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 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 …
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 …
Thursdays, 4-5 pm CRT 866 Practice spoken Latin! Everyone is welcome!
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 …
Black Nouveau | Featured Author Lee Hawkins | Season 34 | Episode 2 | PBS
Students explore vintage computers in UW-Milwaukee’s specialized Retrolab. Click here to read the news.
We are sharing the sad news of the passing of David Mulroy, Professor Emeritus in Classics 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!
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, …