For more than a century, the Department of History has flourished as an intellectual community committed to intensive research, collaborative seminars, public engagement, and methodological innovation. We offer a top-ranked graduate program and a rigorous undergraduate major and minor, all of which prepare students to engage issues of vital personal and global significance.
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The department seeks to develop each student’s capacity for comparative reasoning and to deepen their understanding of global connections.
Faculty research ranges from medieval to modern history and emphasizes the histories of Europe, the United States, East Asia, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East.
The James S. Schouler Lecture Symposium presents Forbidden Subjects: Sex, Class, and Race and 150 years of Immigration ExclusionsApril 17, 2025, 9:30am-4:00pmLocation: Salon C (Scott-Bates Commons Conference Center, entrance on […]
Prof. Diego Luis’ book, First Asians in the Americas has just won a third award! The Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions (FEEGI) prize has been awarded to Diego […]
Hearty congratulations to Prof. Diego Luis on winning the Howard F. Cline Book Prize In Mexican History for 2025! Diego Javier Luis Johns Hopkins University The First Asians in the […]