The Department of History, currently housed in the George L. Mosse Humanities Building, may be getting a new home! To those who have taken classes in the building, it will come as no surprise that …
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UW-Madison History Ranks High on List of Best Graduate Schools
The 2022 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools” ranks UW-Madison’s History Department as #11 for overall Best History Programs. Ranked specialties place the program at #1 for African History, #2 for …
Professor Mitra Sharafi Receives 2021 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award
Congratulations to Professor of Law and History Department affiliate Mitra Sharafi on receiving the 2021 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award! “Sharafi links theory to practice and encourages students to think beyond the four walls of the classroom. …
Alumnus Jeffrey Moran Publishes New Book on The Scopes Trial
Alumnus Jeffrey Moran (BA in History and Comm Arts, 1988) has published his fourth book, The Scopes Trial: A Brief History with Documents, Second Edition (New York, Bedford Books, 2021). The subject of the book …
Wisconsin 101 Featured for Public History Work
In a new article from the College of Letters & Science, Professor Sarah Thal and UW students are featured for their work on Wisconsin 101: Our History in Objects. Wisconsin 101 is a website and …
Professor Monica Kim Receives Asian American Studies Book Award
Congratulations to Professor Monica Kim, who has received the 2021 Outstanding Achievement in History Book Award from the Association for Asian American Studies! This is the fourth award that Kim has received for her book, …
Professor Glotzer’s New Essay on “Redlining, Predatory Inclusion, and Housing Segregation”
The African American Intellectual History Society has published a new essay from Professor Paige Glotzer in their award-winning blog, Black Perspectives. The essay, “Redlining, Predatory Inclusion, and Housing Segregation” was created as part of a …
Professor Elizabeth Hennessy Receives Best Article Award
Professor Elizabeth Hennessy has received the 2021 Leopold-Hidy Best Article Award for her 2020 publication in the journal Environmental History. The Leopold-Hidy Award is given by the Forest History Society and the American Society for …
Professor Mou Banerjee Featured for Excellent Teaching
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 …
Professor Brenda Gayle Plummer Writes About African Americans & Global Antiracist Movements
Professor Brenda Gayle Plummer has an article published in the Washington Post that places this last summer’s global uprising after the police killing of George Floyd in the broader historical context of international anti-racist activism undertaken …