Jennifer Stitt, a PhD candidate in the History Department at UW–Madison, has been featured in an article from Danish newspaper Dagbladet Information on the cultural history of solitude and the practice of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stitt is writing her dissertation, titled “Seeking Solitude: Imagining Self and Society in America” under the advisement …
On April 7th, Professor Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen will be honored by the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award! Professor Ratner-Rosenhagen was one of thirteen faculty members selected to receive an award this year. A university tradition since 1953, these awards are given out annually to recognize some of the university’s finest educators. At …
Professor Patrick Iber has published a review essay of historian Alexander Zevin’s new book Liberalism at Large: The World According to the Economist in The New Republic. Professor Iber is a contributing editor for that magazine, and writes frequently for its Books & the Arts section. He is also an editorial board member of Dissent magazine, where …
Please join us in congratulating Professor Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen, whose most recent book The Ideas that Made America: A Brief History (Oxford University Press, 2019) was featured in the Washington Post’s 50 Notable Works of Nonfiction in 2019! The listing for the book reads, “Aspiring to do a little of everything, a professor covers various schools …
Current Ph.D. candidate Jennifer Stitt, who studies U.S. intellectual and cultural history, has published a new piece in the digital magazine Aeon. Her article is titled “For Rachel Carson, wonder was a radical state of mind,” and discusses the conservationist icon’s use of wonder as a central pillar in her ecological and moral philosophy. Stitt …
Professor Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen recently published an opinion piece for The New York Times, titled “The Vicious Fun of America’s Most Famous Literary Circle.” The article reflects back on the 100th anniversary of the first meeting of the Algonquin Round Table, a regular gathering of writers, actors, critics, and wits that began in 1919 and lasted …
On behalf of the UW, History professor Joe Dennis gave the “faculty words of appreciation” in Chinese at the gala in celebration of UW and Nanjing University’s new comprehensive strategic partnership. UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank and NJU President Lü Jian signed the agreement in Nanjing on May 24, 2019. 历史系教授戴思哲(Joe Dennis)代表威斯康辛大学教授在南京大学—威斯康辛大学全面战略合作伙伴关系启动仪式的感言. Rebecca Blank 校长和吕建校长于2019年5月24日签定了该协议。
Professor Louise Young was recently honored with a prestigious Kellett Mid-Career Award! This five year award was created to provide needed support and encouragement to faculty at a critical stage of their careers. The award is named for the late William R. Kellett, a former president of the WARF board of trustees and president of Kimberly-Clark …
Professor Patrick Iber had an op-ed published in the New York Times yesterday, on the subject of U.S.-Venezuelan relations. Professor Iber is a historian of 20th century Latin America and U.S. foreign relations at UW–Madison. For the full article, click here.
Professor Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen has an article published today in the Washington Post, titled “The shutdown is Trump’s ultimate attack on American intellectual life.” Professor Ratner-Rosenhagen specializes in U.S. intellectual history at UW–Madison. For the full article, click the link here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/01/24/shutdown-is-trumps-ultimate-attack-intellectuals/?utm_term=.e854638953ef