Beyond their research, publication activity, grant proposal writing, and the challenge of staying on top of an ever-burgeoning historiography, graduate students in UNC’s history department are, first and foremost, training to become educators. Thus, it is significant that Cristian Walk … Read more
On Friday, May 6th, members of the History Department and colleagues across campus gathered in the lounge of Graham Memorial Hall to celebrate the career of Louise McReynolds, Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor of History. McReynolds has established a reputation … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
UNC-Chapel Hill ranked eleventh among all graduate programs in history in US News and World Report’s most recent rankings, published in March 2021. It also received high rankings in a number of individual subfields, reaching tenth in African-American history, twelfth … Read more
This spring demonstrated the remarkable resilience and commitment of our graduate students. These terrific professionals suddenly managed to also become expert teachers in a new format. At the end of spring break, they worked with their faculty members not only … Read more
On April 23, seven history majors presented honors theses covering a wide range of chronological, geographical and thematic subject matter. These theses represent the culmination of an arduous, year-long process of research, writing and editing. Under the close supervision of … Read more
We all know that our History majors work their tails off. Doctoral candidate (and Department Historian reporter) Joshua Tait crunched some numbers and found that at a minimum, our Majors read about 10,000 pages, and crank out roughly 25 term … 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
