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  • UWM Faculty & Affiliates Publish New Works Across History, Culture, and Society 
    From Wisconsin’s brewing past to postwar Europe and even the world of science fiction, UWM faculty and affiliates are producing work that brings new perspectives to familiar stories. Their latest publications highlight the depth, creativity and impact of the university’s academic community. Beer Ghosts: In Search of Lost Hops and the Women Who Grew Them  …
  • Marcus Allen: Uncovering Overlooked Histories Through Research and Teaching
    Professor Marcus Allen The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee History Department welcomes Assistant Professor Dr. Marcus Allen, whose work brings new depth to the study of African American history through an economic lens. Dr. Allen’s path to UWM reflects more than a decade of persistence, movement, and scholarly growth. Over the course of his career, he has …
  • Inside UWM’s Retrocomputing Lab: Where Students Experience the Digital Past Firsthand 
    Students in HIST 399: “How the Computer Became Universal” are not just learning about the history of computing; they are experiencing it.  During a recent class session, students visited the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee’s Retrocomputing Lab, located in Holton Hall 402. The lab, created and maintained by technology historian and professor Thomas Haigh, offers a special hands-on opportunity to explore the machines, software and materials that shape the digital world.  …
  • UWM’s History Department’s Student Accolades
    Many of our graduate students have been recognized for their outstanding efforts and we want to celebrate those accomplishments: exploding party popper with serpantin and serpantinom, vector eps10 illustration Sadique Oddoye, current MA student, will be attending the PhD program in African History at the University of Miami. Congratulations Sadique! Patrick Hall, PhD student in …
  • Nathan Connolly Delivers 6th Annual McGaffey Lecture on Family History and Capitalism
    On April 2, we had the privilege of hosting the 6th annual McGaffey Lecture with speaker Nathan Connolly of Johns Hopkins University. The lecture, “Letters from the Ancestors: Family History and our Capitalist Future.” Draws from four generations of family archives, Connolly explores how Caribbean family histories reveal the lived realities of racialized capitalism, economic precarity and structural inequality.  At the heart of the lecture was Connolly’s …
  • Student Spotlight: Frischa Aswarini Selected for International Feminist Learning Program
    The Department of History at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee is proud to highlight PhD student Frischa Aswarini, for her participation in Sekolah Pemikiran Perempuan (SPP) – The School of Women’s Thought, an international initiative dedicated to amplifying women’s voices and knowledge. The semester-long program, which runs from February 7 through June 6, 2026, brings together …
  • UWM Remembers Historian David D. Buck
    The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee community mourns the loss of David Douglas Buck, professor emeritus of history and a longtime supporter of the university. Buck passed away on March 6, 2026, in Milwaukee at the age of 89. A respected scholar of modern Chinese history, Buck dedicated more than three decades to teaching and research at …
  • New Faculty Alert
    Please help us in welcoming Professor Xin Yu, Assistant Professor, Buck Professor of Chinese History to UWM.Professor Yu joined the department after completing his PhD in 2022 from Washington University in St. Louis and was drawn to UWM by the strong sense of community he experienced during his campus visit. His research focuses on the …
  • Spring Latin Table
    Thursdays, 4-5 pm CRT 866 Practice spoken Latin! Everyone is welcome!
  • Celebrating Glendale at 75
    The place now called Glendale, Wisconsin, has had many incarnations. It was once the home of ancient mound builders and, later, a Menomini village. It became the Town of Milwaukee and, eventually, the City of Glendale. Now it is both a suburb of Milwaukee and a cooperative neighbor to other North Shore municipalities, and UW-Milwaukee's History Department's …
  • Professor Marcus Allen on Black Nouveau
    Black Nouveau | Featured Author Lee Hawkins | Season 34 | Episode 2 | PBS
  • Retrolab in the News
    Students explore vintage computers in UW-Milwaukee's specialized Retrolab. Click here to read the news.

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