Tyler A. Lehrer (he/him), PhD Candidate in Southeast and South Asian History, has recently published an article in Itinerario: Journal of Imperial and Global Interactions titled “Dangerous Friendships in Eighteenth-Century Buddhist Laṅkā and Siam.” The article …
Southeast Asian History
Thongchai Winichakul’s recent book wins the European Southeast Asian Studies Humanities Book Prize
Congratulations to Professor Emeritus Thongchai Winichakul whose recent book, Moments of Silence: the Unforgetting of the October 6, 1976, Massacre in Bangkok (U Hawaii Press, 2020) has won the EuroSEAS Humanities Book Prize from the …
PhD Candidate Tyler Lehrer Delivers Lecture for Early Career Scholars in Sri Lanka
Tyler A. Lehrer (he/him), PhD Candidate in Southeast and South Asian History and current Fulbright U.S. Student Program research grantee in Sri Lanka, recently gave an invited lecture to students, staff members, and early-career instructors in …
Zada Ballew and Christopher Hulshof Receive TA Awards
Congratulations to graduate students Zada Ballew and Christopher Hulshof on receiving 2021 Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Awards! Zada received the Early Excellence in Teaching Award, while Christopher received the Exceptional Service Award. The Early Excellence in Teaching Award …
Professor Alfred McCoy Publishes New Book
Congratulations to Professor Alfred McCoy on the publication of his new book, To Govern the Globe: World Orders and Catastrophic Change, out this month from Haymarket Books. From the publisher’s website: “In a tempestuous narrative …
UW-Madison History Grad Students Receive Fulbright Awards
UW-Madison was included this year on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2020-2021 Fulbright U.S. Students. Of the thirteen Fulbright recipients from UW-Madison, three are graduate students in our Department …
Ph.D. Candidate Tyler Lehrer Publishes Article in Buddhist Studies Review
Tyler A. Lehrer, a graduate student in the Department of History at UW-Madison, has just published his first peer-reviewed article in Buddhist Studies Review. The article “Mobilizing Gendered Piety in Sri Lanka’s Contemporary BhikkunOrdination Dispute,” …
Professor Alfred McCoy Publishes Opinion Piece on Drug Prohibition
Professor Alfred McCoy, the Harrington Professor of History at UW-Madison, has published an opinion piece on the foreign and domestic implications of drug prohibition policies, through the lens of history. The link to the piece …
“Trump’s Trade Czar, The Latest Architect of Imperial Disaster,” essay by Al McCoy
Al McCoy’s essay, “Trump’s Trade Czar, The Latest Architect of Imperial Disaster,” is featured on TomDispatch.com “As Washington’s leadership fades more quickly than anyone could have imagined and a new global order struggles to take …
“The Last Word”, a short essay by Alfred McCoy, published by Columbia College Today
“The Last Word” By Alfred W. McCoy ’68 One glorious afternoon in fall 1965 — the start of my sophomore year — I arrived at Baker Field to find crew practice canceled. Instead of returning …