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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

Professor Simon Balto Named a 2022-2023 Carr Center Fellow at Harvard’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy

Posted on September 9, 2022

Professor Simon Balto has recently been named as a 2022-2023 Carr Center Fellow at Harvard’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy serves as the hub of the Harvard …

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

Professor Paige Glotzer Interviewed for ABC News

Posted on August 30, 2022

Professor Paige Glotzer was interviewed by ABC News about housing discrimination in Baltimore. A Black couple’s home value rose nearly $300K after it was shown by a White colleague. Professor Glotzer discusses the origins of …

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

Professor Ashley Brown Interviewed for Germany’s WDR TV Station

Posted on July 11, 2022

Professor Ashley Brown participated in an extensive interview about athlete Althea Gibson for Germany’s WDR TV Station (Westdeutscher Rundfunk). The subject of this interview, Althea Gibson, is also the subject of Ashley Brown’s book which …

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

Paige Glotzer’s book Receives Honorable Mention from the International Planning History Society

Posted on July 11, 2022

Congratulations to Professor Paige Glotzer, whose 2020 book How the Suburbs Were Segregated: Developers and the Business of Exclusionary Housing, 1890-1960 (Columbia University Press) has received an honorable mention from the International Planning History Society …

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

Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen Writes About the Use and Abuse of History for Hedgehog Review

Posted on July 6, 2022

Professor Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen has a new piece published with The Hedgehog Review titled, “Nietzsche’s Quarrel with History: Are there any lessons left for history to teach us?” The piece was published as part of their summer 2022 issue …

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