The History Department announces up to three $500 prizes for a short (1-3 minute) video made by an undergraduate individual or team on the subject, “Why take History?” Videos may answer this question in a …
History News
Recent Graduate Ryan Smazal Working on Underwater Archaeology
The 2018 issue of “The Past in the Present” featured Ryan Smazal (History/Political Science, 2019) and his summer internship with WHS’s Maritime Preservation/Maritime Archeology Program. As part of his work that summer, he was certified …
History Remembers John Walton Barker (1933-2019)
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. …
Professor Emeritus J. Rogers Hollingsworth (1932-2019)
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, …
Professor Emeritus David Morgan (1945-2019)
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 …
Alumna Vaneesa Cook Publishes Spiritual Socialists
Spiritual Socialists: Religion and the American Left Refuting the common perception that the American left has a religion problem, Vaneesa Cook highlights an important but overlooked intellectual and political tradition that she calls “spiritual socialism.” …
Professor Elizabeth Hennessy Publishes New Book, On the Backs of Tortoises
An insightful exploration of the iconic Galápagos tortoises, and how their fate is inextricably linked to our own in a rapidly changing world. The Galápagos archipelago is often viewed as a last foothold of pristine …
Professor Nan Enstad Receives AHA’s Beveridge Award for Cigarettes Inc.
Professor Nan Enstad has been awarded the prestigious Albert J. Beveridge Award from the American Historical Association for her recent book Cigarettes Inc.: An Intimate History of Corporate Imperialism (University of Chicago Press, 2018). The …
History 300 Visits the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
Professor Sarah Thal and her students from History 300: History at Work, took a trip to the Wisconsin Historical Society as part of their class. Lisa Saywell, Director of Public Services, gave the students a …
Professor Leonora Neville Featured in Byzantium & Friends Podcast
Professor and History Department Chair, Leonora Neville, has been featured on a podcast called Byzantium & Friends, a platform through which scholars and the general public can engage with all things related to Byzantine Studies. …