2025-06-05
- History professor Marsha Barrett and history and African American studies professor Erik McDuffie received named scholar positions for their contributions in education and research at the University of Illinois.Professor Barrett has been named a Helen Corley Petit Scholar for the 2025-2026 academic year. Barrett examines the political and social history of the United States during the...
2025-06-02 - Meet Mary Schiavone (BA,'18, history and English; MS, '23, Library and Information Science), a Student Success and Engagement Librarian at Beloit College. She initially enrolled at the University of Illinois as a business major but discovered her passion for history in HIST 170: U.S. History to 1877. Schiavone credits her history degree with strengthening her research and critical thinking...
2025-05-29 - Erik McDuffie, an associate professor in the Department of African American Studies and History, was recently awarded the Jon Gjerde Prize for best book in Midwestern History by the Midwestern History Association for his book ...
2025-05-27 - The Department of History is pleased to announce that two new faculty members will join our ranks in the fall. Our new colleagues will add to our strengths in digital history, public history and Caribbean history.Kalani Craig Professor Craig joins us from Indiana University (Bloomington) where she was an associate professor of history. She is a digital historian who designs digital tools and...
2025-05-19 - Even though Richard Young is pursuing his PhD in history, he has always been interested in computers. During his undergraduate years, Young and his friend, a computer science major, would get together over weekends to tell each other what they were learning about in their respective fields of study. “We always complained that it felt like the other had picked the right major,”...
2025-05-06 - Meet Anne Sweeney (BA,'15, history), a social studies and English teacher at Oswego High School. She has taught a range of courses in her 10 years at Oswego, including AP Psychology, World Cultures, and U.S. History. Sweeney credits her strong critical thinking skills and being an effective communicator to her degree in history. Read on for a Q&A to learn more about Sweeney's career.Why did...
2025-04-29 - How do we preserve and interpret the historical record in a digital age? Traditionally, archivists collect and preserve historical sources, historians interpret them through books or documentary editions, and publishers distribute them. Today, historical sources that once would have been only accessible in private collections or the archives, are now shared widely online, but without the...
2025-04-28 - The Department of History is pleased to announce the winners of our 2024-2025 annual awards. These awards celebrate our faculty, staff, lecturers, undergraduate, and graduate students to thank them for their dedicated service to our department. They also provide funding and scholarships for their research and education and honor the excellence of their work. We are grateful to the support of our...
2025-04-28 - Professor Antoinette Burton has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest honorary societies in the United States. Materials science professor Paul Braun, physics professor...
2025-04-14 - An annual survey of recent graduates reports that 98% of history and history of art alumni who graduated during the 2023-2024 period secured their first destination within six months of graduating. That figure includes 56% who found employment and 42% who sought further education. The average salary for employed...
2025-04-11 - Professor Kristin Hoganson is one of two University of Illinois professors to be awarded a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship. English professor Corey Van Landingham also received a fellowship. They are among 198 individuals working across 53 disciplines chosen through a rigorous peer-review process from nearly 3,500 applicants. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial...
2025-04-07 - Professor Deepasri Baul has been awarded a Summer Faculty Fellowship from the Humanities Research Institute for her project “An Aversion to Progress: The Cultural Habitus of North Indian Caste-Histories.” Summer Faculty Fellowships provide resources to faculty members for research projects, course development, or professional development. Baul is a historian of modern South Asia...
2025-03-31 - Meet Hailey Baumstein (BA,'17, history; MA,'22, education policy, organization, & leadership), a social studies teacher, girls' cross country coach, and assistant track coach at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. She began her career at Thornton Township High School before transitioning to her current role, where she teaches U.S. government and economics. She credits her history degree...
2025-03-25 - Meet Ljubica Basica (BA,'18, history and political science; MBA,'23), a project manager at Google with Mandiant Cybersecurity Consulting. Her journey after graduating with a BA in history and political science led her from working in government, to completing her MBA and now working in technology. She said the critical thinking and analytical skills she learned as a history major have been...
2025-03-13 - Meet Thomas Dowling (BA,'18, history and political science), the co-founder and former CEO of TaxProper, a property tax software start-up acquired by Opendoor in 2022. Dowling is currently the director of TaxProper under Opendoor. He was also appointed by Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker to be the commissioner of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, which provides tuition assistance to low-...