Dear Friends, Alumni, and Fellow Historians, Last spring, as our students, staff, and faculty convened in room 569 for our end-of-year reception, celebrating our achievements and reflecting on the year gone by, an interesting thing happened: the UNC-CH History Department … Read more

Dear Friends, Alumni, and Fellow Historians, Greetings from the UNC History Department! I am delighted to share with you some updates about the activities of our faculty, graduate students, alumni, and off-campus colleagues. For me, this is a bittersweet moment: … Read more

Dear Friends, Alumni, and Fellow Historians, Greetings from the UNC History Department! I am delighted to share with you some updates about the activities of our faculty, graduate students, alumni, and off-campus colleagues. As these indicate, the teaching, scholarship, and … Read more

Dear Friends, Alumni, and Fellow Historians, Greetings from the UNC History Department! As those of us who work on an academic calendar transition to summer pursuits of research and less regular teaching, I hope this finds you healthy and engaged … Read more

Dear Friends, Alumni, and Fellow Historians, Greetings from the UNC History Department! I’m writing at the end of the semester in which UNC returned to semi-normal operations and in-person instruction. We did it! Though many challenges and heartaches remain, I’m … Read more

Dear Friends, Alumni, and Fellow Historians, Greetings from the UNC History Department! As I write this, the university and its wider communities are cautiously emerging from over a year of crisis. As historians, we endeavor to understand the present in … Read more

Dear Alumni and Friends, Greetings from Chapel Hill and from the UNC History Department! Though UNC made a quick pivot to all-online operations this fall, we continue to pursue our linked missions of scholarship, teaching, and public outreach. Indeed, as … 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

Dear Alumni and Friends, Greetings from Hamilton Hall! As acting chair of the History Department for the current academic year, it is my pleasure to share with you the Fall issue of The Department Historian and to acknowledge the hard … Read more

Dear Alumni and Friends, Greetings from Hamilton Hall! As the academic year comes to a close, it is my pleasure to share with you the spring issue of our newsletter, the Department Historian. I hope you will take some time … Read more