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- CV
Winson Chu
- Associate Professor, History
Degree(s)
PhD, History, University of California, Berkeley, 2006
MA, History, University of California, Berkeley, 1999
BA, History, University of California, San Diego, 1994
Research Interests
Modern Central Europe
German-Polish borderlands
Empires, national minorities, diasporas
Teaching Areas
German politics and societies
Social and cultural impact of war
Ethnic cleansing in Europe
Courses Offered
Hist 248 - The First World War
Hist 249 - The Second World War in Europe
Hist 293 - Seminar on Historical Method, Theory, and Approach
Hist 363 - Germany – Hitler and the Nazi Dictatorship
Hist 371 - Topics in European History (Topic: German Politics, Societies and Cultures Since 1945)
Hist 371 - Topics in European History (Topic: The Habsburg Empire)
Hist 840 - Colloquium on Global History (Topic: Nationhood)
Hist 850 - Colloquium on European History (Topic: Ethnic Cleansings in the Twentieth Century)
Hist 850 - Colloquium on European History (Topic: Nationhood and Exceptionalism)
Hist 940 - Seminar on Global History (Topic: Transnational Total War)
Special Honors
Office of Research / UWM Foundation Research Award, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2018. Recognition for excellence in research.
Faculty Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2017–18. Recognition for excellence in teaching.
German History Article Prize for "A Sonderweg through Eastern Europe?," German History Society, UK, 2013
Commendation, The Fraenkel Prize in Contemporary History for The German Minority in Interwar Poland, The Wiener Library, London, 2012
Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize, Friends of the German Historical Institute in Washington, DC, for best dissertation in modern German history (co-winner), 2007
James H. Kettner Graduate Prize, UC Berkeley Department of History, for best dissertation, 2007