During the fall semester 2019, it was business as usual in the History department undergraduate program: top-notch lectures, amazing seminars, a new cohort of Senior Honors thesis students beginning their ambitious research projects, and more. In addition, the faculty had … Read more

Dear Alumni and Friends, Greetings from Chapel Hill and from the UNC History Department! The last several months have been, as we say in this profession, “world historic,” and on behalf of our department, I wish you strength, health, and … Read more

In the early weeks of the Spring 2020 semester, department students, staff, and faculty on the fifth floor of Hamilton Hall stepped into the past. Visitors were not ushered into a classroom or issued a stack of books to read. … Read more

Students and faculty who want to make interactive maps, create professional websites, or use digital tools in the classroom have a new resource available: the department’s Digital History Lab (DHL). Housed in Hamilton Hall, the DHL offers both individual support … Read more

Pursuing a PhD in history is a demanding, long-term commitment. Graduate students balance rigorous reading requirements with language learning, research, teaching, grading, grant applications, and personal and family commitments. Faculty support, access to financial resources, and interconnected systems of area … Read more

When Acting Chair Professor Benjamin Waterhouse received an email on March 13 from the university announcing the extension of Spring Break and a possible transition to virtual learning for the remainder of the semester, he and the other members of … Read more

We were delighted to welcome 17 new graduate students to the History Department in August. They represent four countries (the US, the Czech Republic, Chile, and Thailand) and will be studying such wide-ranging topics as environmental history in Chile, the … Read more

This fall, faculty in the History department began the process of reviewing, preparing, and submitting key courses for approval as part of the new IDEAs curriculum. While the professors carried out this crucial administrative task, our undergraduate majors were thankfully … Read more

Upon entering the workforce, Carolina history majors quickly realize that the skills they developed in their history classes can transfer to a variety of fields. This summer, the Department’s Undergraduate Summer Internship Awards gave five undergraduate students the opportunity to … Read more

This year, graduate students Daniel Velásquez and Emma Rothberg received the annual Sallie Markham Michie Award from Orange County chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Magna Carta (DAR) Society. In the words of Professor Kathleen DuVal, … Read more