Alumna Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham awarded the National Humanities Medal
History Department alumna Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham received the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama.
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Laura Godden (2011) archivist at Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Laura Godden, MA 2011, has been an archivist in the Special Collections and Area Research Center at Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse for the past three years.
Monica Drake Pierce, named Director of the Lake Wales Depot Museum
Monica Drake Pierce, a recent MA graduate, has become Director of the Lake Wales Depot Museum in Florida.
History hosts international conference
The Department and the College of Letters and Science hosted Attending to Early Modern Women June 18-20, an international interdisciplinary conference of scholars interested in women, gender, and sexuality in the early modern period.
Kevin Kolesari publishes paper
Kevin Kolesari, a recent graduate, published an article that began as a research paper written in the department’s History 600 capstone course,
Dawson Barrett (PhD 2013) book tour
Dawson Barrett (PhD 2013), will be on tour this summer promoting his new book, Teenage Rebels: Stories of Successful High School Activists from the Little Rock 9 to the Class of Tomorrow.
UWM / MPM Museum Studies Program exhibit opens
Hue Knew? An Exploration of Color, an exhibit by 13 graduate students in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee/MPM Museum Studies Program, went on display at the Milwaukee Public Museum in May.
Prof. Bud Weare Scholarship Fund established
An anonymous donor has established the Professor Bud Weare Scholarship Fund in honor of Emeritus Professor Bud Weare, “who inspired the Donor during the Donor’s time as a UWM student.”
Phi Alpha Theta Induction 2015
The Delta Phi chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honor society, inducted eight new members at a ceremony and reception on Friday, April 10.
Shifting Gears: A Cyclical History of Badger Bicycling exhibit opens
Shifting Gears: A Cyclical History of Badger Bicycling, an exhibit based on the 2013 book Wheel Fever: How Wisconsin Became a Great Bicycling State by Jesse Gant and Nicholas Hoffman, published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press.