Physical copies of the book are now available! Organized in the immediate aftermath of World War II to try the former Nazi leaders for war crimes, the Nuremberg trials, known as the International Military Tribunal …
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André Wink publishes new book.
In a new accessible narrative, André Wink presents his major reinterpretation of the long-term history of India and the Indian Ocean region from the perspective of world history and geography. Situating the history of the …
Paige Glotzer Publishes New Book
The story of the rise of the segregated suburb often begins during the New Deal and the Second World War, when sweeping federal policies hollowed out cities, pushed rapid suburbanization, and created a white homeowner …
Professor Emeritus David Sorkin Publishes New Book
David Sorkin, a historian of Jewish and European history, has published a new book titled Jewish Emancipation: A History Across Five Centuries (Princeton University Press, 2019). Sorkin is a Professor Emeritus of our department and …
History Alumnus Publishes Book on Kazakhstan in World War II
History alumnus Roberto Carmack (PhD, 2015) has recently published a book based on his dissertation research at UW-Madison. The book is titled Kazakhstan in World War II: Mobilization and Ethnicity in the Soviet Empire (University Press …
Alumna Vaneesa Cook Publishes Spiritual Socialists
Spiritual Socialists: Religion and the American Left Refuting the common perception that the American left has a religion problem, Vaneesa Cook highlights an important but overlooked intellectual and political tradition that she calls “spiritual socialism.” …
Professor Elizabeth Hennessy Publishes New Book, On the Backs of Tortoises
An insightful exploration of the iconic Galápagos tortoises, and how their fate is inextricably linked to our own in a rapidly changing world. The Galápagos archipelago is often viewed as a last foothold of pristine …
Professor Leonora Neville Publishes New Book on Byzantine Gender
Professor Leonora Neville, a historian of the medieval eastern Mediterranean and the Byzantine Empire, has published a new book titled Byzantine Gender (ARC Humanities Press, 2019). “Why were virtuous Byzantine women described as manly? Why were …
Alumna Brenna Wynn Greer Publishes First Book
Alumna Brenna Wynn Greer (PhD, 2011) has recently published her first book, Represented: The Black Imagemakers Who Reimagined African American Citizenship (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019), which explores how black entrepreneurs produced magazines, photographs, and …
Professor Giuliana Chamedes Publishes First Book
Professor Giuliana Chamedes‘ first book has just been released! A Twentieth-Century Crusade: The Vatican’s Battle to Remake Christian Europe (Harvard University Press, 2019), is the “first comprehensive history of the Vatican’s agenda to defeat the forces of …