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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of History

From history major to social studies and English teacher: Q&A with alumna Anne Sweeney

Meet Anne Sweeney (BA,'15, history), a social studies and English teacher at Oswego High School. She has taught a range of courses in her 10 years at Oswego, including AP Psychology, World Cultures, and U.S. History. Sweeney credits her strong critical thinking skills and being an effective...

History in the digital age: How digital humanities collective SourceLab is innovating new ways of publishing the past

 How do we preserve and interpret the historical record in a digital age? Traditionally, archivists collect and preserve historical sources, historians interpret them through books or documentary editions, and publishers distribute them. Today, historical sources that once would have been only...

Professor Antoinette Burton elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Professor Antoinette Burton has been elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest honorary societies in the United States. Materials science professor...

Congratulations to the recipients of 2024-2025 Department of History Awards

The Department of History is pleased to announce the winners of our 2024-2025 annual awards. These awards celebrate our faculty, staff, lecturers, undergraduate, and graduate students to thank them for their dedicated service to our department. They also provide funding and scholarships for their...

Professor Kristin Hoganson receives Guggenheim Fellowship

Professor Kristin Hoganson is one of two University of Illinois professors to be awarded a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship. English professor Corey Van Landingham also received a fellowship. They are among 198 individuals working across 53 disciplines chosen...

Illini Success report: 98% of history alums secure first destination soon after graduation

 An annual survey of recent graduates reports that 98% of history and history of art alumni who graduated during the 2023-2024 period secured their first destination within six months of graduating.  That figure...

Eva Grein

Eva Grein is a senior majoring in history and minoring in secondary education. She is the Department of History's Social Media and Communications intern.
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Rachel Danna Mulick

Rachel Danna Mulick is a senior in history and Spanish and the Laible Undergraduate Intern in the University of Illinois Library Conservation Lab.
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Anthony Erkan

Anthony Erkan, a senior in history and economics, is the 2024–2025 Peter and Joan Hood Intern and a Fulbright ETA semi-finalist.
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