Our very own Dr. Kathleen DuVal wrote a compelling piece in Time Magazine discussing ongoing efforts by indigenous groups in the United States to reclaim artifacts currently held in museums across the country – as an increasing number of institutions have taken … Read more
We want to extend our warmest congratulations to Dr. Shannon Eaves, who graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with her PhD in History in 2015, for earning tenure and promotion to the position of Associate Professor at the College of Charleston! Eaves … Read more
Undergraduate students can now register for courses for Summer 2024! The UNC History Department is offering remote and in-person options for both summer sessions on courses covering everything from modern Europe to the Russian Revolution, from Native North America to … Read more
Dr. Anna Krome-Lukens, an alumna of the UNC History Department’s PhD Program who has returned to the campus to teach in the Department of Public Policy, was recently awarded the 2024 Chapman Family Teaching Award. Selected as one of 25 … Read more
Richard M. Krasno Distinguished Professor in History Klaus Larres, a noted expert in international affairs and global diplomacy, has just published a short article on the 2023 EU-China Summit. The Summit was just held in Beijing and was the first … Read more
As folks at UNC head home or meet with loved ones for this week of Thanksgiving, they may hear the story of the “First Thanksgiving” in children’s books or on television. In a recent article for Time Magazine, several members … Read more
Dr. John Wood Sweet, author of the award-winning book, The Sewing Girl’s Tale, was featured in a piece by Alyssa LaFaro in UNC’s “Endeavors” series! Endeavors highlights the people and personal stories behind important and groundbreaking research being done at … Read more
MA Candidate Mark Thomas-Patterson was the recipient of the Rose Library Short-Term Award Fellowship from the Rose Library at Emory University to conduct research over the course of summer 2023. With the support of this grant, Thomas-Patterson was able to … Read more
Over the past summer, UNC undergraduate student and History and Business Administration double major Maddie Henderson (Ojibwe/Chippewa) completed an internship with the Smithsonian. As part of that work, she learned about “the Indian boarding school era and how forced assimilation … Read more
Using research from her new book, The Women of NOW, Dr. Katie Turk has recently published an engaging article in The Atlantic about the benefits and drawbacks of donation-driven fundraising. This is a fascinating article and a great example of how our … Read more
