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History

Discover the Past. Discover Yourself.

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History

Discover the Past. Discover Yourself.

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History

Discover the Past. Discover Yourself.

Understanding the Past Helps Shape a Better Future

UWM Department of History’s faculty, staff, and students pursue research and teaching interests that span the globe.

We provide undergraduate and graduate students with the opportunity to engage in the process of historical discovery and analysis, giving them skills and knowledge that will be useful in every kind of work and in civic life. The department promotes scholarly activities and excellence in research involving faculty and students, and is committed to service that addresses the diverse needs of our students, profession, and the larger community.

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Get to know us!

Average24.3Class Size
Number of Countries22for Study Abroad
Students Who Are83%Wisconsin Residents
Student300Organizations

Department News

  • Ken Bartelt’s Work Recognized
    Here is coverage from the Shepherd-Express of the exhibit about Beckum-Stapleton Little League that our own History PhD student Ken Bartelt co-curated at MSOE's Grohmann' …
  • Associate Professor Carter Publishes New Book
    The Star Wars saga takes place in a galaxy far, far away, but its social structures—in particular its racial realities—are thoroughly American. So argues …
  • Sugarbush Outing
    On March 3, 2025, AIS/HIst 474 went to University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Field Station- Cedarburg Bog and started iskigamizigan, sugarbush. The students each found an …
  • Professor Evans Publishes New Book on Satellite Communications
    Congratulations to Associate Professor Christine Evans, whose history of satellite communications, No Heavenly Bodies, has been published by MIT Press. Co-authored with Lars Lundgren, of …

Department Events

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.