Be on the lookout for good reading material to come later this year! Alumnus Jacob Blanc (Ph.D. 2017), will have his first authored book published in December of 2019. The title is Before the Flood: The …
History News
Alumnus Publishes Piece in Washington Post on 75th Anniversary of D-Day
This week, the world remembers the 75th anniversary of the Normandy Landings. In an effort to commemorate this moment, alumnus and Board of Visitors Emeritus Jeffrey A. Engel (M.A. 1996, Ph.D. 2001) has written an opinion …
PhD Candidate Simon Fisher Featured in the Journal of African American History’s First LGBT Special Issue
Graduate student Simon Fisher is featured in the Spring 2019 edition of the Journal of African American History! Fisher’s article, “Challenging Dissemblance in Pauli Murray Historiography, Sketching a History of the Trans New Negro,” was …
Undergraduate History Major Awarded Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grant
Beck Powling, a rising UW-Madison senior majoring in History, has been awarded a Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grant! This award is given by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi – the nation’s oldest and most …
History Majors Featured for Work on MIA Project
Recently graduated history majors Samantha Zinnen (2019) and Tristan Krause (2018) have been featured in an article from UW News, for their work done with UW-Madison’s Missing in Action Recovery and Identification Project. This project …
Professor Joe Dennis Delivers Speech at UW-Nanjing University Celebration in China
On behalf of the UW, History professor Joe Dennis gave the “faculty words of appreciation” in Chinese at the gala in celebration of UW and Nanjing University’s new comprehensive strategic partnership. UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank and NJU President Lü Jian signed …
Alumnus David Fields has Article Published in Washington Post
Alumnus David Fields (Ph.D. 2017), recently had an article published in the Washington Post. The article is titled “How Korea was divided and why the aftershocks still haunt us today.” In the piece, Fields discusses …
Alumna Debbie Sharnak Receives Teaching Award from Harvard
Alumna Debbie Sharnak (Ph.D. 2017), currently a Lecturer on History and Literature at Harvard University, has recently won Harvard’s 2019 Stephen Botein Prize for Excellence in Teaching! Sharnak’s research and teaching cover topics such as …
History Major Hilary Miller Selected for Prestigious Fellowship with the UN Watch
Hilary Miller, a History and Political Science major who graduated this spring, will soon be heading off to Geneva, Switzerland to work with the UN Watch, a nonprofit that monitors the United Nations and promotes …
History Department Undergraduates Receive Departmental and University Awards
The History Department is proud to announce our undergraduate students who received Departmental scholarships, writing prizes, and research awards this year! Award winners were recognized on Friday, May 10th, at the Graduation and Awards Reception …