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.
Contribute new research to the oldest PhD history program in the country.
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.
Keywords for Black Louisiana (K4BL) is thrilled to announce the launch of a digital collection of enslaved testimony from French- and Spanish-controlled Louisiana. Visit K4BL Keywords for Black Louisiana (K4BL, […]
Join us for the KSAS Open House for the History Department which will be held in Hodson 203 in two sessions: 3:00-3:30pm and 3:45-4:15pm. We hope to see you there!
It is with profound sadness that the Department of History learned of student Zoe Underwood’s passing. She had double majored in classical music and history and was preparing to complete […]