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 in History at the University of Cincinnati. Following teaching assignments at Ohio University and the University of Pittsburgh, Tom returned …
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 be a key text for African studies and certainly for any collection centered on West and Central Africa.” Publisher’s website: …
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 of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison”
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 currently the Lucy G. Moses Professor of Modern Jewish History at Yale University. He specializes in the intersection of Jewish …
Professor Emeritus John W. Barker passed away on October 24th at the age of 86. Barker was an expert in late Byzantine and Venetian history whose work helped define Byzantine studies in the twentieth century. His biography of the Renaissance-era emperor Manuel II Palaeologus: 1391-1425: A study in late Byzantine Statesmanship (1969), and numerous other …
The History Department Remembers Professor Emeritus J. Rogers Hollingsworth (1932-2019) Throughout his career, Hollingsworth had a broad interest in socio-economics and comparative research. He became actively involved with the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, and he was honored to be elected President in 1996. He authored studies on diverse topics including American and European …
The History Department Remembers Professor Emeritus David Morgan (1945-2019) Professor Emeritus David O. Morgan passed away on Wednesday, October 23, 2019, at the age of 74. He earned his B.A. from the University of Oxford in 1966 and his Ph.D. from the University of London in 1977. He came to the University of Wisconsin–Madison in …
The History Department Remembers Professor Emeritus Frank “Mike” Clover Professor Emeritus Frank “Mike” Clover passed away on Saturday, July 13th, 2019 at the age of 79. Clover received his B.A. from UW–Madison in 1962, and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1966. He then taught in our department for 34 years, joining the …
History alumnus John Rowe (B.S. 1967 and J.D. 1970) was featured last month in Sift & Winnow, the e-newsletter of the College of Letters & Science at UW–Madison. The article was titled “Knowledge is Power,” and traced Rowe’s success as a CEO in major companies such as Central Maine Power Company, New England Electric System, …
Norman K. Risjord, age 87, died on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019. Norman was born in Manitowoc on Nov. 25, 1931, and grew up in Kansas City. He attended the College of William and Mary, 1949 to 1953, was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa society in his junior year, and was a three-year letterman on …