Mikki Kendall (2005)

Mikki Kendall (BA, '05, history) is a diversity consultant, public speaker, and New York Times best-selling author of "Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot" and "Amazons,...

History faculty and graduate students promote digital history at 2026 International Medieval Studies Congress

 History faculty members Ralph Mathisen and Kalani Craig along with graduate students Cade Meinel and Erdinç Ofli traveled to the 2026 International...

History Course Distribution Chart

History majors must take courses in various area distributions to complete degree requirements. Courses may count in more than one area distribution, but they can only count in one area at a time.

Professor Yuridia Ramírez named Lincoln Excellence for Assistant Professor Scholar by College of LAS

 Professor Yuridia Ramírez has been named a Lincoln Excellence for Assistant Professor Scholar (LEAP) by the College of LAS. The LEAP award’s goal is to foster excellence and recognize the impact assistant professors have in...

History major will make an impact in IHSI Community-Academic Scholars Program

 Amanda Jamrog, a history major and James Scholar, has been selected for the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute (IHSI) Community-Academic Scholars Program...

Teaching history with empathy

How professor Marc Hertzman helps students connect the past with the present

Four history graduate students receive research awards and language fellowships from Illinois Global Institute

Four graduate students in the Department of History were selected by the Illinois Global Institute to receive research awards and language fellowships. They are...

Professor Rosalyn LaPier helps create bison exhibit at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History

 An exhibit tracing the cultural and ecological legacy of American bison opens May 7 at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. “...
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