Everything and Everyone has a History






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Why Study History?
Take a walk with professor Rosalyn LaPier to learn why the study of history is important today.
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Chart Your Own Path
Our program empowers you to explore your interests and passions within history and gives you the flexibility to pair the major with advanced language study, internships, study abroad experiences, undergraduate research, and community engagement.
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Conduct Your Own Research
Research is embedded in the history curriculum with an emphasis on transforming students from consumers of history to critical producers of it. All students have access to the resources of the second largest university library in the country.
In the News

Chicago Tribune
Professor Antoinette Burton proposes an app for fascism prediction (e.g. the study of history) in The Chicago Tribune

New York Times
Professor Peter Fritzsche's new book 1942: When World War II Engulfed the Globe was reviewed by the New York Times.

Daily Illini
Professor Rosalyn LaPier discusses the impact of mascots based on Native American imagery and implores people to stop wearing merch featuring former U of I Mascot Chief Illiniwek in a Letter to the Editor.
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Alumni Spotlight: Clarence Lang (PhD 2004)
Clarence Lang is the Susan Welch Dean of the College of the Liberal Arts at Penn State. The below comments were obtained shortly after the completion of his PhD.