Stories indexed under: History

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• History professor documents GI conduct in WWII France June 5, 2013 On June 6, 1944, a massive military force arrived on the beaches of Normandy in a surprise invasion intended to overthrow Nazi Germany. The story of brave Allied forces splashing ashore under heavy fire has been immortalized in novels, memoirs, documentary films, and blockbuster movies - with American GIs cast as the unequivocal heroes of the day.
• Ten faculty selected for Distinguished Teaching Awards March 12, 2013 Ten University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards.
• UW–Madison engineer is expert for NOVA chariot documentary Feb. 1, 2013 An epic drama set in ancient Rome, "Ben-Hur" captivated filmgoers in 1959 with its majestic cinematography, powerful musical score, and thrilling, bloody nine-minute chariot race, which has become one of cinema's most widely known sequences.
• Film examines fate of prisoners after 1920 war Dec. 3, 2012 The Wisconsin Union Directorate Film Committee and the UW Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia present "What Can Dead Prisoners Do?" at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 11 at The Marquee in Union South.
• Award helps turn first manuscripts into first-rate books Nov. 30, 2012 A scholar of "medieval media studies" and a historian of modern Europe have each won a 2012-13 First Book Award from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center for the Humanities.
• UW experts weigh in on Lincoln as movie opens in theaters Nov. 13, 2012 President Abraham Lincoln is more monument than man to many Americans, with his image printed on our currency and seated atop Bascom Hill, among other places. On Friday, director Steven Spielberg’s movie “Lincoln,” with Irish actor Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role, opens in theaters.
• New book combines love of fiction and history Nov. 6, 2012 As an undergraduate at Harvard University, Florencia Mallon wanted to write fiction. But fact came first.
• UW Curry mural tells forgotten emancipation story Nov. 1, 2012 With a sweep of his pen, Abraham Lincoln changed the lives of 4 million black Americans when he signed the Emancipation Proclamation that led to the 13th Amendment outlawing slavery in the U.S. But a striking, often-overlooked campus mural by John Steuart Curry tells a part of the story that's often forgotten.
• Campus historian John Jenkins dies Nov. 1, 2012 John W. Jenkins, who carried on the work of documenting the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s history through a widely acclaimed book series, died in Madison on Tuesday, Oct. 23. He was 66 years old.
• Paul Boyer, influential scholar of religious history, dies March 26, 2012 Paul S. Boyer, Merle Curti Chair Emeritus in American History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died in Madison on Saturday, March 17, at age 76 after a short bout with cancer.
• Selig Distinguished Lecture delves into Japanese Americans’ relationship with baseball Jan. 17, 2012 How baseball helped Japanese Americans develop an identity and bond with America will be addressed in the Selig Distinguished Lecture in Sport and Society on Tuesday, Jan. 24, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Historian’s work gives a glimpse of Nixon “unplugged” Nov. 8, 2011 The National Archives and the Richard Nixon Presidential Library will release new recordings and documents, including a transcript of Nixon’s grand jury testimony related to the Watergate investigation, thanks to a UW-Madison professor emeritus who has fought for years to get the secret records of the former president made public.
• Eleven professors appointed to named professorships Oct. 6, 2011 Eleven distinguished faculty members have received named professorships, some of the highest honors for established faculty.
• UW–Madison professor named fellow of British Academy Sept. 19, 2011 William Courtenay, University of Wisconsin–Madison Hilldale Professor and Charles Homer Haskins Professor Emeritus of History, has been elected a corresponding fellow to the British Academy.
• Recent sightings: Selig Distinguished Lecture Jan. 28, 2011
• Professor to present first Selig Distinguished Lecture in Sport and Society Jan. 21, 2011 Adrian Burgos, professor of history in the Department of African American, Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Latino/a Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will present the first Selig Distinguished Lecture in Sport and Society at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Thursday, Jan. 27.
• Memorial service set Jan. 8 for history professor emeritus Robert Kingdon Dec. 27, 2010
• UW-Madison scholar tapped to lead American Historical Association Nov. 12, 2010 University of Wisconsin-Madison historian William Cronon has been elected president of the American Historical Association, a position considered one of the highest honors in the profession.
• Chancellor conducts TelePresence meeting from China Nov. 5, 2010 As part of her trip to China and Taiwan, Chancellor Biddy Martin helped to inaugurate a cutting-edge videoconferencing device now available to the greater UW-Madison campus community.
• Reckoning with Pinochet: The Memory Question in Democratic Chile, 1989–2006 May 5, 2010 Reckoning with Pinochet: The Memory Question in Democratic Chile, 1989–2006 (Duke University Press, 2010) Steve J. Stern, vice provost for faculty and staff programs and Alberto Flores Galindo Professor of History.