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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Professor Barrett interviewed by CBS Mornings and ABC News about Trump's second term
Professor Marsha Barrett recently joined fellow historians Julian Zelizer and Nicole Hemmer in a roundtable discussion on CBS Mornings to discuss Trump's lasting impact as he begins his second term....
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The untold stories of the women of France: Professor Chaplin's new book explores a nearly lost chapter of lesbianism
Editor's Note: This story originally appeared on the College of LAS website in September 2022. We're resharing it to celebrate the recent publication of professor Chaplin's book, Becoming...
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Paris research trip reconnects Native American tribes with historic painted robes
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign history professor Robert Morrissey traveled to a Paris museum in November to see four ...
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New book by professor Laura Frances Goffman uncovers history of trachoma medical experiments in Saudi Arabia
In the 1950s, the Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco) partnered with the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) to conduct medical research on the eye disease trachoma. Aramco spent over $2 million on the project with the goal of developing a vaccine. In her new book,...
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Professor Peter Fritzsche appointed Center for Advanced Study Professor
The Center for Advanced Study at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has appointed professor Peter Fritzsche to its permanent faculty. CAS professors are selected...