Chad Bryant was a co-winner of the Radomír Luža Prize for his book, Prague: Belonging and the Modern City (Harvard University Press, 2021). This biennial prize is awarded by American Friends of the Documentation Center of Austrian Resistance and Center … Continued

Please join our department in congratulating Prof. Emerita Jacquelyn Hall! Dr. Hall is being honored by the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association as winner of the 2022 NCLHA’s Christopher Crittenden Award for Significant Contributions to History in North Carolina.   The … Continued

On October 25, 2022, the Mississippi Center for Justice hosted their annual Champions of Justice event – a fundraising event that helps to sustain their efforts to “dismantle Mississippi’s culture of injustice.” Among those honored at the event was Dr. … Continued

In the most recent issue of The Well, Dr. Lloyd Kramer – History Professor and Director of Carolina Public Humanities – suggests that a thriving public life is as important for communities as physical health. Interviewed by Scott Jared, Dr. … Continued

We’re delighted to share the news that the new edition of the Norton U.S. history textbook Give Me Liberty! just was published, co-authored by UNC History Professor Kathleen DuVal, along with Eric Foner and Lisa McGirr. You can listen to Drs. DuVal, Foner, … Continued

Dr. Bret Devereaux, who graduated with his PhD in Ancient History from UNC-CH in 2018, was featured in a recent edition of the UNC research publication Endeavors. The article brings together Devereaux’s teaching and research on the social and material costs … Continued

A recent UNC Global article celebrated UNC-Chapel Hill and King’s College London’s academic exchanges. Read about the programs’ partnership and Dr. Chad Bryant’s involvement here.

The UNC History Department proudly celebrates the 100th birthday of Professor Emeritus William Leuchtenburg. Born on September 28, 1922, in New York City, he earned his BA in 1943 from Cornell and his PhD in History in 1951 from Columbia … Continued

Please join us in congratulating Cynthia Radding on the publication of her impressive new book, Bountiful Deserts: Sustaining Indigenous Worlds in Northern New Spain (University of Arizona Press). You can read more about the book below or order it from the … Continued

Kathleen Duval, the Bowman and Gordon Gray Professor of History, will be featured this coming Sunday, September 18th at 2 p.m. on “Book Breaks”! Book Breaks is an educational series aimed at K-12 and college students and educators managed by … Continued