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Two history professors received named scholar positions for their contributions in education and research in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.Professor Roderick Wilson, an...

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Professor Antoinette Burton receives Distinguished Award for Excellence in Public Engagement

Professor Antoinette Burton, a professor of history and director of the Humanities Research Institute, received the Distinguished Award for Excellence in Public Engagement.

New award for undergraduates honors public history pioneer Kathryn Oberdeck

 In the Department of History, a new award will provide opportunities for undergraduate students to gain hands-on research experience in the community.The Kathryn Oberdeck Public History Award...

Professor Marc Hertzman receives honorable mention for best book in 2024 Latin American Studies Association Brazil Section Prizes

Professor Marc A. Hertzman received an honorable mention for the best book in the 2024 Latin American Studies Association Brazil Section Prizes for his book After Palmares: Diaspora, Inheritance, and the Afterlives of Zumbi. In...

Professors Marsha Barrett and Erik McDuffie receive named scholar positions

History professor Marsha Barrett and history and African American studies professor Erik McDuffie received named scholar positions for their contributions in education and research at the University of Illinois.Professor Barrett has been named a Helen Corley Petit Scholar for the 2025-2026 academic...

Two new faculty members will join the Department of History this fall

The Department of History is pleased to announce that two new faculty members will join our ranks in the fall. Our new colleagues will add to our strengths in digital history, public history and Caribbean history.Kalani Craig Professor Craig joins us from Indiana University (Bloomington) where...

Professor Yuridia Ramírez receives 2025 Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award

Professor Yuridia Ramírez received a 2025 Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award from the Institute of Citizens & Scholars. The award...

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.