Professor Emerita Florence Bernault’s recent book, Colonial Transactions: Imaginaries, Bodies, and Histories in Gabon (Duke University Press, 2019), has been selected as a Choice Magazine 2019 Outstanding Academic Title! According to the reviewer, “this should …
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Graduate Student Jennifer Stitt Publishes Personal Essay on COVID-19
Grad student Jennifer Stitt has published a personal essay on COVID-19 in Guernica, an online magazine dedicated to global arts and politics. The article is titled “Will COVID-19 Strengthen our Bonds?: Living with Chronic Illness …
Professor Lynn Nyhart Receives WARF Named Professorship
Congratulations to Professor Lynn Nyhart, who has been appointed a WARF named professorship! “These awards, which come with $100,000, honor faculty who have made major contributions to the advancement of knowledge, primarily through their research …
New Episode: Ask a Historian podcast Season 1, Episode 2
On the latest episode of the Ask a Historian podcast, we speak with Professor Gregg Mitman about the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in Liberia. How did people’s faith in or mistrust of their government shape the …
Alumna Grace Allen Writes About Experience During COVID-19 in China
Recent graduate Grace Allen (PhD 2017) had been teaching for the School of Humanities and Social Science at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen when the COVID-19 outbreak began. Since that time, Allen has …
History Undergraduate Commencement Celebration – Class of 2020
We are proud of our undergraduate majors and wish we could celebrate with them in person. The class of 2020 has demonstrated great resilience and accomplished so much! View our virtual graduation celebration.
Paige Glotzer Publishes New Book
The story of the rise of the segregated suburb often begins during the New Deal and the Second World War, when sweeping federal policies hollowed out cities, pushed rapid suburbanization, and created a white homeowner …
Professor Louise Young Elected into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
The Department of History is proud to announce that Professor Louise Young has been elected into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences! Professor Young is one of the nearly 250 outstanding individuals to have …
Professor Francine Hirsch Publishes New Book
Physical copies of the book will be available in June, however the Kindle version is available now! Organized in the immediate aftermath of World War II to try the former Nazi leaders for war crimes, …
Video: “The History of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison”
Professor Emerita Colleen Dunlavy presents her research about the history and significance of UW-Madison’s Department of History. Presented and recorded Blackboard Collaborate on Thursday, April 16, 2020. The video can be found here: “The History …