Professor Kate Culkin explores the lives of Ellen Tucker Emerson and Edith Emerson Forbes in her new book, “Emerson’s Daughters” Congratulations to Dr. Kate Culkin (Professor and Deputy Chair) on her […]

Examining the educational legacy of Afro-Cuban teachers and activists   Congratulations to Dr. Raquel Otheguy (Associate Professor) whose new book Black Freedom and Education in Nineteenth-Century Cuba (University of Florida Press, […]

Dr. Prithi Kanakamedala (Professor, History) is a scholar of the history of New York City during the 19th century. Her first full-length book Brooklynites: the Remarkable Story of the Free […]

Congratulations to Dr. William deJong Lambert (Professor, History) who has been awarded a 2024 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award. Dr. deJong Lambert will spend part of 2024/2025 academic year during his fellowship […]

The History Department is excited to announce new department leadership: Dr. Mara Lazda (Professor, History) will serve as Chairperson of History, and Dr. Kate Culkin (Professor, History), will serve as Deputy Chairperson from Fall 2024. Dr. […]

Congratulations to Dr. Mara Lazda (Professor, History) whose co-edited book Routledge Handbook of Gender in Central-Eastern Europe and Eurasia (2021) has been been awarded the 2022 Heldt Prize for Best […]