Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks is an American historian and Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee's Department of History.[1] She describes herself as wearing "... two hats, one as a historian of early modern Europe and the other as a world/global historian, with a primary focus on women, gender, and sexuality within these".[1] She has taught and published in European history, world history, and history pedagogy, and served as the President of the Sixteenth Century Society, the Society for Reformation Research, The Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender, and the World History Association.
She is editor-in-chief of the seven-volume 2015 Cambridge World History, and co-editor of three of its parts: Volume 5: Expanding Webs of Exchange and Conflict, 500CE–1500CE (ISBN 9780521190749) with Benjamin Z. Kedar and Volume 6: The Construction of a Global World, 1400–1800 CE, Part 1: Foundations (ISBN 9780521761628) and Part 2: Patterns of Change (ISBN 9780521192460) with Jerry H. Bentley and Sanjay Subrahmanyam.[2] She is also the co-editor, with Mathew Kuefler, of the four-volume 2024 Cambridge World History of Sexualities: Volume 1: General Overviews ( ISBN 9781108842082); Volume 2: Systems of Thought and Belief ( ISBN 9781108842099); Volume 3: Sites of Knowledge and Practice ( ISBN 9781108842105); Volume 4: Modern Sexualities ( ISBN 9781108842112).
She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and before moving to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee she was an assistant professor at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, from 1979 to 1985.[3]
Wiesner-Hanks is the long-term senior editor of The Sixteenth Century Journal: The Journal of Early Modern Studies,[4] and from 2011 to 2020 an editor of the Journal of Global History.[5] In history pedagogy, she was the Chief Reader for Advanced Placement World History, is on the board for the Society for History Education and World History Commons, and was one of the history authors of the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards, which by 2017 had been incorporated into the social studies standards in 23 states. She has also been on the author team of several innovative source books and textbooks used in college and Advanced Placement high school classrooms. These include Discovering the Western Past (Cengage, 7e 2104) and A History of Western Society (Bedford, 14e 2023) often used in Advanced Placement European History classes.[6]
- ^ a b "Merry Wiesner-Hanks". College of Letters & Science: Department of History. University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ "The Cambridge World History". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ Wiesner-Hanks, Merry. "Curriculum vitae" (PDF). University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ "Staff". The Sixteenth Century Journal. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ "Journal of Global History". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ "AP European History: Course Audit | AP Central – The College Board". AP Central. 2017-03-06. Retrieved 2019-03-06.