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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

Francine Hirsch’s Analysis of Russian Invasion in Ukraine

Posted on May 11, 2022

Professor Francine Hirsch is a historian of modern Europe with a specialization in Russia and the Soviet Union whose areas of expertise include comparative empires, the history of human rights, and Russian-American engagement. Since the Russian …

Posted in 2022, All News, European History, History News, Jewish History, War in Society and Culture

History Ph.D. Candidate Writes About Pandemic and Post-Combat Life

Posted on February 19, 2021

History Ph.D. candidate and U.S. Army veteran Chad Gibbs has an article published in Newsweek about how the end of the pandemic might feel, from the perspective of a combat veteran, and what to look …

Posted in 2021, All News, European History, History News, Jewish History, War in Society and Culture

Kathryn Ciancia publishes new book

Posted on November 24, 2020

Kathryn Ciancia’s new book, On Civilization’s Edge: A Polish Borderland in the Interwar World (Oxford University Press, 2020) is now available. Description: As a resurgent Poland emerged at the end of World War I, an …

Posted in 2020, All News, Books, European History, History News, Jewish History

Professor Emeritus David Sorkin Publishes New Book

Posted on January 6, 2020

David Sorkin, a historian of Jewish and European history, has published a new book titled Jewish Emancipation: A History Across Five Centuries (Princeton University Press, 2019). Sorkin is a Professor Emeritus of our department and …

Posted in 2019, All News, Books, Emeriti, European History, History News, Jewish History

Professor Lapina Interviewed on Wisconsin Public Radio

Posted on December 18, 2019

This past Sunday, December 8th, Professor Elizabeth Lapina was interviewed on Wisconsin Public Radio for a segment titled “Knightly Culture and the Crusades.” The host was Norman Gilliland, who co-produces the weekly WPR program  “University …

Posted in 2019, All News, European History, History News, Jewish History, War in Society and Culture

Article – “Lessons from the Treblinka Archive: Transnational Collections and their Implications for Historical Research” by Chad S.A. Gibbs

Posted on October 8, 2018

In work for his 1979 book The Death Camp Treblinka, Alexander Donat began the process of locating survivors of the camp and recording their histories. In a telling testament to the lethality of this place, …

Posted in 2018, All News, European History, History News, Jewish History, War in Society and Culture

The Paul J. Schrag Lecture: Scott Spector

Posted on April 8, 2018

“Two Vultures? Freud’s Psychoanalysis between ‘Jewish Science’ and Humanism” Scott Spector – University of Michigan Professor of History and Germanic Languages and Literature Wednesday, April 14, 2018 4:00 – 5:30 PM Union South (1308 W …

Posted in 2018, All News, European History, George Mosse Program, History Events, Jewish History, Lectures

Lecture – Aaron Rubin

Posted on March 16, 2018

“Jewish Languages, Past and Present” Aaron Rubin Penn State University Monday, March 19, 2018 4:00 PM Pyle Center This presentation is devoted to the rich array of languages other than Hebrew that have been written …

Posted in 2018, All News, European History, George Mosse Program, History Events, Jewish History, Lectures

Lee Wandel interview to air on Wisconsin Public Television

Posted on March 12, 2018

Wisconsin Public Television will be airing a Lee Palmer Wandel interview on University Place with Norman Gillard on Monday, April 2nd, 2018. University Place on Wisconsin Public Television  

Posted in 2018, All News, European History, History News, Jewish History
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