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...

April 26, 2024 Happy spring! I taught my last class of the semester this week, and commencement weekend is just around the corner. The...

Hello! My name is Kirsten and I'm one of the Undergraduate Peer Advisors for the History Department. I'm a senior majoring in History and...

In this course, Professor Ruben Flores utilizes a case study approach that emphasizes primary sources and monographs. Students analyze a...

Hello, everyone. I am thrilled to share some thoughts on the publication of my new book, Mexico, Slavery, Freedom: A Bilingual...

The University of Rochester History Department sent some of our very own to the 137th American Historical Association Conference in San...