Understand the Past. Inform the Future.

History Department

Every aspect of our life has a history. As scholars and teachers, our faculty members instill in our students the value of historical inquiry and asking historical questions to better understand our world. We provide the skills to engage with these questions in an academically rigorous manner and to communicate new insights in a meaningful way.

Undergraduate and graduate students of history explore not only events of the past, but also their meaning and implications for their own lives.

The faculty includes historians of the United States, Europe, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia and the Ancient World. In addition to geographic and chronological foci, our faculty members are topical experts in fields such as political, social, military and cultural history, with particular interest in political violence, empire, religion, law, women, gender and sexuality, labor, race and ethnicity, and intellectual history.

history faculty and affiliates

149

undergraduate and graduate courses offered each year

books published by history faculty since 2010

Undergraduate Studies

An understanding of the past is essential to shaping the present and future of our nation and the world. As a history major or minor, you will be challenged to develop your reading, writing and research skills to better understand the past and face the future.

History, B.A.
Minor in history

Graduate Studies

Our graduate programs are characterized by close intellectual and working relationships between students and faculty. You will be well-prepared for roles on college and university faculties, in libraries and archives, and in federal and state government agencies.

History, M.A.
History, Ph.D.