The undersigned members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of History express their collective grief, anger, and resolve in response to the murder of George Floyd, and the killings of so many African Americans that have in recent weeks shocked the nation’s conscience, including Breonna Taylor, killed by police as she slept in her own …
The Department of History would like to congratulate this year’s undergraduate award recipients! We were fortunate to be able to award over $25,000 to undergraduates this year to support scholarships, writing prizes, research awards, and a video contest. You can find the names of our award recipients (and writing prize paper titles) listed on our …
The newest volume of ARCHIVE is here! The University of Wisconsin Undergraduate Journal of History has published their 23rd volume. Editor-in-Chief Isabelle Cook, along with editors Mingcong Bai, Madeline Brauer, Jack Hayes, Matt Kass, Alison Kukowski, Alex Moriarty, Adam Storch, and Emma Ward worked hard during this past year (despite the interruptions caused by COVID-19) …
Why have Asian Americans often been the target of xenophobic and racist attacks during disease outbreaks? The COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by a spike in anti-Asian, especially anti-Chinese, racism. Why have Asian Americans often been the target of xenophobic and racist attacks during past disease outbreaks? Professor Cindy I-Fen Cheng puts the past and …
Professor Emerita Florence Bernault’s recent book, Colonial Transactions: Imaginaries, Bodies, and Histories in Gabon (Duke University Press, 2019), has been selected as a Choice Magazine 2019 Outstanding Academic Title! According to the reviewer, “this should be a key text for African studies and certainly for any collection centered on West and Central Africa.” Publisher’s website: …
Grad student Jennifer Stitt has published a personal essay on COVID-19 in Guernica, an online magazine dedicated to global arts and politics. The article is titled “Will COVID-19 Strengthen our Bonds?: Living with Chronic Illness in the Midst of a Pandemic Requires a New Map.” A thoughtful, personal piece about Stitt’s journey through life, a …
Congratulations to Professor Lynn Nyhart, who has been appointed a WARF named professorship! “These awards, which come with $100,000, honor faculty who have made major contributions to the advancement of knowledge, primarily through their research endeavors, but also as a result of their teaching and service activities.” Nyhart was one of eleven faculty selected to …
On the latest episode of the Ask a Historian podcast, we speak with Professor Gregg Mitman about the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in Liberia. How did people’s faith in or mistrust of their government shape the trajectory of the epidemic? What lessons can the history of Ebola offer in the context of COVID-19? Gregg tells us …
Recent graduate Grace Allen (PhD 2017) had been teaching for the School of Humanities and Social Science at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen when the COVID-19 outbreak began. Since that time, Allen has joined the ranks of instructors at universities around the world who are teaching remotely and entirely online. Holding in place …
We are proud of our undergraduate majors and wish we could celebrate with them in person. The class of 2020 has demonstrated great resilience and accomplished so much! View our virtual graduation celebration.