Department of History

Kimathi Muiruri ’21 named Rhodes Scholar

Kimathi Muiruri ’21, who majored in history and environmental studies, was a Morehead-Cain Scholar, a member of Phi Beta Kappa and is an Honors Carolina laureate. He is the third Tar Heel to be named a Rhodes Scholar this fall. … Continued
Prof. Emerita McNeil Speaker at Stone Memorial Lecture

On November 9th, Professor Emerita Genna Rae McNeil will be the featured speaker at the 29th Annual Sonja Hayne Stone Memorial Lecture. The lecture will be delivered via Zoom. For more information and to register, please go to the Stone … Continued
Graduate Student Alexandra Odom In Carolina Arts & Sciences Magazine

Alexandra Odom won a Graduate School Impact award for her role in a documentary film focusing on the achievement gap between white and Black students in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. The Carolina Arts & Sciences Magazine wrote about Odom … Continued
Professor Jay Smith Awarded the Education Law Association’s Steinhilber Award

Professor Jay Smith is one of six historians honored with the Education Law Association’s Steinhilber Award for the best legal brief of the year. Dr. Smith, along with UNC alum Taylor Branch and others, collaborated in writing a Supreme Court amicus … Continued

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