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.
Diego Javier Luis took up fencing in 2023, after injuring his neck and shoulder doing yard work. He recently placed third at a rapier tournament hosted by the Atlantic Renaissance Fencing League and is nationally ranked. "I'm just getting started," he says.
Congratulations to Leah Wright Rigueur on receiving a 2025 Nexus Award for her project proposal “American Democracy as Political History: Challenges Across the Past, Present, and Future.”
The department extends congratulations to the undergraduate and graduate students recognized with awards at the end-of-the-year celebration on May 1! With deep appreciation for excellent research and writing–and contributions to […]