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...

Listening to the compelling presentation on Pan Am 103 by my fellow Washington, D.C.-area alumni leader and History Alumni Advisory...

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...

One of our senior undergraduates, Kirsten Bell, attended the National Collegiate Research Conference at Harvard University from January...

January 17, 2024 Happy Winter from the labyrinthine fourth floor of Rush Rhees Library and the Department of History. As I sit in my...

As we move into the busy holiday season, we want to take a moment to give the biggest "THANK YOU" to you, our supportive and generous...

In February, we asked our alumni: If you could go back in time to witness any historical event, which one would you want to see and why?...

The 2023 Mary Young Lecture brought back to the Department Lili M. Kim, Associate Professor of History and Global Migrations at Hampshire...

I knew that I wanted to major in history, ever since I was a junior in high school. In May of this year it will be five years since I...

Our 2023 undergraduate honors candidates are undertaking some ambitious research projects this year, and we are excited to share their...

In December, we asked our alumni: Who was the most memorable history professor you worked with at Rochester? Share a story about them!...

Professor Laura Ackerman Smoller is out on leave this academic year, and she's using the time to dive into her NEH-supported book project...

By Thomas Fleischman, Director of Undergraduate Studies It is almost a year now since I began the job of Director of Undergraduate...

We asked some of our faculty and members of the History Alumni Advisory Committee to recommend books for cozy winter reading. Grab a...

The History Department was honored to host distinguished French historian Christy Pichichero as the visiting Verne Moore Lecturer for...

The College of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering has announced that associate professor Pablo Sierra Silva of the Department of History is...

I graduated from the University of Rochester in 2013 with honors in History. I had returned to school to complete a degree that was...