2023-08-08 - Professor Dave Beck discusses the history of Native American boarding schools in Illinois with Northern Public Radio.
2023-06-29 - An educational read by Professor Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua on Juneteenth has been published on the Library of Congress website.
2023-04-10 - Get to know the story of Palmares, an autonomous settlement founded by people escaping slavery in Brazil in the 1600s. Watch it on TEDEd: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-kingdom-...
2023-04-10 - Illinois history professor Po-Shek Fu wrote about how Hong Kong media was used in a cultural cold war in Asia and the effects it had on the political and cultural environments in Hong Kong.
2023-04-10 - History professor Yuridia Ramírez and Latina/Latino studies professor José de la Garza Valenzuela have been awarded 2023 American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships. Read more: https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/1973254864...
2023-03-27 - Five University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professors have been named University Scholars in recognition of their excellence in teaching, scholarship and service. The award is presented by the University of Illinois System to faculty members from the Chicago, Springfield and Urbana...
2023-03-27 - History professor Teri Chettiar wrote about how the intimate emotional life of families took on great political importance in post-WWII Britain, and emotional well-being was seen as a key factor for a stable democracy.
2023-03-21 - From their interdisciplinary approach, Professors Eck and Burgos reexamined the baseball greats by considering their impact on the game through the lens of who, when, and how they played.
2023-03-21 - After the attempted coup of the Brazilian government last month, Marck Hertzman, associate history professor, decided that he had to change how he taught his class - HIST 405: History of Brazil - for the upcoming semester. Read more: ...
2023-01-17 - Yuri Ramirez's "Indigeneity on the Move: Transborder Politics from Michoacán to North Carolina,” traces the movement of P’urhépecha migrants from Cherán, Michoacán, México, to and from North Carolina during the late twentieth century.
2023-01-12 - As nearly 3,000 scholars gathered over the weekend for the annual meeting of the American Historical Association, even the attempts at institutional lightheartedness carried an edge.
2022-12-21 - We are delighted to announce the newest issue of the Undergraduate History Journal at Illinois! he issue features work by Illinois history majors on a variety of historical topics.
2022-12-21 - “Although some winter solstice traditions have changed over time, they are still a reminder of indigenous peoples’ understanding of the intricate workings of the solar system,” Prof. Rosalyn LaPier writes, and their “ancient understanding of the interconnectedness of the world.”
2022-12-15 - History professor Robert Morrissey wrote in his new book, “People of the Ecotone,” about how the ecology of the tallgrass prairie shaped the culture and created unique opportunities for the Indigenous people who lived there.
2022-12-09 - Members of the History@Illinois community mourn the passing of our beloved colleague and friend, Kathryn J. Oberdeck. Kathy joined the department in 1993 as a specialist in US cultural and intellectual history, with a focus on labor and working people. Whether writing about late 19th century urban...