Recent News

The students, faculty, and alumni of the Department of History are active both as scholars and as public intellectuals. Explore these achievements to learn more about our community. 

  • Chair Stapleton quoted in Newsweek
    11/1/24
    "Newsweek" quoted Chairperson Kristin Stapleton in an article about the pressure on President Biden to get adopted children out of China after the country ceased all foreign adoptions.
  • Professor Andreas Daum releases new book
    10/29/24
    Professor Andreas Daum’s new book, "Alexander von Humboldt: A Concise Biography," is out with Princeton University Press.
  • Department of History Tabling Success at Open House
    10/28/24
    The Department of History was glad to speak with many prospective students and their families at the College Arts and Sciences Open House on October 26, 2024.
  • Fiona Serrano paper prize
    10/11/24
    Fiona Serrano, a senior in the Department of History who is also majoring in two other subjects, has won one of two 2024 Nels Andrew Cleven Founder’s Prizes awarded by the National Office of Phi Alpha Theta (PAT) for her paper “Stalin's War on Women: Gendered Violence in the Gulag.” 
  • "Communities of Care" Project led by Profs. Wolcott, Rembis, and Freudenheim
    12/13/23
    Congratulations, Prof. Victoria Wolcott, Prof. Jo Freudenheim, and Prof. Michael Rembis, co-PIs on a $2.5 million grant from the Mellon Foundation!
  • Prof. Caraballo Muller Responsible Computing Challenge Awardee
    11/15/23
    PI Prof. Dalia Caraballo Muller and Co-PIs Prof. Jamie Barber, Prof. Kenneth Joseph, Prof. Matt Kenyon, Prof. Christopher Proctor, and Prof. Camilo Trumper are among Mozilla's recently announced Responsible Computing Challenge Awardees! 
  • Prof. Carole Emberton Quoted in Local News
    10/2/23
    This September marked the 122 anniversary of the assassination of President William McKinley in Buffalo, but very few people know about this presidential assassination. Andy Paden of 2WGRZ, a local Buffalo news outlet, interviewed Prof. Carole Emberton for a story on why McKinley's assassination has been forgotten not only in the country more widely but specifically in Buffalo.