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- April 22, 2025Professor Neeti Nair wins Kentish Coomaraswamy Prize
- March 17, 2025Professor Melissa Vise has published a New Book
- December 2, 2024Samuel Thomas Crowe Announced as Latest Rhodes Scholar
- November 14, 2024Professor Sarah Milov Has A Published Research Article
- November 11, 2024Professor Justene Hill Edwards has been selected as a Research Fellow
- October 11, 2024Postdoctoral Research Associate Justin McBrien writes for TIME
- September 30, 2024Congratulations to PhD Crystal Luo for Best Dissertation
- September 3, 2024Welcome the Visiting Associate Professor Melissa Vise
- February 27, 2024Linstrum in Liberation
- February 20, 2024Bethany Bell wins "Memphis State Eight" third paper prize at GAAAH
- February 20, 2024Professor Claudrena Harold featured in PBS docuseries, Gospel.
- February 19, 2024Professor Joshua White awarded National Endowment for Humanities Grant
- February 17, 2024Professor Neet Nair recently quoted in The Print
- April 29, 2023'Democracy in Danger' podcast wins Webby Award
- January 31, 2023Professor Justene Hill Edwards featured in WalletHub article
- January 23, 2023Professor Kyrill Kunakhovich's new book, Communism's Public Sphere
- December 3, 2022Professor Chris Gratien Co-Winner of Nikki Keddie Book Award
- November 29, 2022Professor Olivier Zunz awarded the Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique
- November 10, 2022Professor Laurent Dubois featured on My New Favorite Futbolista
- October 27, 2022Professor Justene Hill Edwards featured in The Washington Post
- October 6, 2022Professor John Edwin Mason featured in The Washington Post
- May 11, 2022Professor Justene Hill Edwards featured in UVAToday
- February 22, 2022Professor Caroline Janney awarded the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize
- February 14, 2022Professor Philip Zelikow featured in the NYT
- January 21, 2022Professor Neeti Nair on NPR's All Things Considered
- January 8, 2022Professor Neeti Nair on Hate Speeches in Haridwar
- December 15, 2021Inside HIST 2214: The Cold War with Professor Hitchcock
- November 3, 2021Professor Andrew Kahrl on the Historical Struggles of Black families
- October 6, 2021Professor Laurent Dubois on Haiti
- July 12, 2021Professor Liz Varon in the Washington Post
- May 21, 2021Faculty Messages to the Class of 2021
- May 13, 2021Professor Erik Linstrum Featured in Libération
- April 22, 2021Professor Laurent Dubois featured on NPR’s A1.
- April 11, 2021Professor John Mason Awarded 3 Cavaliers Grant!
- March 18, 2021Professor Philip Zelikow publishes new book on World War I!
- February 5, 2021Andrew Kahrl on How How Property Taxes Fuel Racial Inequality
- February 5, 2021Adrian Brettle Named Finalist for Lincoln Prize
- November 20, 2020Department News Wrap-Up 11/20/2020
- November 13, 2020Prof. Claudrena Harold Publishes New Book "When Sunday Comes"
- November 12, 2020UVA 4+1 Program Announcement
- November 10, 2020Spring 2021 Course Descriptions
- October 29, 2020Prof. Neeti Nair Speaks at MIT Starr Forum
- October 29, 2020Prof. Philip Zelikow Elected to American Academy of Diplomacy
- October 21, 2020Prof. Will Hitchcock Publishes Op-Ed with CNN
- October 16, 2020Prof. Sarah Milov Awarded Willie Lee Rose Prize
- October 15, 2020Prof. Brian Owensby Interviewed by Toynbee Prize Foundation
- October 8, 2020Prof. Ellen Zhang Publishes New Book on Song China
- October 7, 2020Prof. Jennifer Sessions Featured in Learning Tech Blog
- October 6, 2020Prof. Grace Hale Featured in UVA's Faculty Spotlight
- October 2, 2020Prof. Jennifer Sessions Interviewed for "The World"
- September 16, 2020History News Wrap-Up
- September 2, 2020Prof Neeti Nair Publishes Op-Ed with The Indian Express
- August 20, 2020New Method for Declaring History Major and Minor
- August 11, 2020Prof Chad Diehl Publishes Article with TIME
- August 9, 2020NY Times Reviews Prof. Hale's New Book
- August 5, 2020History News Wrap-Up, 8/5/2020
- July 15, 2020History News Wrap-Up 7/15/2020
- July 1, 2020History News Wrap-Up
- June 17, 2020Jotwell Publishes Review of Prof. Sarah Milov's Book
- June 9, 2020Prof. Kevin Gaines for UVA Today Q&A
- June 3, 2020Prof. Erik Linstrum Receives Berlin Prize
- May 19, 2020May 2020 Graduate Ceremony Video
- May 16, 20202020 Virtual Graduation Video
- April 21, 2020UVA History MA 4+1 Program Applications
- April 20, 2020Prof. McMillen Publishes Column for The Indian Express
