Dangerous Ground: Squatters, Statesmen, and the Antebellum Rupture of American Democracy (Oxford University Press, 2022) by John Suval received the Southern Historical Association’s 2023 James A. Rawley Award for the best book on secession and/or the sectional crisis published during the previous two years. John earned his PhD in 2018 under the direction of Professor …
Recent alumnus Nils Peterson has been awarded a 2024 Marshall Scholarship. This prestigious honor gives high-achieving young Americans the opportunity to study at the graduate level at any university in the United Kingdom. Nils will be pursuing a master’s degree in Taiwan Studies at The School of Oriental and African Studies and a master’s degree …
Congratulations to graduate student Verenize Arceo, who has received two awards from the Western History Association! Verenize received the 2023 WHA Graduate Student Prize and the 2023 Trennert-Iverson Conference Scholarship. The WHA Graduate Student Prize provides support to foster graduate student professional development and enhance collegial citizenship within the organization. The Trennert-Iverson Conference Scholarship provides …
The Association of Black Women Historians has awarded its 2023 Letitia Woods Brown Book Prize to Professor Ashley Brown for her book, Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson. Bestowed since 1984, the prize recognizes the best book in Black women’s history.
Professor Pablo Gomez, in collaboration with Adriana Chira from Emory University, was awarded a highly competitive National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) collaborative grant for his project “Value, Self-Worth, and the Market in the Black Spanish Caribbean in the Age of Slavery.” This grant, whose final product will be a monograph, was one of only …
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 that uses oral history to “make a significant contribution to contemporary scholarship; significantly advances understanding of important theoretical issues in …
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 fields who exemplify the Wisconsin Idea through an emphasis on service, discovery, and progress. This award celebrates young alumni who …
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 of knowledge, primarily through their research endeavors, but also as a result of their teaching and service activities. Award recipients …
On Friday, May 12 the Department of History celebrated undergraduate commencement with a recognition ceremony and reception at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Professor Mary Lou Roberts was selected by the graduating cohort of History majors to deliver the commencement address, and gave an inspiring and heartfelt speech to mark the transition of students to alumni. …
With the end of the 2022-23 academic year, UW–Madison has recognized how a few notable graduates made their mark on campus – and beyond. Two History graduates have received recognition for their outstanding work from the University. Robert Hall received an Outstanding Undergraduate Returning Adult Student Award from UW–Madison. This weekend, Robert will graduate with …