The July 28th edition of UNC’s The Well features an interview with history Professor Matt Andrews about the restoration of Jim Thorpe’s Olympic wins. In the article, written by Emily Padula, Professor Andrews argues that “the Native American athlete’s story…reminds … Continued

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Klaus Larres for the publication of TWO new books: Most recent is the massive Oxford Handbook of German Politics, edited by Klaus Larres, Holger Moroff of the UNC Political Science Department, and the late Ruth … Continued

Please join us in congratulating Don Reid, Miguel La Serna, and Morgan Pitelka, whose recent accomplishments and recognition have just been approved by the Board of Trustees: Dr. Reid has been appointed the John Wesley and Anna Hodgin Hanes Distinguished … Continued

Dr. Sweet’s latest book, The Sewing Girl’s Tale: A Story of Crime and Consequences in Revolutionary America (2022), was reviewed by The New York Times this past week. Read the article here. You can also find a short excerpt on Lit … Continued

Congratulations to Dr. William Sturkey for receiving the Carolina Center for Public Service’s Robert E. Bryan Award for Public Service on April 12, 2022. Dr. Sturkey is recognized for his scholarship on race and the U.S. South, as well as … Continued

The college of arts and sciences website recently featured a spotlight on Fitz Brundage’s long-term project to produce a digital collection of North Carolina’s monuments, shrines and commemorative public art. Commemorative Landscape, an interdisciplinary collaboration, “contains information on roughly 1000 historical … Continued

Emerita Professor Genna Rae McNeil is co-winner of this year’s Charles Hamilton Houston Medallion of Merit, conferred by the Washington DC Bar Association. In 1925, the Association was co-founded by Charles Hamilton Houston, whose prize-winning biography, Groundwork, was written by … Continued

Read about Dr. Turk’s spring 2020 HIST 179H, and their virtual walking tour exploring women’s history on UNC’s campus, in The Well.

Congratulations to department graduate student Cristian Walk on receiving a Tanner Award for Graduate Teaching Assistants. Read more about Cristian and his philosophy on teaching here.

Earlier this year, Dr. William Sturkey earned a 2022 Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Created in 1952, the Tanner Award celebrates inspirational teaching of undergraduates, especially first- and second-year students. Read about Dr. Sturkey’s accomplishment and reflections on … Continued