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. 

  • History Students Honored
    5/2/22
    Department of History students were honored during UB's Annual Celebration of Student Excellence on April 27th. Department of History students were nominated for and won several prestigious UB, SUNY, and national awards this spring.
  • Labbie Named 2022 Social Impact Fellow
    5/6/22
    History PhD student Jenna Labbie has been named a 2022 Social Impact Fellow. With this fellowship, Jenna will team up with a graduate student from the School of Business and another from the School of Social Work. Together, this trio will spend eight weeks over the summer working with the Family Justice Center of Erie County. Their goal will be to "advance understanding around how restorative justice may be applied to domestic violence services, ultimately helping the agency become the first domestic violence service provider in the area to adopt these practices.” ( Quote from Social Impact Fellows Webpage). 
  • Prof. Emberton Honored
    11/8/21
    Professor Carole Emberton was honored on October 28, 2021 during the UB Celebration of Academic Excellence. Prof. Emberton received SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Faculty Service. This award was established in 2004, to acknowledges faculty who have made sustained and wide-ranging service contributions to a broad array of university constituents. The award recipients have distinguished themselves through exceptional service to the university and to their communities, as well as to their disciplinary, professional and faculty governance organizations at the statewide, national and international levels.
  • Wolcott Publishes Article in Washington Post
    1/19/22
    Prof. Victoria Wolcott published an article, "The public has underestimated the radicalism of Martin Luther King Jr.’s early work" in the Washington Post on January 17, 2022 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday.
  • Alum Dr. Fang Wins Award
    2/18/22
    The scholarly organization Chinese Historians in the United States (CHUS) has presented its 2022 Academic Excellence Award to Professor Qiang Fang of the University of Minnesota, Duluth, for his book The Communist Judicial System in China, 1927-1976: Building on Fear (Amsterdam University Press, April 2021). Professor Fang earned his PhD at UB. Congratulations Dr. Fang! 
  • 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."
  • Prof. Emberton Writes for Baldy Blog
    10/11/21
    Associate Professor Carole Emberton, recently published a blog post in the Baldy Blog, "Monuments to the Enslaved" in which she discusses how to address Confederate monuments and instead focus on the experiences of enslaved people. 
  • Prof. Jack Larkin Remembered
    10/1/21
    UB Department of History Emeritus Proffesor John "Jack" Larkin passed away on  June 29, 2021. He is mounred by family, friends, and colleuges. Prof. Larkin will be remembered for his huge impact on Phillipine and Southeast Asian History. The Association for Asian Studies published several remembrances and tributes to Prof. Larkin, including remberences from History PhD alum Prof. Paul A. Rodell. 
  • 2021 Department of History Scholarship Winners
    5/17/21
    The Department of History is pleased to announce this year's Department Scholarship winners!
  • 2021 Department of History Paper Prizes
    5/17/21
    The Department of History is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Department of History Paper Prizes: