Professor Emerita Colleen Dunlavy presents her research about the history and significance of UW-Madison’s Department of History. Presented and recorded Blackboard Collaborate on Thursday, April 16, 2020. The video can be found here: “The History …
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Professor Gregg Mitman Receives Prestigious Grant from European Research Council
In a press release this week, it was announced that Professor Gregg Mitman had received a coveted Advanced Investigator Grant from the European Research Council. Mitman is a Professor of History of Science, Medical History, …
Professor Cheng Explains History of Discrimination Towards Asian Americans During Pandemics
As a response to the recent uptick in incidents of racism and discrimination towards Asian and Asian American individuals amidst COVID-19, Professor Cindy I-Fen Cheng spoke to a local Madison news station about the history …
History Grad Student Speaks on Solitude & COVID-19
Jennifer Stitt, a PhD candidate in the History Department at UW-Madison, has been featured in an article from Danish newspaper Dagbladet Information on the cultural history of solitude and the practice of social distancing during …
Professor Gregg Mitman Featured in Interview on Epidemics & Medical History
Professor Gregg Mitman, a scholar of medical history and environmental studies, is featured today in an interview with the College of Letters & Science discussing what we can learn from global epidemics in a historical …
Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen Receives Distinguished Teaching Award
On April 7th, Professor Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen will be honored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award! Professor Ratner-Rosenhagen was one of thirteen faculty members selected to receive an award this year. …
Paige Glotzer Selected as Urban History Association Member of the Week
Professor Paige Glotzer, a scholar of urban history and political economy, has been selected as the Urban History Association’s member of the week! She is profiled on The Metropole, the official blog of the Urban …
Alumnus Gregory Jones-Katz Published in the Journal Rethinking History
Alumnus Gregory Jones-Katz (Ph.D. 2016), has published an article in the journal Rethinking History. The article rereads French philosopher Jacques Derrida’s 1988 Critical Inquiry essay on literary critic and literary theorist Paul de Man’s collaborationist articles and …
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 …
Gloria Whiting publishes article in Slavery & Abolition
Professor Gloria Whiting recently published an article in Slavery & Abolition titled “Emancipation without the courts or constitution: the case of Revolutionary Massachusetts.” The essay rethinks the process by which freedom was inaugurated in Massachusetts, …