Alumna Debbie Sharnak (Ph.D. 2017), currently a Lecturer on History and Literature at Harvard University, has recently won Harvard’s 2019 Stephen Botein Prize for Excellence in Teaching! Sharnak’s research and teaching cover topics such as the history of human rights, transnational networks, Latin America, and international relations. Before starting her position at Harvard, Sharnak worked …
Hilary Miller, a History and Political Science major who graduated this spring, will soon be heading off to Geneva, Switzerland to work with the UN Watch, a nonprofit that monitors the United Nations and promotes human rights. Miller received this opportunity through the prestigious Morris B. Abram Fellowship, which is a one-year position in which …
The History Department is proud to announce our undergraduate students who received Departmental scholarships, writing prizes, and research awards this year! Award winners were recognized on Friday, May 10th, at the Graduation and Awards Reception at Wisconsin Historical Society. For more information about these awards, see the History Department Prize page.
Patrick Walsh, a graduate student in the Department of History at UW–Madison, has just had his first article published in the peer-reviewed journal, Australian Feminist Studies! The article is titled, “Experimenting with ‘Life’ in Nineteenth-Century Physiology: Brown-Séquard’s Method for Characterising Blood,” and discusses the intersection of feminist studies with historical analysis of the ontological questions of …
Eleven Teaching Assistants in the Department of History have received awards this year, both from the Department and from the University! The Department awards are as follows: Innovations in Teaching Award (Brianna Lafoon), Early Excellence Award (Chad Gibbs), and Exceptional Service Awards (Conrad Allen, Michael Kaelin, Ben Kasten, Emer Lucey, Alice Main). The Department also …
James Ungureanu, a current honorary research fellow in the Department of History at UW–Madison, has a new book that is due to be released this fall. Ungureanu is a historian of science and religion, and his research is mainly focused on the period of the nineteenth-century. His new book, Science, Religion, and the Protestant Tradition: …
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 named for the late William R. Kellett, a former president of the WARF board of trustees and president of Kimberly-Clark …
Four faculty members have received Vilas Professorships and Awards this year! Professor Francine Hirsch (Russian & European History) received the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship, an award recognizing distinguished scholarship as well as outstanding efforts in teaching and service. This Professorship will provide five years of research funding. Professors Nan Enstad (U.S. History) and Neil Kodesh …
Congratulations to the eleven graduate students that completed their PhD in History this year! The graduates were recognized at a reception on May 10th at the University Club. The names of the graduates, along with their advisors and dissertation titles, are as follows: Brendon George, advised by Professor Susan Lee Johnson – “Mile High Metropole: …
Alumnus Tom Rademacher (BA, 2017) recently had his senior honors thesis published in volume 25 of The Mining History Journal – the peer reviewed, scholarly journal of the Mining History Association. Rademacher’s thesis is titled, Wisconsin Sand and Gravel Mining: From Nineteenth-Century Gravel Pits to Twenty-First Century Frac Sand Mines. During his time in the …