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 …
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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 …
Performing History
“Performing History: Documenting and Enacting the Asian American Midwest” Tuesday, May 1, 2018, Mitchell Theater, Vilas Hall 7:00 PM: “Our Stories, Our History”: Snapshots of Asian America in the Midwest A performance piece composed …
History Dept Colloquium – w/ Anne Hansen and Jennifer Gramer
“A Cold War Life of the Buddha” Anne Hansen Professor of History, UW-Madison “Monuments of the German Baseness: German War Art & American Occupation in the Postwar Period” Jennifer Gramer History Ph.D. Candidate, UW-Madison …
Lecture – May Sabe Phyu
“Myanmar in Crisis: What will happen Next?” May Sabe Phyu Director: Gender Equality Network (GEN) Friday, April 13th 12:00pm-1:30pm Ingraham Room 206 Free and open to the public! Coffee and tea will be served. BIO: …
Lecture – Alfred McCoy
“Thinking about the American Empire and Its Impending Decline” Alfred McCoy Harrington Professor of History UW-Madison with comments by Professor Patrick Iber Monday, April 9, 2018 5:00 – 6:30 PM Pyle Center Auditorium Free and …