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Inside HIST 203: Reacting to the Past

Imagine it’s 1913 and you’re in a tiny basement restaurant called Polly’s in Greenwich Village, New York. Change is in the air and intellectuals, artists, and activists gather to debate the issues of the day: women’s suffrage, labor unions, socialism, birth control, and anarchism. The nightly crowd...
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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. Applications are currently being accepted for the summer 2025 program. Tour one of Europe's most beautiful cities and visit locations where history was made:...
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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...
Cover page of the undergraduate journal. Name of the journal at the bottom; image is a photograph of Abraham Lincoln standing in the center, with a general to his right and (most likely) a Pinkerton agent (security detail) to his left

Undergraduate History Journal at Illinois Publication

We are delighted to announce the newest issue of the Undergraduate History Journal at Illinois! he issue features work by Illinois history majors on a variety of historical topics.
Thomas Dowling and Chancellor Robert Jones

History major wins Truman scholarship

Congratulations to UIUC History student, Thomas Dowling, on receiving the 2017 Truman scholarship! What an outstanding achievement!  Thomas is majoring in both political science and history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-...