Simon Balto, Kacie Lucchini Butcher, Clint Smith, and students in the Curti Lounge
Mosse Humanities building exterior
David McDonald teaching

Welcome! Building on more than a century of distinguished scholarship and teaching, our faculty and staff serve over 400 undergraduate majors along with many other students passionate about history. We are also home to a vibrant community of some 130 graduate students in both History and the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology.

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History in Summer

With 20 online, asynchronous courses to choose from, you can learn history anywhere this summer! More here…

SOAR Student group

History SOAR Gateway

The History SOAR Gateway is intended for incoming first-year and transfer students interested in the History Major or Certificate or in exploring course options in History and History of Science.

History Newsletter

History Department Newsletter

The 2022-23 History Department newsletter, “The Past In The Present” is available now! More here…