Eleven Teaching Assistants in the Department of History have received awards this year, both from the Department and from the University! The Department awards are as follows: Innovations in Teaching Award (Brianna Lafoon), Early Excellence …
History News
New Book from Honorary Fellow to be Released in Fall 2019
James Ungureanu, a current honorary research fellow in the Department of History at UW-Madison, has a new book that is due to be released this fall. Ungureanu is a historian of science and religion, and …
Professor Louise Young Receives Kellett Mid-Career Award
Professor Louise Young was recently honored with a prestigious Kellett Mid-Career Award! This five year award was created to provide needed support and encouragement to faculty at a critical stage of their careers. The award is …
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 …
History Department Congratulates New PhDs
Congratulations to the eleven graduate students that completed their PhD in History this year! The graduates were recognized at a reception on May 10th at the University Club. The names of the graduates, along with …
Alumnus Tom Rademacher Has Thesis Published on Wisconsin Mining History
Alumnus Tom Rademacher (BA, 2017) recently had his senior honors thesis published in volume 25 of The Mining History Journal – the peer reviewed, scholarly journal of the Mining History Association. Rademacher’s thesis is titled, …
Professor Alfred McCoy Publishes Opinion Piece on Drug Prohibition
Professor Alfred McCoy, the Harrington Professor of History at UW-Madison, has published an opinion piece on the foreign and domestic implications of drug prohibition policies, through the lens of history. The link to the piece …
Walter Stern receives 2018 Kemper and Leila Williams Prize in Louisiana History
Walter Stern, Assistant Professor of Educational Policy Studies and affiliated faculty member of the History Department, has received the 2018 Kemper and Leila Williams Prize in Louisiana History. This prize is awarded annually by the …
Pablo F. Gómez wins the William H. Welch Medal
Pablo F. Gómez, Associate Professor in the departments of History and Medical History and Bioethics, has been awarded the 2019 William H. Welch Medal by the American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) for …
Alumnus David Blight Wins Pulitzer Prize in History
Congratulations to alumnus David Blight (Ph.D. 1985), who has just won the Pulitzer Prize in History! Blight, Professor of History at Yale, was recognized for his most recent book, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (Simon & Schuster, …