By Ruben Flores, Associate Professor of History and Department Chair It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to a new year at the...

In July, we asked our alumni: What's the best historical book you've read lately? Tell us about it!" Read on to see what they said....

Your generous donations help us provide meaningful and impactful experiences for our students. Just this year, your gifts have enabled us...

By Dan Gorman Last fall, I taught HIST 191, "Contested Futures: Science and Religion in the United States," which introduced...

Our faculty and graduate students are taking full advantage of the summer break to dive into some historical books. Here's what they're...

In May, we asked our alumni: "What was your favorite history class at Rochester? Tell us about it!" Here's what they said: Kurt Eyrich...

By Professor Laura Ackerman Smoller I’m sitting in my department office on an achingly beautiful early summer day, staring out the window...

Our faculty and graduate students are digging into their research this summer (and at least one is literally digging). We asked our...

By Professor Thomas Devaney It has been some time since the last update, and our graduate students have been very busy. While I won’t be...

In March, we asked our alumni: "What's the #1 lesson you took away from your history education at Rochester?" Here's what they said:...

Thursday has become my favorite day of the week. Is it because I've achieved the senior spring dream of no Friday classes? Possibly. But...

You never know where a history degree will take you. In this edition of History's Life Lessons, Jeffrey Lehn '05 shares with us his...

In January, we asked our alumni: "Who was the most influential history professor you had at Rochester? Share a story about them!" Here's...

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the Kaeuper Medieval Manuscript Fund. We loved reading what our alumni had to say about...

This month, we're highlighting PhD candidate Andrew Russo, who was recently awarded a Fulbright-Hays Fellowship to conduct research for...

By Prof. Pablo Sierra Silva What a year (and a half) it has been! Amid the disruption caused by the pandemic, I am pleased to declare...

In November, we asked our alumni: "What was the book that you read as a history student at Rochester that has stuck with you most? Tell...

I begin with full disclosure, as they say in journalism. Scandalously, I did not commence my undergraduate degree at Rochester as a...

A guest post by Professor Jean Pedersen, Associate Professor of History and Associate Professor of Humanities at the Eastman School of...

The department is grateful to Morris Pierce, a longtime adjunct professor, for taking on the momentous task of compiling a history of the...