When historian Alfred McCoy began his long journey to expose some of the darkest secrets of the U.S. national security establishment, America was embroiled in wars in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Almost 50 years later, the United States is, in one way or another, involved in so many more conflicts from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and …
Just over a week after a gathering of white supremacy groups in Charlottesville, Virginia, left three dead and led to the quick removal of Confederate memorials across the country, University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank announced Monday she has formed a committee to examine the history of student groups affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan. …
John Hall will record counter-terrorism history as it happens within the Pentagon. A dedication to both scholarship and service has defined the career of John Hall, the Ambrose-Hesseltine Associate Professor of U.S. Military History in the UW–Madison Department of History. A new appointment as a historian for the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Department …
In words and glass, collaboration unlocks birth of modern chemistry Hidden in the logo of the world’s largest scientific society, likely unknown to many members, is a triangular symbol telling the story of a partnership that drove the development of modern chemistry. Now, in their own partnership, two University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers are telling that …
Congratulations to Susan Johnson, Newberry Consortium for American Indian Studies Faculty Fellow. The Newberry Library’s fellowship program allows scholars the opportunity to pursue research that draws on the Newberry’s extensive archival collections. The fellowship program began with a $100,00 gift from the Rockefeller Foundation in 1944. Learn more about the Newberry library here, http://www.newberry.org/newberry-fellows
May 2017 At the recent American Association for the History of Medicine annual meeting in Nashville, History of Science program graduate student Vicki Fama Daniel received a First Honorable Mention in the Richard H. Shryock Medal Essay Contest for her paper titled “Medical Identification and the Emergence of a Forensic Paradigm at the 1949 Noronic …
Professor Emeritus James Donnelly in collaboration Dr. Andy Bielenberg (University College Cork) recently completed work on a large electronic database that analyzes the political violence of the Irish War of independence (1919-21). The database records the circumstances of the deaths of the 528 persons–British soldiers, policemen belonging to the Royal Irish Constabulary, IRA men or …
Three prizes honoring historical writing of exceptional literary merit are awarded by the Society of American Historians (SAH) at Columbia University today at its annual dinner at The Century Association in New York City. The Society, founded in 1939 by Allan Nevins, an American journalist and historian, encourages and promotes literary distinction in the writing …
"Russia and 1914: Anything New to Say?"
A panel discussion presented by the Department of French and Italian.