Marquette University History Department

06/15/2026

Do you have travel plans this summer?

This summer, the Ephraim Historical Foundation is honored to present Fields of Arrival: Migration, Work, and Memory in Door County. Featuring research by Marquette University Associate Professor, Dr. Sergio Gonzáles, this exhibit will take a closer look at the ways migrant labor shaped the identity of America’s ‘Cherryland’ and the legacy that they left behind.

This exhibit will be in the Anderson Barn Museum Tuesday - Saturday 10am-4pm (June 16-Oct 10)

Thank you to our sponsors:
Arbor Crowne Properties, George & Beth Drost

with help from:
Jeanne & Ted Papenthien, Elizabeth & Randy Pyle, Hans & Mary Schaupp, Nancy Wiltgen, Wendy Tinnon, Rob & Sherry Moore, and Wilson’s Restaurant & Ice Cream Parlor.

06/11/2026

Our colleague, Dr. Alison Efford, recently spoke on WISN-ABC about the birth of the GOP here in Wisconsin and its opposition to the expansion of slavery. Many of our department’s professors are active in the historic 250th anniversary. Thanks to all of you for your continued support and contributions.

A look inside the little white schoolhouse that still stands today.

06/11/2026

Check out this story on the Wisconsin origins of the Republican Party. It features an interview with Alison Efford.

https://www.wisn.com/article/america-250-how-a-wisconsin-schoolhouse-launched-the-gop-in-1854/71537338?fbclid=IwZnRzaASXhDBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeblae9TIncyoMn6m1aoWAOYfFTqNvngqrQS_3Vljzcrs9jAM_vf47EtzRRO4_aem_Ref6p_ygjHV8zo-6-HrQPQ

A look inside the little white schoolhouse that still stands today.

06/01/2026

Museums are a popular historical attraction during the summer months. One of our colleagues, Dr. Patrick Mullins, often works with museums and in the public history sphere, including as Marquette’s public history director. Back on March 15th, the print edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel published an article on an exhibit at the Haggerty Museum which commemorates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Called Defying Empire: Revolutionary Prints from Britain and America, the exhibit was curated by Dr. Patrick which is still on display until August 1st. He also installed a history exhibit in the atrium of the Raynor Library called George Washington and a Nation of Farmers, which can be viewed at the library through July 5th. Together with Dr. Mullins's Defying Empire exhibit at the Haggerty Museum, it serves as a Marquette campus memorial to the 250th anniversary of American independence.

05/19/2026

One of the best things about academic conferences is the opportunity to connect with Marquette alumni. Lezlie Knox recently ran into Peter Dobek at the annual International Medieval Studies Congress (aka Kalamazoo!). After earning his BA at Marquette (2010), Peter studied for an MA at the Centre for Medieval Studies at Toronto and then moved to Western Michigan for a PhD focusing on central Europe and especially Poland in the later Middle Ages. You can learn more about his research in his recently published book, The Public House in Central Europe. As an expert in the history of brewing, taverns, and their critical place in later medieval cities, Peter is rarely challenged to explain why his scholarship is so interesting! https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/public-house-in-central-europe-9781666927382/

05/11/2026

An interview with our professor emeritus, Rev. Steven Avella.

A Milwaukee Catholic priest shares how he’s handling the church and state conflict.

05/04/2026

As another academic year comes to an end, I just wanted to share with you our end-of-year celebration, Phi Alpha Theta induction ceremony, and undergraduate award winner. Dr. Patrick Mullins started us off with a nice speech about the importance of historical study this year, the 250th anniversary of the United States. We had a large new cohort of students who joined. Then Dr. Alison Efford presented two undergraduate awards. Kiley Brockway, currently an Advanced Degree Program student working on her MA, received the annual Boden Award for outstanding history major. Mark Claerhout won the Jablonowski Award for best undergraduate paper or project for his paper, "Mussolini’s Poet: Ezra Pound’s Modernism in the Making of an American Fascist." Congratulations to everyone, and thanks to you, the community, for supporting our faculty, staff, and students this year.