Biography Biography I’m Sean Nowlan, a current PHD student at UW–Madison. I am person with a passion for Atlantic history during the Early Modern period, keeping one foot on each side of the pond. I like to study military-logistics, finance, and maritime trade; with the ultimate goal of studying how the concepts of “fiscal-military hubs” …
Biography Biography I am a historian of Latin America & the Caribbean specializing in the history of Cuba and its relations with the wider world. In the past, my research has focused on early 19th century Cuba-US relations, specifically failures in American intelligence gathering in Havana in the early 19th century. More recently, my MA …
Biography Biography Edwin Pietersma (he/him) is a History PhD student originally from the Netherlands but trained in the Netherlands, Japan, Taiwan, and Thailand. He specializes in the modern and colonial history of Japan, Siam/Thailand, and the Dutch East-Indies/Indonesia between the 1840s and 1942. In particular, he is interested in questions of migration versus nation-state and …
Biography I am a PhD student in History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. My research lies at the intersection of intellectual history and environmental history, with a focus on Latin America. I am a Graduate Associate of the Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE) and the Latin American, Caribbean, and Iberian Studies Program (LACIS), …
Biography Biography I am a story-teller and a student of the history of religion. I am interested in gods, ghosts, myths, monsters, spirits, and religion making (and the occasional dragon). Education M.A., History, University of Wisconsin Madison, 2023 M.A., Southeast Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2019 B.A., English Language & Literature, Universitas Udayana, 2011 Field …
Biography Biography My research interests currently orbit around the intersection of Soviet and Southern African History, with special consideration given to Soviet involvement in African wars of liberation and anti-colonial movements. I am also interested in exploring the broader themes of national identity building under colonialist regimes, Pan-Africanism, and global perceptions of race. B.A. from …
Biography Biography For my doctoral dissertation, I aspire to study the social and intellectual history of left-wing exchanges across East Pakistan and China during the late-colonial and post-colonial eras. Education B.A. in World History: Duke Kunshan University, 2022 Field Selected Publications
Biography Biography My research focuses on the link between music, sound, and the history of democratic politics in South Korea. Education M.A., History, University of Wisconsin–Madison M.A., East Asian Studies, University of Toronto B.A., History and East Asian Studies, University of Toronto Field Selected Awards Professional Affiliations
Biography Biography I study Japanese history, with a focus on the intersection between the ancient and the modern. I am interested in understanding how nineteenth-century Japan dealt with its idealized past and tried to make sense of it in modern terms. Education M.A., Japanese Humanities, Kyushu University, 2022 M.A., Archaeology, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do …
Biography JJ Strange is a Ph.D. Candidate in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology and East Asia History programs at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. She is currently working on her dissertation project, tentatively titled “Defined by Molecules: Chemical discipline(s) and the reimagining of China’s botanical pharmacy 1900-1960,” which follows the creation and …