2021-02-02
- Animals played a central role in the British Empire. Sources of food and labor, animals symbolized the power of the empire. They also hindered the efforts of the British to control colonized lands, and they destroyed ecosystems.
A new book examines their relationships with imperial authorities and colonists through essays about 26 animals – one for each letter of the alphabet, from Ape and Boar...
2021-01-27 - History at Illinois faculty and their colleagues share their reflections and family reminiscences on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
2020-11-19 - A global Pandemic, wildfires and hurricanes have made 2020 a year for catastrophic thinking, so a new book with that title seems appropriate. But don't mistake David Sepkoski's "Catastrophic Thinking" as a doomsday warning about the future. It's focused instead on how we got here--how our current-day concerns regarding threats to both the planet and the human race came to be. Author David...
2020-10-15 - Congratulations to History Professor Leslie Reagan who has been named as one of the four LAS recipients of the Public Voices Fellowship. The Public Voices Fellowship pairs up faculty members from largely unrepresented groups in the news media with veteran journalists, as a way to amplify voices of expertise on pressing issues.
2020-10-12 - The role of baseball in Latino life in the U.S. is the focus of "¡Pleibol!," an artifact collection project organized by the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Adrian Burgos, Professor of History, was recruited as the lead consultant for this project. Four years of research has culminated in his most recent book, "¡Pleibol! In the Barrios and the Big Leagues." Co-authored with...
2020-10-09 - Maria Todorova, Gutgsell Professor of History, explores the lives and ideas of early socialists in her new book, "The Lost World of Socialists at Europe's Margins: Imagining Utopia, 1870s-1920s." Todorova says that her book "seeks to illustrate the lives of those who pursued the socialist idology and the utopia implicit in it."
2020-10-05 - Teresa Barnes, Professor of History and Gender and Women’s Studies and the Director of the Center for African Studies, has written a recent article featured in the George Washington University’s "History News Network." In this article, Professor Barnes draws striking parallels between South Africa’s Apartheid and the current political atmosphere in the US. Click ...
2020-09-10 - Marc Hertzman, Professor of History, believes that a more diverse selection of public monuments will help societies become more equal and inclusive. Please go HERE to read the complete LAS article.
2020-09-03 - Evan Neilson is a junior studying history. As a campus COVID Wellness Ambassador, he believes in the importance of students coming together to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
2020-09-01 - Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua, Professor of History and African-American Studies, is sought by news agencies and other groups to share his expertise about the revolutionary roots of Black August, its significance, and what recent protests against systemic racism and police brutality might mean for its future.
2020-09-01 - Adrian Burgos, Jr., Professor of History, who specializes in the history of minority participation in sports, speaks about the current, unprecedented time in sports. Professor Burgos has written extensively on the history of Latinos in professional baseball, including the Negro Leagues, and was the inaugural editor-in-chief of La Vida Baseball. Burgos spoke with News Bureau...
2020-07-20 - Daniel A. Gilbert, Professor of History and author of the 2013 book “Expanding the Strike Zone: Baseball in the Age of Free Agency,” is interviewed by News Bureau business and law editor Phil Ciciora about the labor challenges facing Major League Baseball as it restarts its 2020 season.
2020-07-15 - Congratulations to History Professor Claudia Brosseder who has been honored for her contributions to the field of colonial Latin American History by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Professor Brosseder has been named as one of the 2020 Conrad Humanities Scholars. The Conrad Humanities Scholar Award recognizes mid-career scholars with the highest potential for continued...
2020-06-22 - History professor, Mauro Nobili, who specializes in pre-colonial and early-colonial West Africa, is interviewed by New Books Network about his recent publication Sultan, Caliph, and the Renewer of the Faith.
2020-06-10 - First generation students face a litany of unique challenges, ranging from a paucity of knowledge about higher education to identity and development-based concerns such as the weight of family expectations, economic insecurity, feelings of inadequacy, and social class differences. More than a quarter of the History Department’s undergraduates are first-generation students, and almost all of...