Celebrating the Career of Distinguished Professor Martha Carlin

Martha Carlin is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she has been a faculty member since 1990. Over more than three decades at UWM, she has become a deeply respected historian and …

Successful PhD Defense: Celebrating Kyle Starkey

Kyle Starkey has just earned his PhD in History and we wanted to share his important dissertation information. Congratulations Kyle! Kyle’s dissertation examines the history and development of the Verband der Heimkehrer (VdH), a West German organization representing former prisoners …

The wizard of Holton Hall: Celebrating Lex Renda

Lex Renda is Associate Professor Emeritus of History and Affiliated Associate Professor Emeritus of Urban Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, where he devoted more than thirty-three years to teaching, research, service, and leadership before retiring in 2025. A specialist in nineteenth-century …

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 …

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: Sadique Oddoye, current MA student, will be attending the PhD program in African History at the University of Miami. Congratulations Sadique! …

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 …

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 …