Congratulations to Professor Emeritus Thomas Spear for winning the American Historical Association’s Waldo G. Leland Prize for the best reference work published over the last five years! The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Historiography: Methods and Sources …
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UW History Alumni & Emeritus Receive WHA Awards
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 …
Stanley Schultz (1938-2020)
Stanley Kenton “Stan” Schultz, age 82, passed away at his home in Middleton, Wis., on Dec. 8, 2020. Stan was born on July 12, 1938, in Los Angeles, Calif., to Kenton Schultz and Virginia Pyle …
Edward Coffman (1931-2020)
Edward McKenzie Coffman, distinguished military historian and revered teacher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died on September 16, 2020, at Thomson-Hood Veteran Center in Wilmore, Kentucky. He was 91. “Mac” Coffman was born in Hopkinsville, …
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 …
Richard Sewell (1931-2020)
On Tuesday, August 4, 2020 Richard Herbert Sewell, aged 89, passed away peacefully at Agrace Hospice. Richard was born April 11, 1931, in Ann Arbor, Mich. to Herbert and Anna (Broene) Sewell. Like them, he …
Thomas J. McCormick (1933 – 2020)
Thomas Joseph McCormick Jr., emeritus professor of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, passed away on July 25 at the age of 87. Tom earned his Ph.D. at UW–Madison in 1960, after receiving his Master’s …
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 …
Video: “The History of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison”
Professor Emerita Colleen Dunlavy presents her research about the history and significance of UW-Madison’s Department of History. Presented and recorded Blackboard Collaborate on Thursday, April 16, 2020. The video can be found here: “The History …
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 …