East Asian History
Professor Judd Kinzley Publishes Op-Ed Supporting Chinese Grad Students
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 …
Video: “Still Fighting, Seventy Years Later: The Strange Afterlife of World War II in Japan and Asia”
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 …
Professor Louise Young Elected into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
The Department of History is proud to announce that Professor Louise Young has been elected into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences! Professor Young is one of the nearly 250 outstanding individuals to have …
Grad Student Jeffrey Guarneri Publishes Article in Global Urban History Project Blog
Graduate student Jeffrey Guarneri recently published a piece titled “Cartographies of Global Connectivity in Interwar Japan,” in the Global Urban History Project blog. The GUHP is a well-known and respected transnational urban history association. Guarneri’s …
History Graduate Students Release Podcast Interview about “Missionary Photography in Republican China”
History graduate students Galen Poor and Joshua Tan interviewed Joseph Ho for the TransAsia and the World podcast about his intersecting interests in the modern history of Christianity in China and the history of photography. …
Professor Joe Dennis Delivers Speech at UW-Nanjing University Celebration in China
On behalf of the UW, History professor Joe Dennis gave the “faculty words of appreciation” in Chinese at the gala in celebration of UW and Nanjing University’s new comprehensive strategic partnership. UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank and NJU President Lü Jian signed …
UW History Alum Jason Morgan (Ph.D. 2016) Translates English Edition of Hata Ikuhiko’s Book
UW History alum Jason Morgan (Ph.D. 2016) served as translator of an updated, English-language edition of Hata Ikuhiko’s 1999 book, Comfort Women and Sex in the Battle Zone (Hamilton Books, Rowman & Littlefield, 2018) – …
Bailey Albrecht recently won a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Award to Japan for 12 months
Fulbright-Hays DDRA Awards provide funds to doctoral students to conduct doctoral research outside the United States in foreign languages and area studies for up to 12 months. The awards are funded through the U.S. Department …
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