UW-Madison was included this year on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2020-2021 Fulbright U.S. Students. Of the thirteen Fulbright recipients from UW-Madison, three are graduate students in our Department …
Awards
Giuliana Chamedes Selected as Winner of Vilas Associates Competition
Congratulations to Professor Giuliana Chamedes, who has been selected as one of 23 faculty winners of the 2021 Vilas Associates Competition! The Vilas Associates Competition recognizes new and ongoing research of the highest quality and …
Professor Hirsch’s Book Receives Distinguished ASIL Award
Congratulations to Professor Francine Hirsch, who has received a 2021 Certificate of Merit for a Preeminent Contribution to Creative Scholarship from the American Society of International Law! Professor Hirsch received the Certificate of Merit for …
History Professors Receive Grant from Mellon Foundation Just Futures Initiative
Congratulations to Professors Elizabeth Hennessy and Christy Clark-Pujara, who have received a 5 million dollar grant from the Mellon Foundation’s Just Futures Initiative for “Humanities Education for Anti-racism Literacy in the Sciences and Medicine”! According …
Professor James Sweet Becomes Next President-Elect of AHA
Professor James H. Sweet has been selected as the new President-elect of the American Historical Association. In the 2020 balloting for officers and committee representatives, AHA members voted to elect James Sweet as the next …
History Department Announces 2019-2020 Undergraduate Awards
The Department of History would like to congratulate this year’s undergraduate award recipients! We were fortunate to be able to award over $25,000 to undergraduates this year to support scholarships, writing prizes, research awards, and …
Professor Emerita Florence Bernault’s New Book Selected as a Choice Magazine 2019 Outstanding Academic Title
Professor Emerita Florence Bernault’s recent book, Colonial Transactions: Imaginaries, Bodies, and Histories in Gabon (Duke University Press, 2019), has been selected as a Choice Magazine 2019 Outstanding Academic Title! According to the reviewer, “this should …
Professor Lynn Nyhart Receives WARF Named Professorship
Congratulations to Professor Lynn Nyhart, who has been appointed a WARF named professorship! “These awards, which come with $100,000, honor faculty who have made major contributions to the advancement of knowledge, primarily through their research …
History Undergraduate Commencement Celebration – Class of 2020
We are proud of our undergraduate majors and wish we could celebrate with them in person. The class of 2020 has demonstrated great resilience and accomplished so much! View our virtual graduation celebration.
Professor Louise Young Elected into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
The Department of History is proud to announce that Professor Louise Young has been elected into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences! Professor Young is one of the nearly 250 outstanding individuals to have …