UW-Milwaukee Department of History

10/26/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Greg Carter, whose book, "I’d Just as Soon Kiss a Wookie: Uncovering Racialized Desire in the Star Wars Galaxy," won the Midwest Popular Culture Association’s Award for Best Single Work!

10/12/2026

Join us on Sunday, October 18, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. in Mitchell Hall, Room 195 to hear Alison Futrell, Professor of History at the University of Arizona, present "S*x in the Roman Arena." This is a free, public lecture sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, in celebration of International Archaeology Day, and is co-sponsored by the UWM Departments of Art History, Anthropology, and History.

10/08/2026

Dr. Ellen Ott Marshall is Professor of Christian Ethics and Conflict Transformation at Candler School of Theology and in the Graduate Division of Religion at Emory University. Dr. Marshall focuses on contemporary Christian ethics, with particular attention to violence, peacebuilding, conflict transformation, and moral agency under constraint.

"The Emotional Labor of Dialogue"

Many models of civic dialogue assume a disposition marked by "rational calm." However, the work we are doing together is emotional work. How do we think about the role of emotions in civic dialogue? How do we honor the knowledge emotions give us, remain true to them, and still converse constructively?

This event is open to all, but we request advance registration as dinner is provided https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/WE2PbWxKjq

10/08/2026

Mark your calendars! This will be the world premiere of Dr. Diner, an eminent scholar of American Jewish history, talking about her memoir about growing up in Milwaukee.

Thursday, October 29, 2026 at 4:30 pm in Curtin Hall, room 175. Free and open to the public!

10/02/2026

A Spirit of Revolt: Conrado Alvillar and the Rank-and-File Wobblies of the 1927–1928 Colorado Coal Strike is being released October 13, 2026 – CONGRATULATIONS, Michael!

https://www.akpress.org/a-spirit-of-revolt.html

09/30/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Lisa Silverman, whose recent publication, "The Postwar Antisemite: Culture and Complicity after the Holocaust," was recently named a short-list finalist for the German Studies Association's David Barclay Book Prize on the social, cultural, economic, political, or labor history of nineteenth-century and twentieth-century Germany or central Europe! 🎉

09/30/2026

Please remember our Brown Bag Lunch Series continues this Friday with a presentation by Michael Robert Gonzales - we hope to see you there!

09/22/2026

Join us as our Brown Bag Lunch Series continues on Friday, October 2, 2026 with a presentation by Michael Robert Gonzales!

09/21/2026

Come check out the Retro Computing Lab with Dr. Haigh during the Historic Milwaukee Inc. Doors Open Milwaukee event!

Doors Open Milwaukee proudly welcomes the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as its 2026 Presenting Sponsor. Discover nearly 40 campus locations, labs and

09/09/2026

Congratulations to Rick Popp, Associate Professor of History, who is featured heavily in this 99 Percent Invisible podcast about the introduction of 1-800 telephone numbers

This week, two stories about the history and uses of the 1-800 number. 1-800-PODCAST Today, shopping is almost completely detached from time and place. At 3 a.m., you can order something from your phone and have it delivered the next day. The impulse to buy no longer has to wait for a store to open.