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War in Society and Culture

History Ph.D. Candidate Writes About Pandemic and Post-Combat Life

Posted on February 19, 2021

History Ph.D. candidate and U.S. Army veteran Chad Gibbs has an article published in Newsweek about how the end of the pandemic might feel, from the perspective of a combat veteran, and what to look …

Posted in 2021, All News, European History, History News, Jewish History, War in Society and Culture

Giuliana Chamedes Selected as Winner of Vilas Associates Competition

Posted on February 12, 2021

Congratulations to Professor Giuliana Chamedes, who has been selected as one of 23 faculty winners of the 2021 Vilas Associates Competition! The Vilas Associates Competition recognizes new and ongoing research of the highest quality and …

Posted in 2021, Awards, European History, History News, War in Society and Culture

Kathryn Ciancia featured on New Books Network podcast

Posted on January 27, 2021

Kathryn Ciancia was recently featured on the New Books Network podcast where she spoke about her new book, On Civilization’s Edge: A Polish Borderland in the Interwar World (Oxford University Press, 2020). Listen to and …

Posted in 2021, All News, European History, History News, War in Society and Culture

Graduate Student Leslie Bellais Publishes Chapter on Remembering WWI in Wisconsin

Posted on July 9, 2020

Graduate student Leslie Bellais has published a chapter in the edited collection Home Front in the American Heartland: Local Experiences and Legacies of WWI (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020). The chapter is titled “‘Lest We Forget’: Remembering …

Posted in 2020, All News, History News, U.S./North American History, War in Society and Culture

Professor Judd Kinzley Publishes Op-Ed Supporting Chinese Grad Students

Posted on June 15, 2020

On Saturday, June 13th, Professor Judd Kinzley published an op-ed in The Cap Times on the subject of new federal proposals that would limit the number of Chinese graduate students and researchers coming to Wisconsin …

Posted in 2020, All News, East Asian History, History News, War in Society and Culture

Video: “Still Fighting, Seventy Years Later: The Strange Afterlife of World War II in Japan and Asia”

Posted on June 10, 2020

Professor Louise Young, recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, presents her research on World War II memory politics in Japan. Seventy years after Japan’s surrender, why does the conduct and interpretation …

Posted in 2020, All News, East Asian History, History News, Lectures, War in Society and Culture

Professor Lapina Interviewed on Wisconsin Public Radio

Posted on December 18, 2019

This past Sunday, December 8th, Professor Elizabeth Lapina was interviewed on Wisconsin Public Radio for a segment titled “Knightly Culture and the Crusades.” The host was Norman Gilliland, who co-produces the weekly WPR program  “University …

Posted in 2019, All News, European History, History News, Jewish History, War in Society and Culture

Professor Giuliana Chamedes Publishes First Book

Posted on June 20, 2019

Professor Giuliana Chamedes‘ first book has just been released! A Twentieth-Century Crusade: The Vatican’s Battle to Remake Christian Europe (Harvard University Press, 2019), is the “first comprehensive history of the Vatican’s agenda to defeat the forces of …

Posted in 2019, All News, Books, European History, History News, War in Society and Culture

History Majors Featured for Work on MIA Project

Posted on June 12, 2019

Recently graduated history majors Samantha Zinnen (2019) and Tristan Krause (2018) have been featured in an article from UW News, for their work done with UW-Madison’s Missing in Action Recovery and Identification Project. This project …

Posted in 2019, All News, History News, U.S./North American History, War in Society and Culture

Professor Louise Young Receives Kellett Mid-Career Award

Posted on May 20, 2019

Professor Louise Young was recently honored with a prestigious Kellett Mid-Career Award! This five year award was created to provide needed support and encouragement to faculty at a critical stage of their careers. The award is …

Posted in 2019, All News, History News, Intellectual History Group, War in Society and Culture
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