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Professors Roderick Wilson and Adrian Burgos Jr. receive named scholar positions
Two history professors received named scholar positions for their contributions in education and research in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.Professor Roderick Wilson, an...
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History Harvest revives Farm Aid memories in Champaign for Spurlock exhibit
A new Spurlock Museum exhibit commemorates the 1985 Farm Aid Relief Concert
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Graduate student Alex Jacobs teaches by integrating physical spaces with history
“Kids need this project now more than ever,” said history graduate student Alex Jacobs as she reflected on her summer working with a...
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A new model for learning about community history
Graduate student Alex Jacobs teaches by integrating physical spaces with history
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Understanding movement, slavery, and freedom in the Caribbean
Professor Tayzhaun Glover joins the Department of History
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Benjamin Zavell (2022)
Benjamin Zavell (BS, '22, history and earth, society, & environmental sustainability)is an analyst at Invenergy, a renewable energy developer in Chicago, Illinois.
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Building software for history
Digital historian and medievalist Kalani Craig joins the Department of History
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Congratulations to our 2024-2025 senior thesis cohorts
Congratulations to our 2024 and 2025 seniors for completing their honors theses! The Department of History's Honors Program provides outstanding students with a high level of faculty and peer support and offers them numerous opportunities to present their work in public and to be recognized for...
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The (not) Fighting Illini: History alumnus helps lead group devoted to bridging contentious political divides
There’s a quote from Abraham Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address in 1861 that the East Central Illinois Alliance of Braver Angels likes to remember as it works to bridge partisan divides: “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies...