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  • Book Cover: Europe’s Welfare Traditions Since 1500: Reform Without End

    Alumnus Thomas McStay Adams Publishes New Book

    Alumnus Thomas McStay Adams (Ph.D. 1972) published his two-volume work Europe’s Welfare Traditions Since 1500: Reform Without End in February of this year. Description: Tracing the interwoven traditions of modern welfare states in Europe over …

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    Kate Jarvis (Ph.D., 2014) Publishes New Book

    Kate Jarvis (Ph.D. 2014) published a new book titled Politics in the Markets: Work, gender, and citizenship in revolutionary France at the University Press of Rennes. From the editor: This book mobilizes politics, economics and …

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    Claire Taylor Awarded an H. I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship

    Professor Claire Taylor has been awarded an H. I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship. The Romnes Fellowship recognize faculty with exceptional research contributions within their first six years from promotion to a tenured position. The award is …

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    Karl Shoemaker Receives Wagner Award and is Invited to Give a Keynote Lecture

    Professor Karl Shoemaker has been selected by the College of Letters & Science as the recipient of the Robert F. and Sylvia T. Wagner Distinguished Faculty Award. Professor Shoemaker has received this award in recognition …

  • Juneteenth flag flying over the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison Photo by Kolin Goldschmidt

    2022-23 Teaching Assistant Award Winners in the Department of History

    Two teaching assistants from the Department of History, Ludwig Decke and Emma Wathen, have received a Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Awards. These awards recognize their excellence in teaching. Ludwig and Emma both received the Early Excellence …

  • Welcome New Faculty

    The Department of History is excited to welcome three new faculty members – Khaled Esseissah, Michael Martoccio, and Jorell Meléndez-Badillo! Khaled Esseissah joins us as a historian of Islam, colonialism, slavery, race, and gender, with …

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    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 …

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    Professor Francine Hirsch Co-Authors Op-Ed on War Crimes in Ukraine

    Professor Francine Hirsch has co-authored a new op-ed for the Los Angeles Times titled “Lessons from the Soviets on how to hold Russia accountable for war crimes.” Evidence of Russian violence against Ukrainian citizens continues …

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