A Spirit of Revolt Published

A Spirit of Revolt: Conrado Alvillar and the Rank-and-File Wobblies of the 1927–1928 Colorado Coal Strike is being released October 13, 2026 – CONGRATULATIONS, Michael! A tale of solidarity in the Colorado coal fields. A Spirit of Revolt examines the lives …

Lisa Silverman’s Book Honored

Congratulations to our own Lisa Silverman! Her recent book, The Postwar Antisemite: Culture and Complicity after the Holocaust was recently named a short-list finalist for the German Studies Association’s David Barclay Book Prize, awarded to the best monograph (in English …

Rick Popp, Telephony Expert

Check out this 99 Percent Invisible podcast. The discussion features the introduction of the Inward Wide Area Telephone Service (INWATS), more commonly known as the 800 number. Our own Rick Popp is an expert interviewed extensively in the podcast!

RetroLab in the News

Thomas Haigh and his RetroLab are spotlighted in an article in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel today. Way to go, Tom!

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 …

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 …

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 …