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. 

  • K. Zubovich Wins Summer Stipend
    5/2/22
    Prof. Katehrine Zubovich has won a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend to support research for her current book project, "Picturing the Plan: Stalinist Mass Politics and the Art of Soviet Statistics." 
  • History Students at Student Showcase
    5/2/22
    The 2022 Celebration of Student Academic Excellence Poster Presentations was held on April 27, 2022 at the Alumni Arena. Two History students presented their Honors Theses:
  • Mbah Receives Grant for Book Project
    2/14/18
    Prof. Ndubueze Mbah has received a $20,000 grant from the Wenner-Gren Foundation to support research for his second monograph project, "African Rebellious Migrants: The Forgery of Abolition and the Quest for Freedom."
  • Emily Bowlus-Peck Wins 2022 Yearley Prize!
    4/1/22
    The UB History Department is pleased to announced that the winner of the 2021-22 Yearley Award is Emily Bowlus-Peck. The award is given each year to one extraordinary PhD student who has advanced to the dissertation writing stage. The 2021-22 award carries a prize of $3.000.
  • Dr. Earls Wins Award
    11/15/21
    Congratulations, UB history alum Dr. Averill Earls! Dr. Earls was awarded the Judith R. Walkowitz Prize for Best Article in Gender & Sexuality History from the North American Conference on British Studies!
  • Shanleigh Corrallo Named Empire Fellow
    1/3/22
    Congratulations to alum Shanleigh Corrallo! Dr. Corrallo was named an Empire State Fellow for 2021-2023! 
  • History Minor Named UB's first Rangel Fellow
    1/7/22
    Congratulations, History Minor Sophie May, UB's first Rangel fellow! Read more.
  • Dewald Named Fellow In Residence
    5/2/22
    Prof. Jon Dewald has been named  a Fellow in Residence at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto for 2022-2023.
  • History Major Authors Review
    2/4/22
    History major Danielle Redfield published a review of the movie CODA in Nursing Clio. Check it out!
  • Early Recognition Awards Ceremony
    3/18/22
    Last Friday, March 11th, the Department of History held a ceremony honoring our recent Early Recognition Award Winners. Congratulations, Eoin Burns, Josephine Dunn, Julia Giacona, Daniel Hayden, Jack Phinney, Darcy Winter, and Layba Zaman! Read more about their prize winning essays here: https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/.../Fall2021AwardWinner...