UIC Dept of History

Studying history has never been more important. Come learn and teach with us: youtube.com/watch?v=oMrr0j…

Congrats to Marina Mogilner on the publication of co-authored "textbook": A New Imperial History of Northern Eurasia, 600-1700: From Russian to Global History. Released in Russian a few years ago, the book introduces "the 'new imperial history' approach." bloomsbury.com/us/new-imperia…

There is still time to apply for the Spring 2024 Diversity Community Engagement Program internship! The DCEP is designed to expand students’ career readiness and community engagement skills! Apply by November 15! Learn more at go.uic.edu/DCEP.

🍂Ready to start learning about fellowship opportunities?! The @TrumanApp, @CLSscholarship, & @DAAD_Germany are just a few to explore! Make sure to visit our website to learn more and fill out an interest form to set up a one-on-one meeting and get one step closer to nomination!

Next Wednesday, 11/15! Join us, together with @uicclj, in welcoming @UCIsociology's Kelley Fong for a talk on their book, Investigating Families: Motherhood in the Shadow of Child Protective Services. Don't miss our second to last colloquium as the semester winds down!

A reminder that the deadline to apply to present at the UIC Student History Conference is next week - November 15! The conference includes opportunities for undergraduate & graduate students, faculty, and community members. Please share widely! hist.uic.edu/events/uic-stu…

Congratulations to the Fall 2023 initiates of UIC Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society: Angelica Aguillon, Daniel Solorio Garcia, Daniel Lapczynski, Joe Reyna, Christian Rodriguez-Hernandez, and Finn Yatvin! hist.uic.edu/news-stories/s…

Check out student voices in GLAS featured in this story as part of Filipino American History month. @AnnaRGuevarra

Excited to announce this paid curriculum development opportunity for history educators in Chicago Public Schools! Please share widely in your networks and have candidates apply by November 30th at: go.uic.edu/TeachingCareCPS

Kudos to PhD student Liliana Macias, who led the first of 3 teach-ins about Latina political organizing in Pilsen on October 7th. The next 2 teach-ins will be TOMORROW, October 21st and Sat, November 4. Learn more at: pilsenartscommunityhouse.org/workshops Full story at: hist.uic.edu/news-stories/p…

Congrats to Ismael Biyashev on winning the Leo Schelbert Prize for the Best Dissertation from the Dept of History! The title: “Beyond Myths and Ruins: Archaeology and Nomadism in the Russian Empire and the Early USSR 1850-1920s.” hist.uic.edu/news-stories/i…

Kudos to PhD student Liliana Macias who recently appeared on WBEZ to discuss their work on the Chicago Monuments Project: Pilsen Latina Legacies, wbez.org/.../7ab98344-b……... Macias will lead the first of 3 teach-ins for the project this coming Saturday: pilsenartscommunityhouse.org/event-details/…

Sept 26: Prof. Barbara Ransby will moderate a convo between Jonathan Eig, author of a new biography of MLK, and Rachel Shteir, author of a new biography of Betty Friedan, considering how these figures converged & diverged. Free event at Hull House. RSVP: hullhousemuseum.org/programs-and-e…

Our exhibit is now up at UIC's Health Sciences Library at 1750 W. Polk St! I will be there until Friday, October 6th. The building is open to the public; visitors must show ID after 5pm. Library hours: Mon-Thurs 7 am-10 pm; Fridays 7 am-7pm, Sundays 2pm-10pm. See you there!

Our History Graduate Society is hosting a conference this spring! There are many opportunities for undergrads, grad students, faculty, & community members. Check it out & share with your networks. Apply to present at: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Congrats to Prof Bao Bui for being named UIC Honors College Instructor of the Year! Nominating students appreciated how he conducts class discussions, his care for students, and his accessibility.  His passion "positively impacts everyone that he teaches." #instructor-of-the-year" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">honors.uic.edu/faculty-and-fe…

Kudos to Prof. Laura Hostetler on co-authoring an op-ed on Texas's SB 18, which would eliminate tenure in public higher education, making the state a "last choice among scholars who desire an environment amenable to high quality teaching and research." statesman.com/story/opinion/…

Come to se our student Maximillian Gambony present his groundbreaking research in the Ford Corporation archives on American involvement in Soviet industrialization!

Grateful to the Hall Branch of the @chicagopubliclibrary for hosting us for our 1st public event on the Black Nurses in Chicago project. Dr. Karen Flynn discussed this history with community members just blocks from the location of Provident, Chicago's historic Black hospital.

Kudos to Maximillian Gambony, one of our undergrad history majors, who will be present on 4/18 at the UIC Undergraduate Research Forum on his groundbreaking research in the Ford Corporation archives on American involvement in Soviet industrialization: hist.uic.edu/news-stories/h…

TODAY from 2:00-4:00: Digital Humanities Works-in-Progress at UIC with Danielle Beaujon and Rahim Kurwa on: "Controlling the Casbahs: Visualizing Racialized Crime in Marseille and Algiers" & "The Sun Village Digital History Exhibit" dhi.uic.edu/events/digital…