In January 2025, James Sweet published a new book with Oxford University Press. The book is entitled Mutiny on the Black Prince: Slavery, Piracy, and the Limits of Liberty in the Revolutionary Atlantic World. Read …
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Louise Young Inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
This past fall, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences inducted Professor Louise Young. An honorary society and policy organization founded in 1780, the Academy elects exceptionally accomplished individuals and engages them in advancing the public good. Young signed the Book of Members …
Judd Kinzley Recorded an Interview with University of the Air
Professor Judd Kinzley recorded an interview on the history of US-China relations for University of the Air on Wisconsin Public Radio. University of the Air invites distinguished faculty guests from the University of Wisconsin-Madison to …
Monica Kim Named 2022 MacArthur Fellow
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 …
Monica Kim Receives First Book Praise & Second Book Funding
Congratulations to Professor Monica Kim, who has been selected as a 2022 Summer Humanities Research Fellow with the Institute for Research in the Humanities at UW-Madison. Funded by the College of Letters & Science and …
Francine Hirsch’s Analysis of Russian Invasion in Ukraine
Professor Francine Hirsch is a historian of modern Europe with a specialization in Russia and the Soviet Union whose areas of expertise include comparative empires, the history of human rights, and Russian-American engagement. Since the Russian …
Professor Judd Kinzley Publishes Article in American Historical Review
Professor Judd Kinzley has a new article out in The American Historical Review (the official publication of the American Historical Association), titled “Wartime Dollars and the Crowning of China’s Hog Bristle King: The Dubious Legacies …
Professor Mary Lou Roberts Publishes New Book
Professor Mary Lou Roberts has a new book titled, Sheer Misery: Soldiers in Battle in WWII (University of Chicago Press, 2021). According to the publisher’s website, “Sheer Misery trains a humane and unsparing eye on the …
Professor Monica Kim Receives Asian American Studies Book Award
Congratulations to Professor Monica Kim, who has received the 2021 Outstanding Achievement in History Book Award from the Association for Asian American Studies! This is the fourth award that Kim has received for her book, …
Professor Monica Kim Receives Top AAS Book Prize
Professor Monica Kim has received the James B. Palais Prize from the Association for Asian Studies for her book, The Interrogation Rooms of the Korean War: The Untold History (Princeton University Press, 2019). The Palais …