- April 20, 2020Prof. Milov Awarded 2020 PROSE Award
- April 20, 2020Prof. Edelson and Prof. Alff Awarded NEH Grants
- April 13, 2020Read an Excerpt from Prof. Braun's Coronavirus Journal
- April 9, 2020Prof. Kahrl Publishes Op-Ed with City Lab
- February 13, 2020Prof. Varon Wins Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize
- January 22, 2020Prof. Jim Loeffler Publishes Op-Ed with Forward
- January 22, 2020Prof. Neeti Nair Awarded Harry Frank Guggenheim Fellowship
- January 15, 2020Is War Coming? Teach-in on U.S.-Iran Crisis
- January 14, 2020Prof. Neeti Nair's Op-Ed in The Print and Ananda Bazar Patrika
- December 19, 2019Fall 2019 Department Wrap-Up
- November 20, 2019Prof. John Mason Featured in UVA Faculty Spotlight Video
- September 27, 2019History News Wrap-Up 9/27/19
- April 5, 2019Prof. Elizabeth Varon Publishes New Book on Civil War
- December 10, 2018History Wrap-Up 12/10/18
- November 27, 2018History Wrap-Up 11/27/18
- October 31, 2018PhD Graduate Tom Butcher Publishes Article in Washington Post
- October 22, 2018Historian Kevin Gaines is UVA's First Julian Bond Professor
- October 22, 2018Spring 2019 Course Descriptions
- October 13, 2018Prof. Hitchcock Publishes Article with The Washington Post
- September 14, 2018This Week in History (9/14/18 edition)
- August 3, 2018Opening for Digital Humanities Graduate Research Assistant
- April 25, 2018Halsted Wins Henkel Stiftung Scholarship
- April 23, 2018Goluboff and Miller Elected to AAAS
- April 16, 2018Cohen & Thompson Win Mellon / ALCS Fellowships
- April 16, 2018L. Kent Merritt Wins Distinguished Service Award
- April 16, 2018Balogh Discusses History of Privacy on Here and Now
- April 9, 2018Swati Chawla Wins Graduate Teaching Award
- April 9, 2018Justin McBrien Wins Finger Graduate Teaching Fellowship
- April 9, 2018Tom Klubock Wins Guggenheim
- March 29, 2018Balogh Discuss Sports Underdogs on Here and Now
- March 23, 20182018 Phi Beta Inductees Named
- March 19, 2018Chris Whitehead Named Fellow in Praxis Program
- March 19, 2018Balogh Discusses Tillerson Firing on Here and Now
- March 19, 2018Bishara Interviewed on H-Law Podcast
- March 15, 2018Chawla Publishes Chapter in Edited Volume
- March 15, 2018Evans & McCormick in the Washington Post
- March 12, 2018Edelson's Book Named Finalist for George Washington Prize
- March 12, 2018Prof. McMillan to become Dean McMillan
- March 5, 2018Chang Wins Dissertation Fellowship from IHGC
- February 28, 2018Hitchcock Writes WaPo Article on Ike and Billy Graham
- February 22, 2018Swati Chawla Helps Train New RAs
- February 19, 2018History Grad Students Win VFH Public Fellowships
- February 12, 2018Swati Chawla Wins IHS Fellowship
- February 1, 2018Europe Now: Campus Spotlight on UVa
- January 31, 2018Karen Parshall Receives 2018 AMS Whiteman Prize
- January 8, 2018Balogh Talks to Here & Now About Partisanship in the US
- December 29, 2017Lee Accepted to 2018 Asia-Pacific Nuclear History Institute
- December 22, 2017Balogh Speaks to Here&Now about Words and American Politics
- December 11, 2017Fredrickson Wins Dissertation Award
- December 11, 2017Balogh Speaks with Here&Now On Apologies in American History
- December 4, 2017DMP Bernstein Writes on HUD for Washington Post
- December 4, 2017Undergraduates Tackle Public History
- November 20, 2017Erlandson Writes on Red Tape and Deregulation for WaPo
- November 13, 2017Balogh Interviewed on Off-Year Elections for Here&Now
- November 13, 2017Hampel Dedicates Book to Prof. Michael Holt
- November 2, 2017Alumnus Frank Cirillo Writes for WaPo
- October 18, 2017Balogh on Health in the Washington Post
- October 18, 2017Video of Oct 11th "A Recent History of the Alt-Right" Talk
- October 14, 2017Balogh Featured on NPR's Here & Now
- October 14, 2017Balogh on Sports, Politics, and Race
- October 11, 2017Linstrum Wins 2017 George Louis Beer Prize
- October 11, 2017Careers Beyond the Tenure Track
- October 10, 2017Leffler Writes for USA Today and Foreign Policy
- October 10, 2017Nair Writes on Gandhi for the Huffington Post India
- October 9, 2017BackStory and the UVa Bicentennial
- October 4, 2017Brian Balogh on Here&Now
- October 4, 2017"Inside A&S" Writes about Rosenwald, Milov, Davision, and Others
- September 21, 2017John Mason Speaks on the Charlottesville Rally and Events of August 11-12
- September 15, 2017Video of "Civil War Memory: Charlottesville and Beyond" Conversation
