History at Illinois

“The places that we set aside are not these sort of untouched places, but they’re actually the exact opposite. They are places that Indigenous people have utilized, changed, altered.” Professor Rosalyn LaPier interviewed in @highcountrynews hcn.org/issues/56-6/as…

Professor Jerry Dávila has been selected for the Presidential Fellows Program. Dávila will serve as the director of the Brasillinois initiative and as an advisor to President Killeen and Vice President for Economic Development and Innovation Jay Walsh. history.illinois.edu/news/2024-06-1…

Congratulations to history major Lillian Webb for being selected as a 2024-25 Humanities in Action scholar!

We're excited to host a summer curriculum workshop (“Understanding Contemporary Europe: Spotlighting the Peripheries") on the @UofIllinois campus July 9-12. See here for details: go.illinois.edu/SCW. Those who apply by May 31 are eligible for a $100 travel reimbursement.

How the federal government used bribery to end relationships with Native American tribes. An interview with Prof. David Beck about his new book, BRIBED WITH OUR OWN MONEY. #image-1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">news.illinois.edu/view/6367/9263… @UnivNebPress

Professor Emeritus, Vernon Burton is featured on @throughlineNPR in their latest episode on the 14th amendment. npr.org/2025/04/10/124…

Is it 1968 all over again? Professor @MarshaEBarrett weighs in on @NPR: npr.org/2024/05/14/125…

Congrats to graduate student Dale Mize! He'll be working with the @LandConnection as part of the Humanities without Walls Summer Bridge program.

Congratulations to the History TAs who ranked Excellent/Outstanding in the Fall 2023 ICES surveys! 💙🧡 #uiuc

Congratulations to the History Professors who ranked Excellent or Outstanding in the Fall 2023 ICES surveys! 💙🧡

Announcing the winners of our 2023-2024 annual awards celebrating faculty, lecturers, undergraduates, and graduate students! Read the recipients here: history.illinois.edu/news/2024-04-2…

Discover the latest in historical research and achievements with our newsletter! history.illinois.edu/sites/default/…

Why is the reparations movement gaining momentum in the U.S.? @jodiheckel at @NewsAtIllinois interviews Professor Sundiata-Cha-Jua. Check out his new co-edited collection REPARATIONS AND REPARATORY JUSTICE with @IllinoisPress. news.illinois.edu/view/6367/5799…

Antoinette Burton, Jenny L. Davis, & Peggy L. Brennan co-wrote a chapter in the "Routledge Companion to Publicly Engaged Humanities Scholarship." The essay offers a history of how HWW has taken up the promises and challenges of the public humanities. 🔗 go.illinois.edu/HWW-Routledge

It's time for the Spring History Showcase! Join us on April 17 at 4:00 PM to hear seven students present their honors theses. #uiuc #universityofillinois #uiuchistory

Next Friday, join us for an enlightening talk on the effects of AI and digital inequality within higher education and social transformation. Join using the Zoom link: illinois.zoom.us/j/86943645213?… #uiuc #universityofillinois #historytalk

Our first Senior Spotlight of 2024 is Mikaela Jopes! Read through the slides to discover her experiences as a History student at UIUC. #uiuc #universityofillinois

April is National Poetry Month! We are thrilled to welcome @JoyHarjo (23rd United States Poet Laureate; member of the Muscogee [Creek] Nation) to #ILLINOIS for a series of free public events on April 23 and 24! Full event details 🔗go.illinois.edu/harjo

As we near the end of Women's History Month, take a look at an 1800s feminist group at the University of Illinois. Source: "First-Wave Feminism in the Student Life and Culture Archives" Posted on April 13, 2020 by Katherine Nichols, Written by Patty Templeton