Dear Friends, Alumni, and Fellow Historians, Greetings from the UNC History Department! I’m writing at the end of the semester in which UNC returned to semi-normal operations and in-person instruction. We did it! Though many challenges and heartaches remain, I’m … Continued

A shared pivotal experience in every early-graduate school career, it seems, is one’s first seminar. The professors know each other, older graduate student ask insightful questions, and first and second years don’t know where to begin. It was on the … Continued

Our majors are an impressive bunch. The faculty see this in the classroom every semester, as our students progress through their years at Carolina. It is not always easy, however, to keep track of their persistent excellence outside the halls … Continued

This September, History Department professor Lloyd Kramer received UNC-Chapel Hill’s Thomas Jefferson Award, a yearly award recognizing faculty members who “best exemplify the ideals and objectives of Thomas Jefferson” through their scholarship and teaching. At a meeting of the Faculty … Continued

Professor Sarah Shields has received this year’s Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Undergraduate Education Award. The award, which was announced at MESA’s Annual Meeting (held virtually) in December, recognizes “outstanding scholarship on teaching or other material contributions to undergraduate education … Continued

When asked how he would advise parents who want their children to major in something other than history, Alex Hodges ‘90 needs no time to respond: “I’m happy to talk to the parent.” Hodges, who is currently Vice President & … Continued

Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray (1910-1985) was one of the most remarkable intellectuals and human rights advocates of the 20th Century. She also had strong personal ties to North Carolina, to UNC, and to the intellectual work carried out in this … Continued

This spring, Professor Chad Bryant published his second book with Harvard University Press. Prague: Belonging in the Modern City has received favorable reviews in The Economist and the Times Literary Supplement, bringing his work to a broader public. As Bryant …

Most of our graduate students returned to campus this fall. Others who had put their research on hold were finally able to begin their travel and take up their fellowships. Because they will need extra time to complete their degrees … Continued