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Professor Emeritus Thomas Spear Receives AHA Prize for Best Reference Work

Posted on November 8, 2021

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 …

Posted in 2021, African History, All News, Emeriti, History News

UW History Alumni & Emeritus Receive WHA Awards

Posted on November 4, 2021

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 …

Posted in 2021, All News, Alumni, Awards, Emeriti, History News, U.S./North American History

Stanley Schultz (1938-2020)

Posted on December 20, 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 …

Posted in 2020, All News, Emeriti, History News, Memorials

Edward Coffman (1931-2020)

Posted on September 22, 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, …

Posted in 2020, All News, Emeriti, History News, Memorials

André Wink publishes new book.

Posted on August 18, 2020

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 …

Posted in 2020, All News, Books, Emeriti, History News

Richard Sewell (1931-2020)

Posted on August 7, 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 …

Posted in 2020, All News, Emeriti, History News, Memorials

Thomas J. McCormick (1933 – 2020)

Posted on August 7, 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 …

Posted in 2020, All News, Emeriti, History News, Memorials

Professor Emerita Florence Bernault’s New Book Selected as a Choice Magazine 2019 Outstanding Academic Title

Posted on May 20, 2020

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 …

Posted in 2020, All News, Awards, Emeriti, History News

Video: “The History of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison”

Posted on April 21, 2020

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 …

Posted in 2020, All News, Emeriti, History News, Lectures, U.S./North American History

Professor Emeritus David Sorkin Publishes New Book

Posted on January 6, 2020

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 …

Posted in 2019, All News, Books, Emeriti, European History, History News, Jewish History
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