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 rally Russians behind his war against Ukraine. According to Hirsch, “Putin in 2022, like Stalin in 1939, is attempting to …
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 interest in race and class, Blackness, postcolonial history, and transnational history. He authored 10 books and numerous articles during his lifetime, …
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 release in November 2021, The Virtuous Wehrmacht explores the myth of the German armed forces’ innocence during World War II by …
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 the 2021 Heldt Prize from the Association for Women in Slavic Studies, as well as the Barbara Jelavich Book Prize …
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 corporeal experiences of the soldiers who fought in Belgium, France, and Italy during the last two years of the war. …
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, 2020). The Montana Prize is normally given to fiction or poetry, and An Open Moment is a collective biography that depicts Ipsen’s …
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 of History! Celia Crifasi has received a study/research award for Spain, Carly Lucas has received a study/research award for Tanzania, …
Professor Leonora Neville was interviewed this month for The History of Byzantium, a podcast telling the story of the Roman Empire from 476 AD to 1453. The episode focused on “The Coup of Anna Komnene,” a figure that Professor Neville has written about extensively in her 2016 book, Anna Komnene: The Life and Work of …
History Ph.D. candidate and U.S. Army veteran Chad Gibbs has an article published in Newsweek about how the end of the pandemic might feel, from the perspective of a combat veteran, and what to look for next. “While that last phase of a high-tempo life in danger certainly has its risks, what comes next also …
Congratulations to Professor Giuliana Chamedes, who has been selected as one of 23 faculty winners of the 2021 Vilas Associates Competition! The Vilas Associates Competition recognizes new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance. Recipients are chosen competitively by the divisional research committees on the basis of a detailed proposal. Read more about the …