2021-02-25 - See what has been transpiring this past year. Read updated information about faculty, how COVID is affecting everything on campus, graduate program updates, and undergraduate program updates. Read the newsletter here: 2021 Newsletter
2021-02-25 - Illinois history professor Craig Koslofsky’s new book, co-written with University of Zurich history professor Ricardo Zaugg, translates the rediscovered journal of a German barber-surgeon in the Atlantic slave trade.- 2021-02-02 - Professors Marc Hertzman and Craig Koslofsky are among the 20 faculty members named as Center for Advanced Study associates or fellows for the 2021-22 academic year.
- 2021-02-02 - The latest episode of the Journalism History podcast features Brian Campbell, a recent Ph.D. graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, discussing his research on the impact of the relationship between the Black press and the Negro Leagues. The Black press helped facilitate...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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’...
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...
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...
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...