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2017-09-28 - When and where professional athletes have the right to voice their political opinions became an issue following comments by President Donald Trump aimed at players in the NFL. History professor Adrian Burgos Jr. focuses his research on the history of U.S. sports, specifically as it relates to minority participation in sports, with books on the history of Latinos in professional baseball.

2017-09-20 - Hear Prof. Leslie Reagan and PhD candidate Nathan Tye talking about Illinois' connection to Agent Orange in the Vietnam War on WILL radio program, The 21st. From the 21st: "During the Vietnam War, the United States sprayed more than twenty million gallons of herbicides that were meant...

2017-09-14 - Health issues arising from Agent Orange exposure during the Vietnam War have altered ideas about war wounds and the cause of birth defects, says U. of I. history professor Leslie Reagan, who specializes in medical history. Her future book on the subject will examine the history of the herbicide’s effects upon human health, as well as the political and cultural movements that arose as a result, in...

2017-06-26 - Emeritus Professor Winton Solberg has been one of three awarded the highest campus honor.  The Chancellor's Medallion has only been awarded six times since it was first presented in 1999.  Ellen Swain, the Stewart S. Howe Student Life and Culture Archivist, noted  "...

2017-06-21 - Professor Adrian Burgos, Jr. was featured in a segment on ESPN regarding Cuban baseball defectors who are left stranded in the Dominican Republic when their baseball dreams are not realized. 

2017-05-15 - Courtney Cain is a future three-time graduate of Illinois with a bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree in history. After she officially graduates in August, she will be teaching at Lake Forest College as an assistant professor of history and African American studies. She spoke with Meaghan Downs at...

2017-04-14 - Congratulations to UIUC History student, Thomas Dowling, on receiving the 2017 Truman scholarship! What an outstanding achievement!  Thomas is majoring in both political science and history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has dedicated himself to restoring a culture of civic engagement in the American...

2017-04-13 - Join us in congratualating Professor Maria Todorova, who has been awarded an Honorary Doctor by Panteion University in Athens, Greece, following nomination by the Dept of Political Science and History and approval by the School of...

2017-04-05 - Another huge congratulations goes out! This one to Professor Erik McDuffie who is the recipient of a 2017 fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies. This is his second prestigious fellowship this year!McDuffie, a professor of...

2017-03-21 - Ten professors, staff members and students associated with the department of history will each make their case for the book they think changed everything. Each presenter gets six minutes. Then a jury will vote and declare a winner. It’s the third annual “History Soapbox,” scheduled for 7 p.m. March 30 in Room 210 (General Lounge) of the Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., Urbana. History...

2017-03-13 - Emeritus Professor Fred Hoxie was recently interviewed on ciLiving by Matt Metcalf about the book The...

2017-03-07 - Professor Rana Hogarth gave expert commentary for an AP story about Housing Secretary Ben Carson's recent comments characterizing slavery as a form of immigration. Read the Full Article

2017-03-01 - CHECK OUT www.lavidabaseball.com It's a brand new website launched by the National Baseball Hall of Fame with our own Professor Adrian Burgos, Jr. as editor in chief. In his words it showcases, "Latino voices,...

2017-03-01 - Professor Emeritus John Lynn has been awarded the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize, the highest award that the Society for Military History bestows. It is an annual award based on an individual's career accomplishments and contributions. Samuel...

2017-01-17 - The History Department is deeply committed to the scholarly exchange of ideas and people across national borders and divisions. The department has been immeasurably enriched by international students, faculty and visiting scholars, who hail from countries and regions around the world. Their contribution has transformed our intellectual community and our understanding of methods and approaches for...