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Thomas Dowling (2018)
Thomas Dowling (BA,'18, history and political science) is the co-founder and former CEO of TaxProper, a property tax software start-up acquired by Opendoor in 2022. Dowling is currently the director...
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Two history graduate students selected as 2025-26 Humanities Research Institute Fellows
Stanislav Khudzik and Priyanka Zylstra, graduate students in the Department of History, have been selected as 2025-26 Humanities Research Institute graduate fellows. Campus Fellowships are awarded to Illinois...
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Shannon Croft awarded Excellence Award for Graduate Contacts from Graduate College
We're pleased to announce that our graduate program coordinator, Shannon Croft, has been awarded the Excellence Award for Graduate Contacts by the University of Illinois Graduate College. Croft has worked with the History department for nearly ten years.From the the...
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"Movement from the margins: Trump’s federal ban on DEI and the legacy of ethnic studies" Op-ed by PhD students Grace Maria Eberhardt and B.W. Lawton
History PhD students Grace Maria Eberhardt and B.W. Lawton wrote an op-ed in the News Gazette about Trump's federal ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Eberhardt is also a graduate minor in Latina/Latino studies.
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Learning world history, making Illini history: Inside our study abroad in Prague program
Stefan Djordjevic and Marco Jaimes wrote about the first year of our study abroad program HIST 354: 20th Century Europe in Prague.
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New anthology questions supremacy of humans in empire history: Q&A with co-editor Antoinette Burton
History professor Antoinette Burton recently published Biocultural Empire: New Histories of Imperial Lifeworlds, a collection of essays that she co-edited with Renisa Mawani and Samantha Frost.
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Adam Beaty (2021)
Adam Beaty (BA, '21, History) is an MSLIS student at the School of Information Sciences. He recently created a digital collection called Queer Nightlife in Champaign-Urbana, IL: 1973 – 2000.
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Alumnus Adam Beaty creates new digital collection that sheds light on queer nightlife in Champaign County
Editor's Note: The School of Information Sciences profiled history alumnus Adam Beaty and we have reshared it here with their permission. Adam Beaty (BA, '21, history) decided to pursue an MSLIS degree to combine his love of history, the arts, and community-centered...