new book about foreign political and military intervention in Africa
Elizabeth Schmidt (Ph.D. 1987), has published a new book, Foreign Intervention in Africa after the Cold War: Sovereignty, Responsibility, and the War on Terror (Ohio University Press, 2018), which offers a new framework for thinking …
UW-Madison History major Rena Yehuda Newman was featured on the UW Archives’ Instagram account
In celebration of American Archives Month, UW-Madison History major Rena Yehuda Newman was featured on the UW Archives’ Instagram account this morning. They are the Archives’ inaugural Student Historian in Residence. Read more about Rena and …
The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution Project
Each year on Constitution Day (September 17), David Fields (UW-Madison Department of History, Ph.D., 2017) and the Center for the Study of the American Constitution (CSAC) likes to call attention to the fact that the entire …
UW History alum Martín Espada recognized with Distinguished Lifetime Achievement award for poetry
The Poetry Foundation is pleased to announce the winner of the 2018 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, which honors a living US poet for outstanding lifetime achievement. Martín Espada is awarded the prize in recognition of …
Emma Strenski, senior History major, receives Fulbright Award
Congratulations to senior History major Emma Strenski!! Emma has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to Bosnia and Herzegovina in Modern History from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign …