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U.S./North American History

Ashley Brown Interviews for Podcast with Biographers International Organization

Posted on May 9, 2023

Professor Ashley Brown was interviewed by Biographers International Organization about her recently published biography on Althea Gibson. This biography, titled Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson, is the most comprehensive biography of …

Posted in 2023, All News, History News, U.S./North American History

Stephen Kantrowitz Publishes New Book

Posted on April 25, 2023

Citizens of a Stolen Land: A Ho-Chunk History of the Nineteenth-Century United States by Stephen Kantrowitz offers a concise and revealing history that reconsiders the Civil War era by centering one Native American tribe’s encounter …

Posted in 2023, All News, Books, History News, U.S./North American History

History.com Publishes Article by Professor Ashley Brown

Posted on March 21, 2023

Ashley Brown, Allan H. Selig Chair in the History of Sport and Society and Assistant Professor History, has written a brief article for History.com. “How Althea Gibson Faced Racial Barriers–Even as a Tennis Champion” was …

Posted in 2023, All News, Gender and Women’s History, History News, U.S./North American History

Professor Paige Glotzer Films an Episode of University Place for PBS Wisconsin

Posted on March 2, 2023

Professor Paige Glotzer discusses the history of housing segregation on PBS Wisconsin’s University Place. The episode is available to view online and will air on Monday, March 20th at 9:00 PM. Housing segregation is the …

Posted in 2023, All News, History News, U.S./North American History

Kathryn McGarr’s new “City of Newsmen” in Louis Menand’s review in New Yorker

Posted on January 31, 2023

In his Feb. 6, 2023 critic-at-large book review for the New Yorker, “Making the News,” Louis Menand features affiliated faculty Kathryn McGarr‘s new book, City of Newsmen: Public Lies and Professional Secrets in Cold War …

Posted in 2023, All News, History News, U.S./North American History

Ashley Brown Publishes New Book

Posted on January 9, 2023

From her start playing paddle tennis on the streets of Harlem as a young teenager to her eleven Grad Slam tennis wins to her professional golf career, Althea Gibson became the most famous black sportswoman …

Posted in 2023, All News, Books, History News, U.S./North American History

Ph.D. Alum Catherine Burns Received 2022 James Phinney Baxter Award

Posted on December 1, 2022

Catherine M. Burns (PhD 2011) is the recipient of the 2022 James Phinney Baxter Award for best article in the scholarly journal Maine History. “ ‘It May Be Questionable’: Granger v. Avery and the Redaction …

Posted in 2022, All News, Alumni, Awards, History News, U.S./North American History

Samuel Freedman Visits History 136

Posted on November 23, 2022

On Tuesday, November 15th Professor Ashley Brown hosted Samuel G. Freedman as a guest speaker in History 136: Sport, Recreation, & Society in the United States. Freedman’s appearance was coordinated as part of his visit to …

Posted in 2022, All News, History News, U.S./North American History

Professor Monica Kim Named 2022 MacArthur Fellow

Posted on October 14, 2022

Professor Monica Kim has recently been named a MacArthur Fellow. This “genius grant” fellowship provides an $800,000 stipend for the fellows to use as they see fit. The criteria that are used to select the …

Posted in 2022, All News, Awards, History News, U.S./North American History, War in Society and Culture

Sifting & Reckoning: UW-Madison’s History of Exclusion and Resistance

Posted on September 12, 2022

From September 12 through December 23, 2022, the Chazen Museum of Art will be displaying the Public History Project’s premiere exhibition titled Sifting & Reckoning: UW–Madison’s History of Exclusion and Resistance. The exhibition spans over …

Posted in 2022, All News, History News, U.S./North American History
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