Freedom’s Chains
October 16, 2017 – from Research News
History Professor Leslie M. Harris examines the stunning contradiction at the heart of American history
2017 News
October
September
Welcome, NU Class of 2021
September 19, 2017
Check out our First-Year Focus for more information about the History Department Major and Minor!
August
History Welcomes New Faculty Member for Fall 2017
August 1, 2017
Brett Gadsden will be joining our History Department in September 2017.
June
Stanley Article Wins Prize
June 12, 2017
Amy Stanley’s 2016 AHR article “Maidservants’ Tales,” workshopped in our Chabraja Center, has just been awarded the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians’ prize for the best article in the field of women’s/gender/sexuality history.
May
Two Professors win W Grants
May 23, 2017 – from Weinberg News
Professors Doug Kiel and Helen Tilley have received Weinberg College Research and Innovation Grants
April
Prof. Daniel Immerwahr Named 2017 Andrew Carnegie Fellow
April 28, 2017 – from Carnegie Corporation of New York
History Professors Discuss Recently Published Books
April 21, 2017 – from The Daily Northwestern
January
America's Reconstruction
January 24, 2017 – from AHA Today
Historian Kate Masur played a central role in the creation of a national monument in Beaufort County, S.C. devoted to the commemoration of Reconstruction.