Fall 2020 Undergraduate Course Descriptions

The department has posted its list of courses for the fall 2020 semester.  Unlike the generic course descriptions used in the official campus catalog, the descriptions posted here are prepared by the faculty every semester to give the students a …

Spring 2020 Course Descriptions

Check out the course descriptions for undergraduate and graduate courses for the upcoming Spring 2020 semester!

McGaffey Lecture: Europe’s Destruction of Arab Democracy in 1920

Europe’s Destruction of Arab Democracy in 1920: A Century of Consequences Join us for the 3rd Annual McGaffey Lecture presented by Elizabeth F. Thompson, PhD Mohamed S. Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace, American University in Washington, DC. After World War …

2019 History Department Student Colloquium

On April 10, 2019, from 4-6pm the History Department will celebrate student research in the department.  This is an opportunity for anyone intrigued by history to hear about some of the fascinating work being done by our doctoral, masters, and …

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.