Graduate News Archive | Department of History

DTH Interview with Caroline Newhall on Black POWs in the Confederacy

PhD candidate Caroline Newhall was featured in a recent interview with the Daily Tar Heel ahead of her public “Tell about the South” talk next Wednesday, April 17, hosted by the Center for the Study of the American South. In the … Continued

Mark Reeves receives 2019 SERSAS Graduate Student Paper Prize

Mark Reeves received the 2019 Graduate Student Paper Prize from the Southeastern Regional Seminar in African Studies (SERSAS), for his paper entitled “A Gilded Cage? Nnamdi Azikiwe’s Pan-Africanism as Governor-General of Nigeria, 1960-1963.” This prize recognizes the best paper from the recent … Continued

Liz Lundeen Receives UNC Graduate School’s Impact Award

Liz Lundeen received the UNC Graduate School’s Impact Award, an annual honor for graduate students whose research “contribute to a better future for people and communities in North Carolina.” Congratulations, Liz! Read more about her research and the award here.

Lucas Kelley Publishes an Op-Ed on Borders and Immigration in the Knoxville News Sentinel

UNC-Chapel Hill PhD candidate Lucas Kelley recently published an op-ed in the Knoxville News Sentinel. Using his expertise in early American history, Lucas explained the history of borders and immigration in Tennessee to provide context to ongoing conversations about the United … Continued

Daniela Weiner (PhD student) publishes article in the Journal of Modern Jewish Studies

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 … Continued

Jacqueline Whitt (PhD ’08) is producer and editor of new podcast

Jacqueline Whitt (UNC PhD ’08) is producer and editor of “A Better Peace: The WAR ROOM Podcast.”

Ethan Kytle (PhD ’04) and Blain Roberts (PhD ’05) in the New York Times

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 (PhD ’07) wins Parkman Prize

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).

2018-2019 awards

Congratulations to three of our doctoral students who won competitive 2018-2019 awards from the College of Arts and Sciences as part of its new initiatives to support graduate education: Aubrey Lauersdorf, a Kenan III Graduate Fellowship; Kirsten Cooper, a Druscilla French … Continued