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Professor Patrick Iber Receives NEH Fellowship

Posted on August 10, 2021

Congratulations to Professor Patrick Iber on receiving a prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship. Iber is one of 213 NEH grant recipients nationwide, and his $60,000 fellowship (funded through the Ford Foundation) will last …

Posted in 2021, All News, History News, Latin American and Caribbean History, U.S./North American History

Oral History Interview with Jane Williams

Posted on August 6, 2021

The George Mosse Program in History has recently featured on their blog an oral history interview with Jane Williams, the former graduate admissions coordinator for our Department of History. Jane started the position in 1988 …

Posted in 2021, All News, George Mosse Program, History News

An Update on the Public History Project

Posted on August 5, 2021

In a new video, Director Kacie Lucchini Butcher provides an update on the work of the UW-Madison Public History Project. The Project is a “multi-year effort to uncover and give voice to those who experienced, …

Posted in 2021, All News, History News

History Major Alyssa Hamrick Receives Iwanter Prize

Posted on July 19, 2021

Congratulations to History major and recent graduate Alyssa Hamrick on receiving the $500 honorable mention for the 2021 Iwanter Prize for Undergraduate Research from the UW-Madison Center for the Humanities! Hamrick received the honorable mention …

Posted in 2021, All News, Awards, History News

Professor Gloria Whiting’s Article Recognized as Exemplary Work Related to Legal History

Posted on July 9, 2021

Writing in JOTWELL, a journal that celebrates “the best new scholarship relevant to the law,” historian Allison Madar (University of Oregon) highlighted Professor Gloria Whiting’s 2020 article from The William & Mary Quarterly titled, “Race, …

Posted in 2021, All News, Gender and Women’s History, History News, U.S./North American History

Professor Ramírez Receives Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Grant

Posted on June 18, 2021

Congratulations to Professor Marla Ramírez on receiving a Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Grant ($120,000 over 3 years) for her project, “Retrofitting Latinxs into the Wisconsin Historical Narrative.” The Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment is a competitive grant program that honors the legacy …

Posted in 2021, All News, Awards, Gender and Women’s History, History News, Latin American and Caribbean History

Professor Mary Lou Roberts Publishes New Book

Posted on June 9, 2021

Professor Mary Lou Roberts has a new book titled, Sheer Misery: Soldiers in Battle in WWII (University of Chicago Press, 2021). According to the publisher’s website, “Sheer Misery trains a humane and unsparing eye on the …

Posted in 2021, All News, Books, European History, Gender and Women’s History, History News, War in Society and Culture

Professor Ashley Brown Writes About Tennis Player Althea Gibson

Posted on June 2, 2021

Professor Ashley Brown was recently interviewed by Smithsonian Magazine for an article about Althea Gibson, the subject of her upcoming book (in progress). In the year 1950, at age 23, Althea Gibson was the first …

Posted in 2021, All News, Gender and Women’s History, History News, U.S./North American History

History Majors Selected for Hilldale Undergraduate Research Fellowships

Posted on June 2, 2021

History majors Sophia Clark and Julia Derzay have been selected to receive 2021 Hilldale Undergraduate Research Fellowships! The Hilldale Fellowships are generously funded by grants from the Hilldale Foundation and the Wisconsin State Legislature, and …

Posted in 2021, All News, Awards, History News

Volume 24 of ARCHIVE Now Available Online

Posted on May 26, 2021

ARCHIVE, the UW-Madison Undergraduate Journal of History, has published their 24th volume! Under the supervision of faculty advisor Professor Sarah Thal, Editor-in-Chief Madeline Brauer and Editorial Board members Julia Derzay, Haley Drost, Taylor Madl, Thomas …

Posted in 2021, All News, History News
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