When and where professional athletes have the right to voice their political opinions became an issue following comments by President Donald Trump aimed at players in the NFL. History professor Adrian Burgos Jr. focuses his research on the history of U.S.
HistoryPassionate about the study of history? You’re in good company.
Welcome New 2017 PhD Graduate Students
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.
EMERITUS PROFESSOR WINS CHANCELLOR'S MEDALLIONWinton Solberg is one of three awardees of the university's highest honor
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!
Antoinette Burton and Harry Liebersohn named CAS professors!
Health issues arising from Agent Orange exposure during the Vietnam War have altered ideas about war wounds and the cause of birth defects, says U. of I. history professor Leslie Reagan, who specializes in medical history.
More Department News
- 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.
- Emeritus Professor Winton Solberg has been one of three awarded the highest campus honor. The Chancellor's Medallion has only been awarded six times since it was first presented in 1999. Ellen Swain, the Stewart S.
- Professor Adrian Burgos, Jr. was featured in a segment on ESPN regarding Cuban baseball defectors who are left stranded in the Dominican Republic when their baseball dream
Calendar
HIST 207How were historical documents--the letters, diaries, and other artifacts through which historians learn about the past--published in the print age?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 (RTTP) consists of elaborate games, set in the past, in which students are assigned roles informed by classic texts in the history of ideas.
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
