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The History Department congratulates Prof. Xiaofei Gao for winning the prestigious American Council of Learned Societies Luce Early Career Fellowship in China Studies. This highly-selective fellowship provides an invaluable opportunity for early-career scholars to dedicate a full year to researching and writing their first book. With just ten long-term awards...

Dear Alumni, Students, Colleagues, and Friends, I wish everyone a very happy end of Spring Semester. This past academic year was the first full year of in-person campus life in four years. After a seemingly endless series of semesters of online learning, teaching, and collaborating, we returned to campus with...

History Majors, Spring 2023: Henry DeAngelis Luke Hanneman Sean McCloskey Tanner Newell Max Sauermann History Majors, Fall 2022 Meghann Brown Bianca Csirke Mei Gifford Ethan Goode Josue Mendez Khalid Mhareb Zachary Thompson Adam Woznick History Minors, Spring 2023: Shiyu Bian Matthew Carron Monica Eckels Tyer Meyer Jose Pizana Martin Romo-Valencia...

The History Department is proud to honor the Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 graduates for completing their Senior Thesis projects and reaching the end of the BA program. Several students graduated with honors, displaying a great deal of ingenuity and professionalism during the challenges of COVID-19. The Department offers a...

The History Department congratulates Prof. Dale Stahl for winning the Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year Award at the 25 th Annual Research and Creative Activities Symposium! Prof. Stahl was recognized for his mentorship of three undergraduate students—Raphael Angoulvant (History), Khalid Mhareb (History), and Sukru Karaoglu (INTS)—who each worked as...

Since 1986, the History Department’s Historical Studies Journal has featured exceptional student papers with strong arguments and historical analysis. With the shift of this year’s journal to an entirely digital format, the expectations for excellence have not changed, but the ability to feature multimedia projects marks a profound evolution in...

Dear Students, Colleagues, Alumni, and Friends, Happy “end of the year” to our History Department community! It’s been another year of mixed emotions. On the one hand, COVID continued to be a psychological and financial drain for everyone, especially for those of us with immunocompromised elders or unvaccinated youngsters. Planning...

Keira Richards has certainly made a splash in the History Department over the past few years. As the first History Major to pursue the Digital Studies Certificate, Richards has pushed the limits of both the methodology and presentation of her research into underrepresented social and cultural histories. For her Summer...

What began as Jennifer Purcell’s UC Denver graduate research paper grew into an MA thesis, a doctoral dissertation, and a published book that earned Purcell a position and tenure as a Professor of History at Saint Michael’s College. Purcell’s interest in the mid-century British journal Mass Observation not only launched...

The History Department is proud to honor the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 graduates for completing their Senior Thesis projects and reaching the end of the BA program. Several students graduated with honors, displaying a great deal of ingenuity and professionalism during the challenges of COVID-19. The Department offers a...