Professor Jed Kuhn shares his thoughts on his colleague's lecture. The cover of an anonymous manuscript album on whaling by the Onassis fleet Source: From an anonymous manuscript album on whaling by the Onassis fleet. OA, “WMS Olympic Challenger” (OAA.SF01.SSF02.S01.F015) During Meliora Weekend, Professor Tom Fleischman delivered a public lecture on his new research project to a packed audience. His lecture, “Aristotle and the Cachalot,” charted the history of 20th century in

We would like to extend a warm thank you to each person who has given to the University of Rochester History Department! Your donations help make our program "Ever Better" every day. We are proud to announce your support has directly enhanced  the learning experiences of so many of our students. We would like to highlight some of those opportunities here:   The Neil and Marian Evans Fund supported a URochester History graduate student Emmarae Stein's research trip to Madrid i

By Ruben Flores, Associate Professor of History and Department Chair November 2025 Professor Ruben Flores Three years ago at this time, I was a new department chair learning to balance the demands placed upon me by university policy statements, classroom teaching, and the research careers of the URochester History faculty. I found myself with wonderful guides in the forms of previous chairs, including Laura Smoller ,  Matt Lenoe , and Stewart Weaver , all of whom proved to be

For our fall newsletter, URochester History undergraduate peer advisor, Alayna Leestma, interviewed Laura Smoller, one of URochester's History professors. In this interview, Prof. Smoller details her recent travels and current research. This interview contains edits for clarity purposes. URochester History Department: Hi Dr. Smoller, it's great to sit down with you. To start, I just wanted to kind of give the readers some background on how you got into the field of history. S

In the April/May newsletter we asked for you suggestions via our Question of the Month: What has been your favorite history book that...

Commencement Weekend took place May 16-18. Congratulations to our graduate and undergraduate degree recipients!  starting from front row...

March 2025 Hi! My name is Matthew Freeman and I am one of the History Department’s peer advisors. I’m a senior majoring in History with...

March 2025 Hello, everyone. I am excited to share a little about my research with you. Currently, I’m working on a book titled Traces of...

March 2025                 Many of the works of cultural history that I most admire explore features of our daily lives that we...

Marika Räsänen Docent, Faculty of Humanities University Lecturer, History and Archaelogy Academy Research Fellow, School of History,...

Leonardo Angeletti Ph.D. Student - National Ph.D. program in European Studies University of Genoa, University of Palermo Hi, my name is...

I welcome you back to the Department of History at the University of Rochester as we begin a new academic year and celebrate the arrival...

In our October/November 2024 newsletter, we asked our alumni: How has studying history influenced your perspective on current events? ...

In July, we asked our alumni for a Summer Shout-Out : If you could recommend a history student to take a course by any history professor...

July 2024 Going into one of the most tumultuous years of a person’s life, freshman year of college, I had no idea that the next summer I...

In May, we asked our alumni: What aspects of history interest you the most? Social history? Military history? Why? Read on to see what...

Written by Kristin Peckman (BA '66) I graduated from the UR with a bachelor's in History in 1966. I have to admit that I rarely read the...

Commencement Weekend took place May 17-19. Congratulations to our graduate and undergraduate degree recipients! Congratulations to our...

Nora Culver: It was wonderful to spend a few days in Washington, D.C., with other (mostly) history students. Often, studying history can...

In March, we asked our alumni: If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go and why? Read on to see what they said. Anna...