- September 14, 2017Brian Balogh Speaks to Here & Now
- September 13, 2017Andrew Kahrl Writes for the Washington Post
- September 13, 2017Graduate Students Write on Charlottesville for The Slate
- September 13, 2017Undergrad DMP Gobar Writes for the Washington Post
- September 11, 2017Balogh Interviews Karl Rove
- September 7, 2017Claudrena Harold film screening at MIT List Visual Arts Center
- September 4, 2017Prof. Hill Interviewed for NPR's "Truth, Politics, and Power" Podcast
- August 28, 2017McBrien Writes on Farmers and Climate Change for Washington Post
- August 23, 2017Brian Balogh on CNN.com
- August 21, 2017Philip Zelikow Writes for The LawFare Blog
- August 21, 2017Grace Hale On "It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders" Podcast
- May 15, 2017Almog and Chawla Receive Humane Studies Fellowship
- April 5, 2017Maternowski Wins Class of 1985 Teaching Fellowship
- March 29, 2017Erik Linstrum Featured on With Good Reason
- March 15, 2017C-SPAN 3 Airs Explorations in Black Leadership Interviews
- February 27, 2017Cirillo Receives New York Historical Society Postdoctoral Fellowship
- January 25, 2017Prof. Sarah Milov Featured on "With Good Reason"
- October 12, 2016UVa History Majors Intern with the Institute of Public History
- May 19, 2016Almog and Garmon awarded Humane Studies Fellowships
- May 10, 2016Garmon and Chawla awarded Adam Smith Fellowships
- May 5, 2016Chawla on Decolonisation
- April 28, 2016Garrett receives CNA-EULAC Fellowship
- April 26, 2016Graduate Prefessionalization Seminar
- April 25, 2016Lambert awarded Cory Teaching Award
- April 25, 2016Taylor '14 published in Canadian Encyc.
- April 25, 2016Taylor Elected to American Academy
- April 24, 2016Chawla and UVa Team Receive USAID Grant
- April 21, 2016Nichols, PhD '08, named Carnegie Fellow
- April 14, 2016Grinspan on Voting in NYT
- April 11, 2016NYTimes covers Onuf book
- April 11, 2016Butcher awarded Seven Society Fellowship
- March 31, 2016New Phi Beta Kappa Members
- March 31, 2016Fredrickson awarded Miller Center Fellowship
- March 31, 2016Fredrickson on Lead Poisoning
- March 31, 2016Four IHGC Clay Fellowships awarded
- March 28, 2016Chawla wins Huskey Prize
- March 22, 2016McBrien - Resident Scholar at Oregon State
- March 22, 2016Milov on VA smoking bill
- March 17, 2016Reed receives Teaching Award
- March 15, 2016Stolz on Fukushima
- March 14, 2016Balogh on Trump - BBC
- March 14, 2016Lantz awarded Smith ICJS Fellowship
- March 14, 2016Barton appointed Dartmouth Fellow
- March 14, 2016Chapin book awarded Gomory Prize
- March 14, 2016Hatter book awarded Cowan Prize
- March 7, 2016BackStory covered by Perspectives on History
- March 3, 2016History DMP info session 3/17/16
- March 3, 2016NYMag covers Linstrum's Book
- February 29, 2016BackStory on #OscarsSoWhite
- February 18, 2016Undergraduate Harrison Fellows
- February 8, 2016Nair awarded Frederick Burkhardt Fellowship
- February 3, 2016AHA covers NHC briefing
- February 3, 2016Rosenwald on Conservative Media
- January 29, 2016Balogh on CSPAN
- January 26, 2016Mason and Gordon Parks
- January 19, 2016Recent PhD defenses
- January 13, 2016Cohen on Lotteries
- January 11, 2016Klubock receives Bolton-Johnson Prize
- January 4, 2016Levy on Denazification
- December 17, 2015Hale wins NEH Digital Humanities Grant
- December 17, 2015Balogh featured in a Chronicle article
- December 17, 2015Bond Memorial Resolution
- December 10, 2015Balogh and Onuf on Wilson
- December 7, 2015NEH Tocqueville Summer Seminar
- December 7, 2015Zunz at the Smithsonian
- December 3, 2015Milov on Global Warming
- December 3, 2015Klubock receives Weyerhaeuser Award
- December 3, 2015BackStory on "Birth of a Nation"
- December 3, 2015Klubock receives Weyerhaeuser Award
- November 11, 2015BackStory at History Film Forum
- November 11, 2015Carslon awarded Sally Hacker, Middleton Prizes
- November 4, 2015Balogh on Trump
- November 1, 2015Confino interviewed on Here and Now
- October 22, 2015Hartford Courant op-ed utilizing Kahrl's research
- October 22, 2015Nau Center for Civil War History Opens
- September 21, 2015Further remembrances of Julian Bond
- September 21, 2015Gulfside Assembly, Kahrl
- August 25, 2015Barton, PhD Candidate, on Anarchism in Diplomatic History
- August 25, 2015Elias Interviewed for CNN Documentary
- August 25, 2015Leffler's Tribute to Julian Bond
- April 1, 2015Ambuske awarded King George III Fellowship