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Pablo Gómez Awarded NEH Collaborative Grant

Posted on October 10, 2023

Professor Pablo Gomez, in collaboration with Adriana Chira from Emory University, was awarded a highly competitive National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) collaborative grant for his project “Value, Self-Worth, and the Market in the Black …

Posted in 2023, All News, Awards, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology

Susan Lederer Awarded WARF Named Professorship

Posted on June 20, 2023

Professor Susan Lederer has been awarded a WARF Named Professorship. Five faculty across campus have been awarded WARF Named Professorships, which come with $100,000, and honor faculty who have made major contributions to the advancement …

Posted in 2023, All News, Awards, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology

New Faculty Member in Medical History and Bioethics

Posted on April 10, 2023

Professor Dana Landress has joined the Department of History as an Assistant Professor of Medical History and Bioethics. She is a historian of 19th and 20th century medicine and public health in the United States. …

Posted in 2023, All News, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology

2022-23 Teaching Assistant Award Winners in the Department of History

Posted on March 30, 2023

Two teaching assistants from the Department of History, Ludwig Decke and Emma Wathen, have received a Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Awards. These awards recognize their excellence in teaching. Ludwig and Emma both received the Early Excellence …

Posted in 2023, All News, Awards, European History, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology, Jewish History

Alumnus Mark Solovey Publishes New Book

Posted on March 15, 2022

Congratulations to alumnus Mark Solovey (PhD, 1996) on the publication of his newest book, Social Science for What? Battles Over Public Funding for the “Other Sciences” at the National Science Foundation (MIT Press, 2020). “In …

Posted in 2020, All News, Alumni, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology

Professor Judith Houck Receives 2022 Distinguished Teaching Award

Posted on February 15, 2022

Congratulations to Professor Judith Houck, who is one of twelve faculty members chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize some of the university’s finest educators. Houck, a professor …

Posted in 2022, All News, Awards, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology

Professor Lucas Richert Publishes New Book on the Global History of Cannabis

Posted on November 22, 2021

Lucas Richert, Associate Professor and George Urdang Chair in the History of Pharmacy and History Department faculty affiliate, has published a new book titled Cannabis: Global Histories (MIT Press, 2021). The book, co-edited by Lucas Richert …

Posted in 2021, All News, Books, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology

Professor Gregg Mitman Publishes New Book

Posted on October 28, 2021

Professor Gregg Mitman‘s new book, Empire of Rubber: Firestone’s Scramble for Land and Power in Liberia, will be available this November 2021 from The New Press. “In the early 1920s, Americans owned 80 percent of …

Posted in 2021, All News, Books, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology

Graduate Student Patrick Walsh Publishes History of Biology Article

Posted on October 1, 2021

Patrick Walsh, who recently published an article in the Journal of the History of Biology. Titled, “Making a French Connection: Darwin, Brown-Séquard and the Epilepsy Studies,” Walsh’s article contributes to a long debate in the history of …

Posted in 2021, All News, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology

Professor Richard Keller’s Course Featured in Local News

Posted on September 28, 2021

An article featuring Professor Richard Keller’s course, History of Science 553: International Health and Global Society, was published last week in the Wisconsin State Journal. The piece addresses the return to in-person teaching this fall that …

Posted in 2021, All News, History News, History of Science Medicine and Technology
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