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 … Read more

Congratulations to five history graduate students on being awarded the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. Laura Cox, Arianne Ekinci, Cody Love, Emily Taylor, and Abigail Warchol will use their fellowships to travel to the areas they study and conduct research. You … Read more

Charles Sellers, UNC PhD (1950), passed away last week, aged 98. Sellers was the author of The Market Revolution. The New York Times published an obituary of Sellers over the weekend which celebrated him as “a historian whose work on early-19th-century … Read more

Professor Lloyd Kramer recently received the University’s Thomas Jefferson Award. The award, according to the faculty governance website, “is presented annually to ‘that member of the academic community who through personal influence and performance of duty in teaching, writing, and … Read more

PhD candidate, Emma Rothberg, was interviewed in the Carolina Graduate School Magazine about her Ruth Bader Ginsburg Predoctoral Fellowship with the National Women’s History Museum. Read more about Rothberg’s fellowship and the full interview.

Last month, the department celebrated the achievements of those who graduated with their MAs and PhDs this spring. Professor emeritus, Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, spoke at the virtual event which can be viewed in full on YouTube. The program for the … Read more

PhD candidate Zardas Lee was interviewed in Research UNCovered, a recurring feature for UNC Endeavors that “delves into the lives of UNC researchers from all disciplines and career levels, showcasing not only their research prowess but personal experiences in academia and … Read more

Dr. William Sturkey has penned an insightful article, published in The Atlantic, in which he details the methods he used to unearth the Black history of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for his book Hattiesburg: An American City in Black and White. Sturkey writes that … Read more

Chief Judge Algenon Marbley, of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, this week ordered police in Columbus Ohio to cease their use of tear gas, pepper spray, batons and rubber bullets against nonviolent protesters. Read … Read more

Congratulations to Sam Zahn for being named a 2021 Truman Scholar. Sam is a major in History and Political Science, a Robertson Scholar, and current student member of the Undergraduate Studies Committee in History. He has dedicated his time on campus … Read more