For the past six years, the Sallie Markham Michie Trust has awarded funding to a graduate student within the University of North Carolina’s History Department. Sallie Markham Michie established the trust before her death in 1993, and it continues to … Read more

The Digital History Lab’s second year has been a productive and rewarding one. With a staff of four, the DHL has continued one podcast and started another, offered tutorials and workshops, produced a weekly newsletter highlighting tools and events relevant … Read more

In March 2020, Kaela Thuney was in the middle of her second semester as a graduate student, and beginning to develop plans for her MA thesis. She hoped to spend her summer break at the National Archives in Senegal, looking … Read more

Dr. John Britton ’65, has made a generous gift to the history department in support of undergraduate and graduate research. Britton, a Professor Emeritus of Latin American History at Francis Marion University who majored in history at UNC, attributes his … Read more

Visitors to UNC’s campus may have trouble finding Pauli Murray hall on Google Maps—that’s because it isn’t there. Instead, one will find directions to Hamilton Hall, the building’s official name, honoring a past department chair and founder of Carolina’s famed … Read more

This Spring semester, the department’s Working Group on Equity and Inclusion hosted a virtual roundtable featuring six alumni from the Ph.D. program who all engage in diversity, equity and inclusion work in their scholarship, teaching and service. The panel featured … Read more

The 2020-2021 academic year has presented unprecedented challenges, from a global pandemic to social turmoil, for faculty and students alike. Yet, despite these disruptions and disturbances, six History majors were able to successfully complete Senior Honors Theses. For most students … Read more

Here at UNC, a major topic on everyone’s mind this semester has been Covid and its effects on academic life. Students have borne most of the brunt of transitioning to a virtual learning environment, but professors in the Department of … Read more

The passing of Dr. Beverly Washington Jones on July 19, 2020 presents the History Department an opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of its African American alumni and to reflect on the important work that remains in promoting diversity, racial justice … 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