At a recent departmental symposium, Frances Cayton explained how Radio Free Europe helped Poland gain greater political autonomy from the Soviet Union in 1956. Michael Purello described how American Catholics influenced U.S. foreign policy during the Spanish Civil War. These … Read more
It’s time to bid farewell to our graduating seniors, who are embarking on a fascinating range of professional, service, and academic endeavors. We spoke to just a few of them to find out what they’re doing next—and why they decided … Read more
As always, the academic year 2017-18 included an impressive amount of daily achievements by students and faculty in the classroom, exploring history across a vast range of topics, eras, and parts of the world. This newsletter cannot pretend to do … 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
The Fall 2017 marked a number of firsts for undergraduate studies in History, starting with the creation of a new Undergraduate Lounge in Hamilton 551, a community space for majors, minors, and other history students along with activities relating to …
The Phi Alpha Theta chapter of UNC, with support from the UNC History Department, hosted its fourth annual history quiz bowl for high school students on Saturday, April 1st, in Hamilton Hall. Question content roughly followed knowledge from AP-level classes … Read more The 2017 issue of our students’ prize-winning journal, Traces, explores the theme of Memory and Southern History. This volume includes articles by UNC undergraduates on gender and marriage during the Civil War, infanticide in the antebellum South, depictions of the … Read more Recipients of Honors and Highest Honors Phi Beta Kappa Inductees Phi Alpha Theta Inductees Georgia Jane Brunner Elizabeth Crenshaw Chase (Highest) Michael Ian Hensley Ruoyu Ji Adrienne Kronovet Charles Bracken Lumsden (Highest) Meredith Grace Miller (Highest) Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler Ethan Henry … Read more This month, we say goodbye to our seniors, who are heading off to a wide range of professional opportunities and graduate programs. And students who are returning to Carolina in the fall have exciting summer plans. What has a history … Read more
Quiz Bowl Challenges Local High Schoolers
May 1, 2017
New Issue of Traces Explores Memory and Southern History
May 1, 2017
Prizes, Honors, Accolades
May 1, 2017
Graduating History Majors
May 1, 2017
