Just over a week after a gathering of white supremacy groups in Charlottesville, Virginia, left three dead and led to the quick removal of Confederate memorials across the country, University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank …
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Professor John Hall to serve Joint Chiefs of Staff
John Hall will record counter-terrorism history as it happens within the Pentagon. A dedication to both scholarship and service has defined the career of John Hall, the Ambrose-Hesseltine Associate Professor of U.S. Military History in …
Catherine Jackson Collaborates with UW Glassblower
In words and glass, collaboration unlocks birth of modern chemistry Hidden in the logo of the world’s largest scientific society, likely unknown to many members, is a triangular symbol telling the story of a partnership …
Susan Johnson, Newberry Consortium for American Indian Studies Faculty Fellow
Congratulations to Susan Johnson, Newberry Consortium for American Indian Studies Faculty Fellow. The Newberry Library’s fellowship program allows scholars the opportunity to pursue research that draws on the Newberry’s extensive archival collections. The fellowship program …
Vicki Fama Daniel garners AAHM Shryock Medal Essay honor
May 2017 At the recent American Association for the History of Medicine annual meeting in Nashville, History of Science program graduate student Vicki Fama Daniel received a First Honorable Mention in the Richard H. Shryock …
Cork’s War of Independence Fatality Register
Professor Emeritus James Donnelly in collaboration Dr. Andy Bielenberg (University College Cork) recently completed work on a large electronic database that analyzes the political violence of the Irish War of independence (1919-21). The database records …
SAH Honors William Cronon, an Advocate for Academic Freedom for Literary Merit in Historical Writing
Three prizes honoring historical writing of exceptional literary merit are awarded by the Society of American Historians (SAH) at Columbia University today at its annual dinner at The Century Association in New York City. The …
Giuliana Chamedes receives ACLS fellowship
Congratulations to Giuliana Chamedes for receiving a 2017-18 ACLS Fellowship. The ACLS Fellowship Program awards fellowships to individual scholars working in the humanities and related social sciences. Institutions and individuals contribute to the ACLS Fellowship …
ILS TA Excellence Award to James Barnes
April 2017 The ILS TA Excellence Award ($500) is presented each year to a TA who is nominated by faculty for their outstanding contribution to the ILS Program at UW-Madison. This year the ILS awards …
Cindy I-Fen Cheng wins Distinguished Teaching Award
Cindy I-Fen Cheng has been in the unusual and challenging position of having to do an enormous amount of curriculum development. When she arrived at UW-Madison, there was no established curriculum for Asian American History …