Congratulations to Lisa Lindsay, who received the 2018 Herskovits Prize last night for Atlantic Bonds. The prize is awarded annually by the African Studies Association for the most important scholarly work in African studies.
Dr. Konrad Jarausch’s book Broken Lives: How Ordinary Germans Experienced the 20th Century was recently included in Smithsonian Magazine‘s “Best History Books of 2018” list. Congratulations, Dr. Jarausch!
This semester, Prof. Brett Whalen teamed up with Prof. Chris Clemens (Senior Associate Dean for Natural Sciences) to teach “Time and the Medieval Cosmos” as part of the University’s Quality Enhancement Plan. The course was recently featured in an article … Read more
William Sturkey is one of only two recipients in the Faculty Category among a faculty of 3,500+ to receive the UNC Diversity Award. The Diversity Award recognizes significant contribution, time and effort of Carolina community members towards advancing an inclusive … Read more
We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Kathleen DuVal has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. As a Guggenheim Fellow, she will be writing a book on American Indian dominance in the centuries before 1850. She continues the tradition of UNC … Read more
Daniela R. P. Weiner, a Religions and Public Life Graduate Fellow and PhD student in the Department of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, recently published an article titled ‘Tendentious texts: Holocaust representations andnation-rebuilding in East … Read more
Jacqueline Whitt (UNC PhD ’08) is producer and editor of “A Better Peace: The WAR ROOM Podcast.”
Denmark Vesey’s Garden: Slavery and Memory in the Confederacy, by Ethan J. Kytle (UNC PhD ’04) and Blain Roberts (UNC PhD ’05), was mentioned as one of “17 Refreshing Books to Read This Summer” by the New York Times.
Christina Snyder (UNC PhD ’07) won the 2018 Francis Parkman Prize for Great Crossings: Indians, Settlers & Slaves in the Age of Jackson (Oxford University Press).
On May 13, 2018, the Department of History held its annual graduation ceremony in Hamilton Hall. The event included addresses by Molly Worthen (Associate Professor in History) and Cassandra Etter-Wenzel, a former History major now working for the World Resources … Read more
