UWM Student Presents Research at State Capitol

UW-Milwaukee student Oli Pierce was one speaker who presented research at the Wisconsin State Capitol on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. Please select this link for more details https://www.wmtv15news.com/2026/03/11/wisconsin-college-students-present-research-state-capitol/

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 …

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 …

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 …

Retrolab in the News

Students explore vintage computers in UW-Milwaukee’s specialized Retrolab. Click here to read the news.

RetroLab to be featured at UWM!

Professor Thomas Haigh’s Retro Computing lab, one of only four in the nation, will be featured in an episode of UWM’s Urban Spelunking. See details here. UWM Urban Spelunking Episode 3: RetroLab – UWM Post Congratulations, Tom!

Award Winner Michael Larbi

UWM History Department PhD student, Michael Larbi, was recently selected to win the prestigious Mahmoud Mohamed Taha Student Travel Award for $2,500. The Award will be presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association in Atlanta, GA, …

Congratulations Graduates

The Department of History wishes congratulations to all our spring, 2025 graduates. Here are just a couple of photos from the ceremonies.

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’ Museum. Congratulations Ken!

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.