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  • Benjamin Zavell
    From history major to renewable energy analyst
    2025-10-07 - Q&A with alumnus Benjamin Zavell
  • Book cover on left and picture of peter fritzsche on right
    How 1942 was a global war without end
    2025-09-30 - Professor Peter Fritzsche publishes new book "1942: When World War II Engulfed the Globe"
  • Chelsey Smith
    Understanding education as a tool of liberation and empire in the Caribbean
    2025-09-23 - Professor Chelsey Smith joins the Department of History
  • Bradley Harms
    History alumnus receives 2025 Alumni Achievement Award
    2025-09-18 - Retired colonel Bradley Harms will be honored during Homecoming Week 2025
  • Memorial bench outside of Gregory Hall
    Memorial bench commemorates 1990s graduate student cohort
    2025-09-15 - The bench honors Katherine Aaslestad, Debra Allen, Charles Crouch, Louis Haas, and Daniel Soloff.
  • Beth Watkins
    From history major to museum exhibit interpretation and visitor experience manager
    2025-09-11 - Q&A with alumna Beth Watkins
  • Chonky cows
    The steaks of archival research
    2025-09-08 - Graduate student Dale Mize explores beefy history
  • Adrian Burgos Jr left, Roderick Wilson right
    Professors Roderick Wilson and Adrian Burgos Jr. receive named scholar positions
    2025-08-18 - Two history professors received named scholar positions for their contributions in education and research in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.Professor Roderick Wilson, an associate professor in the Department of History and the Department of East Asian Languages and...
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    History Harvest revives Farm Aid memories in Champaign for Spurlock exhibit
    2025-08-14 - A new Spurlock Museum exhibit commemorates the 1985 Farm Aid Relief Concert
  • Alex Jacobs
    A new model for learning about community history
    2025-08-14 - Graduate student Alex Jacobs teaches by integrating physical spaces with history
  • Tayzhaun Glover
    Understanding movement, slavery, and freedom in the Caribbean
    2025-08-14 - Professor Tayzhaun Glover joins the Department of History
  • Kalani Craig
    Building software for history
    2025-08-05 - Digital historian and medievalist Kalani Craig joins the Department of History
  • sun shining on american flag
    The (not) Fighting Illini: History alumnus helps lead group devoted to bridging contentious political divides
    2025-07-15 -  There’s a quote from Abraham Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address in 1861 that the East Central Illinois Alliance of Braver Angels likes to remember as it works to bridge partisan divides: “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of...
  • Yuri Ramirez
    Professor Yuridia Ramírez receives 2025 Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award
    2025-07-14 - Professor Yuridia Ramírez received a 2025 Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award from the Institute of Citizens & Scholars. The award comes with a $20,000 stipend to support her research.The award recognizes scholars who have...
  • Austin Justice
    From history major to assistant editor: Q&A with alumnus Austin Justice
    2025-07-10 - Meet Austin Justice (BA,'20, history), an assistant editor for the Papers of Abraham Lincoln (PAL) at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum. The PAL project is dedicated to publishing every document written by or addressed to Abraham Lincoln. In addition to his role at PAL, Justice works remotely as an archives assistant for Northeastern University's Civil Rights and Restorative...

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Urbana, IL 61801

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