David Mulroy, In Memoriam
We are sharing the sad news of the passing of David Mulroy, Professor Emeritus in Classics at UWM.
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RetroLab to be featured 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!
Award Winner Michael Larbi
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, …
Congratulations Graduates
The Department of History wishes congratulations to all our spring, 2025 graduates. Here are just a couple of photos from the ceremonies.
Ken Bartelt’s Work Recognized
Here is coverage from the Shepherd-Express of the exhibit about Beckum-Stapleton Little League that our own History PhD student Ken Bartelt co-curated at MSOE’s Grohmann’ Museum. Congratulations Ken!
Associate Professor Carter Publishes New Book
The Star Wars saga takes place in a galaxy far, far away, but its social structures—in particular its racial realities—are thoroughly American. So argues Greg Carter in this thought-provoking analysis, which blends historical and theoretical treatments of science fiction cinema …
Sugarbush Outing
On March 3, 2025, AIS/HIst 474 went to University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Field Station- Cedarburg Bog and started iskigamizigan, sugarbush. The students each found an ininatig, sugar maple, that they would tap to obtain the gift of the sweet sap from …
Professor Evans Publishes New Book on Satellite Communications
Congratulations to Associate Professor Christine Evans, whose history of satellite communications, No Heavenly Bodies, has been published by MIT Press. Co-authored with Lars Lundgren, of Södertörn University in Stockholm, the book explores the role of Eastern Bloc nations in the development …
New Undergraduate Course in Public History to Debut this Spring
For the Spring 2024 Semester, the History Department is proud to offer its first undergraduate public history course (HIST 404). The course offers hands-on experience as the class will be working with UWM’s Center for Nursing History on reviving some …