When the History of Science Society handed out its awards and prizes on Thursday, July 25, 2019 at its annual meeting (in Utrecht, Netherlands—the first HSS meeting ever in Europe!), UW-Madison History of Science Ph.D. …
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Graduate Student Patrick Walsh has Article Published in Australian Feminist Studies Journal
Patrick Walsh, a graduate student in the Department of History at UW-Madison, has just had his first article published in the peer-reviewed journal, Australian Feminist Studies! The article is titled, “Experimenting with ‘Life’ in Nineteenth-Century Physiology: …
New Book from Honorary Fellow to be Released in Fall 2019
James Ungureanu, a current honorary research fellow in the Department of History at UW-Madison, has a new book that is due to be released this fall. Ungureanu is a historian of science and religion, and …
Faculty Receive Vilas Professorships and Awards
Four faculty members have received Vilas Professorships and Awards this year! Professor Francine Hirsch (Russian & European History) received the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship, an award recognizing distinguished scholarship as well as outstanding efforts in …
Catherine Jackson awarded the UW-Madison Center for the Humanities First Book Award
Please join us in congratulating Professor Catherine Jackson, who has received a First Book Award from the UW-Madison Center for the Humanities! Professor Jackson’s book, titled Material World: Making Modern Chemistry, will explain the rise …
Dan Stolz’s book featured on Social Science Research Council forum
Professor Daniel Stolz’s book, The Lighthouse and the Observatory: Islam, Science, and Empire in Late Ottoman Egypt (Cambridge, 2018), was featured in a book forum on The Immanent Frame, an interdisciplinary web journal on religion, …
Welcome New Faculty
Paige Glotzer – Faculty Page I research the history of housing segregation in the nineteenth and twentieth century. My first book, entitled Building Suburban Power: The Business of Exclusionary Housing Markets, 1890-1960, is currently under contract with …
Feminist Faculty Book Party
A Room of One’s Own is honored to welcome the the fifth Annual Feminist Faculty Book Party! This year, we convene to celebrate the recently released work of: Emily Callaci Shelly Chan Kathryn Moeller Nicole …
History of Science Brown Bag – Galen Poor
“The Four Great Inventions: A Global History of Modern China.” Galen Poor History Ph.D. Candidate (Chinese History, History of Science and Technology) Friday, April 20, 2018 12:00-1:00 PM Curti Lounge (Rm. 5233 Humanities Bldg.) …
Lecture – Michelle Murphy
“Rethinking Chemical Exposures towards Decolonial Futures” Michelle Murphy Professor of History & Women and Gender Studies Institute University of Toronto Thursday, April 19, 2018 4:00-5:30 PM 8417 Social Science How does settler colonialism shape the …