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Professor Laura Goffman joins the Department of History

2024-02-22

The History Department is delighted to welcome Professor Laura Goffman, our new Assistant Professor in Middle Eastern history. Goffman is an historian of public health, empire, and social change in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Peninsula.

Stefan Djordjevic Awarded LAS Award For Excellence in Undergraduate Advising

2024-02-13

The Department of History is proud to announce that Stefan Djordjevic, associate director of undergraduate studies and director of advising, has been awarded the LAS Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising.

Matthew DiCianni (2007)

Matthew DiCianni is a labor and employment attorney at the law firm Cozen O’Connor where he has taken on cases of all sizes, from Fortune 500 companies to small family businesses to U.S...

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'Illinois laid the foundation for the rest of my life'

2024-02-01

Matthew DiCianni (BA, ’07, history and ...

American historian Kenneth Cuno: Egyptian modernity was not affected by European ideas alone and interacted with world cultures.

2023-12-18

Read more at: https://www.dostor.org/4580678.

Exploring the History of Latinos in Baseball

2023-10-31

Dr. Adrian Burgos, Jr., a professor of history at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, studies individuals from Latin America came to, worked in, and were recruited to play baseball in the U.S. Read more: ...