Welcome to the spring 2018 issue of the Department Historian! Congratulations to the Class of 2018, as well as to those students who will continue toiling away in Hamilton Hall for a little while longer, but already have much to … Read more
If you ask Alyssa Bowen, a PhD candidate in History, to tell you about her travels for her dissertation research, you better have some time on your hands: she’s visited Belgium, Chile, Cuba, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, … Read more
I am grateful to have an opportunity to serve as Director of Graduate Studies. The students continue to delight me with their fascinating projects, their insights, their cooperative spirit, and their enthusiasm—to say nothing of their very hard work. It …
Last fall, professors Katherine Turk and Benjamin Waterhouse combined forces to teach a sixty-person undergraduate course on “America in the 1970s.” They alternated lectures and took turns leading weekly recitation sections. Despite some challenges, both saw great benefits for both … Read more Professors in the Department of History usually advise numerous graduate students, but few have had as much influence on graduate education as Fletcher M. Green, a Kenan Professor of History from 1927 until his retirement in 1968. Green, a specialist … Read more Who says a historian has to stick to the facts? When Katy Simpson Smith, PhD ‘11, got a major book advance from HarperCollins, she left her adjunct teaching position at Tulane University to write fulltime—and now she’s the author of … Read more Awards Propel Carolina Students Abroad Two students in the History Honors Thesis program—a demanding year-long course that requires students to produce a 70 to 100-page work of original research—have won prizes to support their dives into the archives. Katherine Frances … Read more While many undergraduate History majors have the opportunity to mine archival collections in Wilson Library, a few lucky students are able to travel the world for research during their time at UNC. Thanks to the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) … Read more The Department of History has added its voice to growing calls to remove the Confederate Memorial from campus. In the October 4 statement, the Department urged UNC and state officials to “pursue every avenue to remove the ‘Silent Sam’ monument” … Read more
Co-Teaching Brings Benefits and Challenges to the Classroom
December 15, 2017
History professor Fletcher M. Green directed over 100 dissertations
December 15, 2017
Novelist Katy Simpson Smith Says Her History PhD Informs Her Fiction
December 15, 2017
Prizes, Honors, Accolades
December 15, 2017
History Majors Undertake Summer Research Near and Far
December 15, 2017
History Department Calls for the Removal of Silent Sam
December 15, 2017
