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Gender and Women’s History

Professor Ashley Brown Featured on Big Ten Network

Posted on March 4, 2022

On February 14th, Professor Ashley Brown was interviewed by her former student Ethan Bacon for a Big Ten Network feature on George Coleman Poage, first African-American athlete to win an Olympic medal and a UW-Madison History …

Posted in 2022, All News, Gender and Women’s History, History News, U.S./North American History

Professor Gloria Whiting Wins Prize for Best Article in American Legal History

Posted on November 23, 2021

Professor Gloria Whiting has received the Cromwell Prize from the American Society for Legal History for her article, “Race, Slavery, and the Problem of Numbers in Early New England: A View from Probate Court.” This …

Posted in 2021, All News, Awards, Gender and Women’s History, History News, U.S./North American History

Professor Mou Banerjee Interviewed About Afghanistan

Posted on August 30, 2021

Professor Mou Banerjee has been interviewed by Channel 3000 News about the current situation happening in Afghanistan. Banerjee lends a historical perspective to the Taliban’s role in Afghanistan, discusses the role of Sharia law, and …

Posted in 2021, All News, Gender and Women’s History, History News, Intellectual History Group, South Asian History

Professor Gloria Whiting’s Article Recognized as Exemplary Work Related to Legal History

Posted on July 9, 2021

Writing in JOTWELL, a journal that celebrates “the best new scholarship relevant to the law,” historian Allison Madar (University of Oregon) highlighted Professor Gloria Whiting’s 2020 article from The William & Mary Quarterly titled, “Race, …

Posted in 2021, All News, Gender and Women’s History, History News, U.S./North American History

Professor Ramírez Receives Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Grant

Posted on June 18, 2021

Congratulations to Professor Marla Ramírez on receiving a Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Grant ($120,000 over 3 years) for her project, “Retrofitting Latinxs into the Wisconsin Historical Narrative.” The Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment is a competitive grant program that honors the legacy …

Posted in 2021, All News, Awards, Gender and Women’s History, History News, Latin American and Caribbean History

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 Ashley Brown Writes About Tennis Player Althea Gibson

Posted on June 2, 2021

Professor Ashley Brown was recently interviewed by Smithsonian Magazine for an article about Althea Gibson, the subject of her upcoming book (in progress). In the year 1950, at age 23, Althea Gibson was the first …

Posted in 2021, All News, Gender and Women’s History, History News, U.S./North American History

Professor Mou Banerjee Featured for Excellent Teaching

Posted on March 9, 2021

UW-Madison News has featured Professor Mou Banerjee in a piece about pandemic pedagogy, and what meaningful connection with students looks like in a virtual classroom. At the end of the fall 2020 semester, Professor Banerjee’s …

Posted in 2021, All News, Gender and Women’s History, History News, Intellectual History Group, South Asian History

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

Leonora Neville Interviewed for Byzantium Podcast

Posted on February 25, 2021

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,” …

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