Graduate student Dale Mize works with The Land Connection to promote sustainable agriculture

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign history doctoral student Dale Mize is using storytelling to help raise awareness about food sourcing through summer research interviews on three area farms that use sustainable practices and regenerative land use systems.He is one of five students...

Notes from the Field: Graduate student Grace Maria Eberhardt follows the trail of the Eugenics Record Office

In the summer of 2024, graduate student Grace Maria Eberhardt traveled to the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Long Island and the American Philosophical Society archive in Pennsylvania. She was one of the recipients of the 2024 William and Virginia Waterman Scholarship which, in addition...

Notes from the Field: Following the Trail of the Eugenics Record Office

In the summer of 2024, graduate student Grace Maria Eberhardt traveled to the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Long Island and the American Philosophical Society archive in Pennsylvania. She was...
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Undergraduate student Justin Wytmar awarded Beinecke Scholarship

Justin Wytmar, who recently completed his junior year at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, is among 20 students nationally who were awarded the Beinecke Scholarship. The Beinecke award supports graduate study in the arts, humanities or...

Russell Wigginton (2001)

Russell Wigginton (PhD, '01, History) is the president of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Russell Wigginton (PhD, '01, History) featured in Illinois Alumni Magazine

Russell Wigginton (PhD, '01, History) is the president of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. A profile about his career was the cover story of the Summer 2024 issue of Illinois Alumni magazine....

Watch a video celebrating our convocation ceremony

This year Ernest Crim III (BA, '09, history) was our convocation speaker. Crim is the founder of Crim’s Cultural Consulting. Through his work, he speaks to companies, middle and high schools, educators, colleges, and community groups and uses Black historical narratives to empower and educate...

Professor Teri Chettiar selected as Conrad Humanities Scholar

The Department of History is proud to announce professor Teri Chettiar has been selected as a Conrad Humanities Scholar.The Conrad Humanities Scholars Award...
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