Professor Elizabeth Hennessy’s recently published book, On the Backs of Tortoises: Darwin, the Galapagos, and the Fate of an Evolutionary Eden (Yale University Press, 2019), has been featured in the New York Review of Books. …
Latin American and Caribbean History
Professor Hennessy Writes About Galapagos Conservation in Washington Post
Professor Elizabeth Hennessy has written an article for the Washington Post titled “We’re trying to keep the Galapagos pristine. That might destroy them.” The piece talks about recent efforts to preserve biodiversity in the Galapagos, …
Professor Patrick Iber Publishes a Review in The New Republic
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 …
Professor Hennessy Longlisted for 2020 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
Professor Elizabeth Hennessy, whose book On the Backs of Tortoises: Darwin, the Galapagos, and the Fate of an Evolutionary Eden (Yale University Press) was published this year, is on the longlist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson …
Forthcoming Book from Alumnus Jacob Blanc
Be on the lookout for good reading material to come later this year! Alumnus Jacob Blanc (Ph.D. 2017), will have his first authored book published in December of 2019. The title is Before the Flood: The …
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 …
Pablo F. Gómez wins the William H. Welch Medal
Pablo F. Gómez, Associate Professor in the departments of History and Medical History and Bioethics, has been awarded the 2019 William H. Welch Medal by the American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) for …
Professor Patrick Iber has Op-Ed Published in New York Times
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. …
Professor Gómez’s Book Receives Honorable Mention from Conference in Latin American History
Pablo Gómez’s book The Experiential Caribbean ( University of North Carolina Press, 2017) was awarded the 2018 Honorable Mention of the Bolton-Johnson Prize for the best book in Latin American History by the Conference on Latin American History …
Pablo F. Gómez Wins the 2018 Albert J. Raboteau Book Prize
Pablo F. Gómez’s The Experiential Caribbean: Creating Knowledge and Healing in the Early Modern Atlantic wins the 2018 Albert J. Raboteau Book Prize Official Press Release Indianapolis, Indiana– University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Pablo F. Gómez’s The Experiential …