Spring 2021 was challenging for many of our graduate students. They took time out to care for family, to learn to be effective remote teachers, to balance the demands of the varied activities that make up lives under lockdown. Many … Read more
As news emerged that a number of prominent history graduate programs across the country had suspended graduate admissions for the 2020-2021 academic year, the UNC History Department convened a virtual meeting on September 11, 2020 to discuss the future of … Read more
Gratitude, resilience, and pride are three words that come to my mind when considering my stint as acting Director of Graduate Studies this fall. This past semester, one of our most challenging, History graduate students collectively spent roughly 23,000 hours … 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
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 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
In recent years, the UNC History Department has undertaken a number of new initiatives to prepare graduate students for a wide array of careers beyond academia. Among the opportunities available at UNC for graduate students to explore non-academic careers is … Read more
The UNC History Graduate Program continues to support our graduate students as they become professional historians. Recognizing that the skills they will need are much more varied than when much of the current faculty went to graduate school, we have … Read more
This semester, we welcomed 18 new students into the Graduate Program. These remarkable new scholars come from the US and five other countries (Canada, Indonesia, Nigeria, Scotland, and Turkey). This is the first year for our new field in African … Read more
In 2008, Captain Lauren Merkel graduated from the University of North Carolina with a degree in Political Science. A cadet in the Reserve Officer Training Corps, she was commissioned as a junior officer in the United States Army. Merkel served … Read more
