The French Institut d’études avancées just published an interview with Viren Murthy on Pan-Asianism and China’s place in the world. A must read for the Sinologists among you who read French! Viren held a fellowship …
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New installment of What History Tells explores the rise of European racism
The legendary University of Wisconsin-Madison professor George Mosse taught courses in European cultural history, providing unique insight into racism and fascism. Mosse retired in 1987, but his work couldn’t be more relevant in an era …
Diane Lindstrom (1944 – 2018)
The History Department sadly announces that Professor Emeritus Diane Lindstrom died on February 7, 2018. She was the first woman to earn tenure in the History Department. She also was the first person to teach …
Latest book Lynn Nyhart co-edited with Scott Lidgardlisted is among “Choice’s” 2017 list of Outstanding Academic Titles
The latest book Lynn Nyhart co-edited with Scott Lidgardlisted, Biological Individuality: Integrating Scientific, Philosophical, and Historical Perspectives (University of Chicago Press, 2017), is among “Choice’s” 2017 list of Outstanding Academic Titles. Every year in the …
Congratulations to the 2017 ‘Outstanding Women of Color!’
Christy Clark-Pujara is one of six being recognized as 2017’s “Outstanding Women of Color” on February 22, 2018. Read the full article on UW-Madison’s Creating Community website.
East African Working Women
Check out this wonderful website created by a team of graduate students in Florence Bernault’s Hist 861 last spring. Kate Alfin, Lamin Keita (Poli Sci), Lauren Maly and Leslie Sabakinu worked together to create this …
Susan Johnson interviewed for an episode of the history podcast BackStory
Susan Johnson was recently interviewed for an episode of the history podcast BackStory (produced by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities) on the California Gold Rush and the episode, All That Glitters? Legacies of the …
Article on Sergio Gonzalez: Latino historian ‘inspired’ by Scott Walker and Donald Trump
Sergio Gonzalez, an author and doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is earnest, intense and seems destined to lead. At 30, Gonzalez is completing his Ph.D. in history with a focus on labor, immigration …
Interview with David Fields on U.S.-Korea Relations
Interview with David Fields on U.S.-Korea Relations Historian David Fields discussed the background of the relationship between North Korea and South Korea and the involvement of the United States. The interview took place at the …
History Department 2017 Newsletter – “The Past in the Present”
History Newsletter 2017-18 – “The Past in the Present” Chair’s Welcome Twenty Years of ARCHIVE Drunk History Nature’s Metropolis Turns 25 Wisconsin 101 Progress Report Faculty/Emeriti News News Professorships Graduate Student/Alumni Notes Undergraduate/Graduate Awards and …