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European History

Welcome New Faculty

Posted on September 13, 2022

The Department of History is excited to welcome three new faculty members – Khaled Esseissah, Michael Martoccio, and Jorell Meléndez-Badillo! Khaled Esseissah joins us as a historian of Islam, colonialism, slavery, race, and gender, with …

Posted in 2022, African History, All News, European History, History News, Latin American and Caribbean History

Francine Hirsch’s Analysis of Russian Invasion in Ukraine

Posted on May 11, 2022

Professor Francine Hirsch is a historian of modern Europe with a specialization in Russia and the Soviet Union whose areas of expertise include comparative empires, the history of human rights, and Russian-American engagement. Since the Russian …

Posted in 2022, All News, European History, History News, Jewish History, War in Society and Culture

Professor Francine Hirsch Co-Authors Op-Ed on War Crimes in Ukraine

Posted on May 2, 2022

Professor Francine Hirsch has co-authored a new op-ed for the Los Angeles Times titled “Lessons from the Soviets on how to hold Russia accountable for war crimes.” Evidence of Russian violence against Ukrainian citizens continues …

Posted in 2022, All News, European History, History News

Professor Francine Hirsch Writes About Putin and Ukraine in Lawfare

Posted on March 3, 2022

Professor Francine Hirsch has published an article with Lawfare titled “Putin’s Memory Laws Set the Stage for His War in Ukraine.” The piece discusses Russian President Vladimir Putin’s use of specific language as propaganda to …

Posted in 2022, All News, European History, History News

In Memoriam: Alumnus Tyler Stovall

Posted on December 17, 2021

The Department of History is saddened to note the passing of alumnus Tyler Stovall (PhD, 1984). Dr. Stovall studied with Harvey Goldberg at UW-Madison and became a distinguished historian of modern France with a particular …

Posted in 2021, All News, European History, History News, Memorials

Alumnus David Harrisville Publishes First Book on WWII German Soldiers on the Eastern Front

Posted on October 29, 2021

Congratulations to alumnus David Harrisville (PhD 2017) on the publication of his first book, The Virtuous Wehrmacht: Crafting the Myth of the German Soldier on the Eastern Front, 1941-1944 (Cornell University Press, 2021). Set to …

Posted in 2021, All News, Alumni, Books, European History, History News

Professor Francine Hirsch Receives Book Awards for Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg

Posted on October 12, 2021

Congratulations to Professor Francine Hirsch on receiving two recent awards for her 2020 book, Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg: A New History of the International Military Tribunal after World War II (Oxford University Press). The book has received …

Posted in 2021, All News, European History, History News

Professor Mary Lou Roberts Publishes New Book

Posted on June 9, 2021

Professor Mary Lou Roberts has a new book titled, Sheer Misery: Soldiers in Battle in WWII (University of Chicago Press, 2021). According to the publisher’s website, “Sheer Misery trains a humane and unsparing eye on the …

Posted in 2021, All News, Books, European History, Gender and Women’s History, History News, War in Society and Culture

Professor Pernille Ipsen Receives Major Danish Literature Prize

Posted on March 4, 2021

Professor Pernille Ipsen has received the Montana Prize for Literature, a major Danish literature prize, for her book Et Åbent Øjeblik: Da mine mødre gjorde noget nyt (An Open Moment: When My Mothers Did Something New)(Gyldendal, …

Posted in 2021, All News, Awards, European History, Gender and Women’s History, History News

UW-Madison History Grad Students Receive Fulbright Awards

Posted on March 1, 2021

UW-Madison was included this year on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2020-2021 Fulbright U.S. Students. Of the thirteen Fulbright recipients from UW-Madison, three are graduate students in our Department …

Posted in 2021, African History, All News, Awards, European History, History News, Intellectual History Group, Latin American and Caribbean History, Southeast Asian History
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