The University of Illinois is reaffirming the significance of the arts and humanities by launching a new graduate fellowship program intended to attract the best and brightest students in these fields.
HistoryPassionate about the study of history? You’re in good company.
History major named Rhodes ScholarThomas Dowling, a double-major in history and political science, has been named a Rhodes Scholar.
Placing Illinois in HistoryThe Illinois community experiences two milestones over the next two years: the 150th year anniversary of the founding of the University of Illinois in 2017, followed by the 2018 bicentennial of Illinois’s statehood.
What can I do with a History Degree?There are so many awesome things you can do with a History Degree! Check below to find out.
Welcome to the History Department at Illinois!Clare H. Crowston, Professor and Chair, is delighted to welcome you to History at Illinois. Click below to view her welcome letter!
The narratives of black emancipation and white settlement are usually separated in U.S. and Canadian history, but they are actually intertwined, says Professor Asaka.
Slavery and racism played their roles in planting beliefs about race and racial difference, but so did medicine, says Prof. Rana Hogarth in her new book.
More Department News
- The University's Open Illinois resource website provides undocumented and DACA students information and tools that will support their success at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
- Thomas Dowling, a double-major in history and political science, has been named Lincoln Academy Student Laureate Award, which recognizes university seniors for their excellence in curricular and extracurricular activities.
- Hear Prof. Leslie Reagan and PhD candidate Nathan Tye talking about Illinois' connection to Agent Orange in the Vietnam War on WILL radio program, The 21st.
Calendar
HIST 164Interdisciplinary examination of the automobile industry, its production systems, its marketing strategies, and the way automobiles reflect the changing landscapes of consumer tastes and value over time.
HIST 120This course provides a survey of the past four centuries of East Asian history.
HIST 106This course examines the history of Latin America since independence, focusing on subjects such as the Cuban and Mexican Revolutions, cycles of dictatorship, and patterns of uneven economic development.
HIST 386How do historians address the general public - and specific publics within it - outside of their academic communities? How do historians engage with communities that might want assistance publicizing their own pasts?
HIST 380The global backstory to the United States of today with ample attention to colonial legacies in Puerto Rico and elsewhere. A great introduction to History for non-majors -- lively and hands on, with a small group dynamic and riveting readings and films.
HIST 205We will dive into the primary texts written in the Andes after the “fall of the Incan Empire,” and consult scientific studies by engineers, architects, astronomers, art-historians, and historians who all try to solve the many riddles that surround the Incan Empire to this day.
HIST 207How were historical documents--the letters, diaries, and other artifacts through which historians learn about the past--published in the print age? How will they be published in the digital future?
HIST 203Reacting to the Past consists of elaborate games, set in the past, in which students are assigned roles informed by classic texts in the history of ideas. Register now! There' still room in the section on Work, suffrage, and sports in 20th Century America.
HIST 104What is black music, and how do we know what we think we know about it? Together, we will examine musical creations pioneered by Africans and individuals of African descent over several centuries and across hemispheres.
HIST 105This class surveys the history of the colonial period (from 1492-1825) of what is now called Latin America.
HIST 281Interdisciplinary examination of the historical, cultural, and social dimensions of race and ethnicity in the United States. Explores the complex and intricate pursuit of multiracial and multicultural democracy.
Celebrating our Sesquicentennial 1867-2017
