The Gambrinus Prize was awarded for his Outlaws, Rebels, & Vixens: Motion Picture Censorship in Milwaukee, 1914-1971, which was based on his master’s thesis.

The faculty of the UWM Department of History unanimously passed a resolution supporting our students.

The History Department at UW-Milwaukee is seeking to make a tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor with primary fields in Public and Digital History. Geographic field and period of research are open.

The UWM Department of History ranked #1 nationally in a survey from Nonprofit Colleges Online for “best value” in online bachelor’s degree programs in history.

Distinguished Professor David Hoeveler appeared on WUWM’s Lake Effect to discuss his new book John Bascom and the Origins of the Wisconsin Idea.

Under the leadership of Ellen Langill, Senior Lecturer in the Department of History, the department hosted the Southeastern Wisconsin National History Day competition for the sixteenth consecutive year on Saturday.

Amanda I. Seligman is giving the Provost/UWM Libraries Social Justice lecture on Friday, February 26, at 3 p.m. Her topic is “Making Social Justice with the Neighbors: How Block Clubs Shaped Chicago.”

History department alumnus Dr. James K. Nelsen will be giving a talk on campus based on his new book, Educating Milwaukee.

A special panel to honor the scholarship of the late Professor Victor Greene was held Saturday January 9, 2016, at the American Historical Association in Atlanta.

A.T. Brown Award for Best Graduate Thesis in 2014-15 Michael Gonzales, for his M.A. thesis, “Ruffians and Revolutionaries: The Development of the Young Lords Organization in Chicago” (M.A. thesis, supervised by Amanda Seligman, submitted May 2015) Michael Gonzales’s thesis traces… Read More