In memoriam

Emeritus professor David Prochaska passed away on January 6, 2025 at the age of 79. Prochaska was a historian of colonialism and visual culture with a specialty in colonial Algeria. He was also interested in France and the Mediterranean, the anthropology of tourism, museum studies, urban history,...

Members of the History@Illinois community mourn the passing of our beloved colleague and friend, Kathryn J. Oberdeck. Kathy joined the department in 1993 as a specialist in US cultural and intellectual history, with a focus on labor and working people. Whether writing about late 19th century urban...