Listen to WUWM’s interview with historian Chia Vang who talks about how Hmong people came to settle in Wisconsin.… Continue Reading »
UWM History Professor Nigel Rothfels featured in upcoming PBS Documentary
Nigel Rothfels, a UWM History Professor, is featured in an upcoming documentary about American Circuses on PBS. Professor Rothfels wrote a book in 2002 about the origins of natural displays of zoo animals and has interviewed circus historians about the importance of animals in circuses.… Continue Reading »
How Wisconsin is trying to head off a major worker shortage
PBS News Hour Economics Correspondent, Paul Solman, reports on the labor shortage in Wisconsin and what employers are doing to fill needed positions. Solman interviews UWM Department of History Professor Emeritus Marc Levine.… Continue Reading »
Professor Vang on Hmong family tradition of growing and selling food
UWM History Professor and Director of Hmong Diaspora Studies Chia Vang discusses the tradition of growing and selling food at local farmers markets within Hmong families in a recent article by the Journal Sentinel. Read about this tradition and more … Continue Reading »
Associate Professor Aims McGuinness quoted in article on Turner Hall’s murals
History Associate Professor Aims McGuinness was quoted in a recent article in OnMilwaukee about the murals at Turner Hall as Mike Eitel prepares the Turner Hall restaurant space into it’s new life as Tavern at Turner Hall.… Continue Reading »
Nan Kim, Peace Advocate
Associate Professor Nan Kim shows her support for the struggle of the people of Okinawa to demilitarize the Okinawan islands and to live in peace in an article on the blog Consortiumnews.com.… Continue Reading »
Cantwell: Religion Off the Cuff
Assistant Professor of History Christopher D Cantwell, along with PhD student Catherine Abbott, author the article, “Religion Off the Cuff.” The article concerns a new project entitled “Gathering Places: Religion and Community in Milwaukee.”… Continue Reading »
Professor Carolyn Eichner interviewed by French Newspaper Mediapart
An interview with Professor Carolyn Eichner (History) is the lead story in the French newspaper Mediapart. It is the fourth part in their series “The Colonial Project in New Caledonia,” on the upcoming referendum on New Caledonia’s independence from France.… Continue Reading »
Distinguished Professor Merry Wiesner-Hanks recently quoted in New York Times
Merry Wiesner-Hanks, Distinguished Professor of History and President of the World History Association, was recently quoted in the New York Times on changes to the A.P. History examination.… Continue Reading »
UWM Students help Associate Professor Christine Evans with research for Washington Post article
Students from UWM and Notre Dame helped conduct research for a recent article in the Washington Post “Monkey Cage” blog, written by UWM associate professor of History Christine Evans and Notre Dame political scientist Susanne Wengle. The UWM students included are Alexandra Stott, who graduated and is on her way to U of Indiana pursuing an MA program, Ravil Ashirov, and Blake Lilek.… Continue Reading »