Professor Leonora Neville, a historian of the medieval eastern Mediterranean and the Byzantine Empire, has published a new book titled Byzantine Gender (ARC Humanities Press, 2019). “Why were virtuous Byzantine women described as manly? Why were …
Gender and Women’s History
Faculty Receive Vilas Professorships and Awards
Four faculty members have received Vilas Professorships and Awards this year! Professor Francine Hirsch (Russian & European History) received the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship, an award recognizing distinguished scholarship as well as outstanding efforts in …
Professor Nan Enstad Featured in Op-ed piece for the Washington Post
Professor Nan Enstad’s new book, Cigarettes Inc.: An Intimate History of Corporate Imperialism, was featured in an op-ed piece for the Washington Post. The piece, titled “How Gov. Evers can make Foxconn work for Wisconsin: …
L&S Newsletter Publishes Article on Professors Cindy I-Fen Cheng and Leonora Neville
Sift & Winnow, the online L&S newsletter, has an article on the “Lessons of History” that features our own Cindy I-Fen Cheng and Leonora Neville, along with Christy Clark-Pujara, who teaches in the Department of …
Tobacco’s World of Racial Capitalism: A Conversation with Nan Enstad
Professor Nan Enstad is the guest on an episode of the biweekly podcast “Edge Effects,” produced by graduate students in the Nelson Institute’s Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE) who edit the digital magazine …
Emily Callaci and Mitra Sharafi receive summer research support from the NEH
Emily Callaci, assistant professor of history, and Mitra Sharafi, associate professor at the Law School, have been offered Summer Stipend awards by the National Endowment for the Humanities. This is the first time two UW–Madison …
Kantrowitz-Led Committee Releases Report on the Ku Klux Klan at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
After months of research, a study group convened by Chancellor Blank to study the history of racism and exclusion on the UW-Madison campus released its final report. Our own Stephen Kantrowitz co-chaired the committee along …
Feminist Faculty Book Party
A Room of One’s Own is honored to welcome the the fifth Annual Feminist Faculty Book Party! This year, we convene to celebrate the recently released work of: Emily Callaci Shelly Chan Kathryn Moeller Nicole …
Lecture – Michelle Murphy
“Rethinking Chemical Exposures towards Decolonial Futures” Michelle Murphy Professor of History & Women and Gender Studies Institute University of Toronto Thursday, April 19, 2018 4:00-5:30 PM 8417 Social Science How does settler colonialism shape the …
History of Science Brown Bag – Emily Callaci
“Injectable Development: The Global Imaginaries of Depo-Provera in the 1970s” Emily Calacci History Department UW-Madison Friday, April 13, 2018 12:00-1:00 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5233 Humanities Bldg.) Future Brown Bags Friday, April 20th Friday, …