Professor Lina Britto's book makes another best books of the year list
December 24, 2022
2022 News
December
Professor Lina Britto makes the top 10 nonfiction books of the year in Colombia
December 19, 2022
PBS collaborates with Professor Ken Alder
December 9, 2022
Professor Susan J. Pearson wins The Order of the Coif Book Award for The Birth Certificate
December 8, 2022
Professor Rajeev Kinra's book featured in Serendipity Arts Festival
December 8, 2022
Last Call at the Hotel Imperial is called a best book of the year by four
December 7, 2022
Professor David Schoenbrun's book wins the 2022 Bethwell A. Ogot Prize
December 7, 2022
Professor İpek Yosmaoğlu honored to become next president of Association
December 5, 2022
Professor Kathleen Belew talks about Trump's infamous dinner
December 1, 2022
November
The Washington Post interviews Professor Kathleen Belew
November 28, 2022 – from The Washington Post
Professor Kathleen Belew cited in The New York Times editorial - on white supremacy
November 19, 2022 – from The New York Times
Professor Susan Pearson discusses The Birth Certificate with critics
November 19, 2022
Robert A. Orsi featured in American Academy of Religion
November 17, 2022
Ben Frommer appointed to two international projects
November 15, 2022
Professor Kate Masur's book wins the 2022 John Phillip Reid Book Prize
November 15, 2022
Geraldo Cadava writes article on Midterm elections and Latino voters for The New Yorker
November 14, 2022 – from The New Yorker
Daniel Immerwahr's article in The Guardian dives into a challenging question
November 10, 2022
WBEZChicago's Reset speaks with historian Kathleen Belew on political violence
November 1, 2022
Professor Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern co-edits The Jewish Architectural Legacy of Lviv
November 1, 2022
October
Nine History faculty win teaching honors from Associated Student Government
October 31, 2022
Lina Britto's book makes its Spanish-language debut
October 30, 2022
Dr. Rajeev Kinra delivers the Prof. Satish Chandra Memorial Lecture, following on Irfan Habib and Romila Thapar
October 13, 2022 – from Bangalore International Centre
Doug Kiel introduces new Penguin textbook
October 10, 2022
Stefan Ionescu's article is published in the Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs
October 5, 2022 – from Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs
Daniel Immerwahr in Harper's
October 5, 2022
Geraldo Cadava in the New Yorker
October 1, 2022
September
Scott Sowerby on WTTW discussing the British monarchy and empire
September 29, 2022
Assistant Professor of History in Early Modern Europe and the World
September 15, 2022
Assistant Professor of History in Late Medieval/Early Modern Middle East
September 15, 2022
August
Susan Pearson interviewed on Australian broadcasting about new book
August 6, 2022
Lina Britto's book on the history of marijuana published in Spanish
August 3, 2022
Doug Kiel to serve on committee for new Wisconsin Historical Society museum
August 3, 2022
Kate Masur interviewed on The Tavis Smiley Podcast
August 3, 2022
July
Ji-Yeon Yuh writes article on civilian survivors of the Korean War for the Chicago Tribune
July 31, 2022
Kevin Boyle on the Nixonian settlement in The New York Times
July 31, 2022
Daniel Immerwahr reviews book, is interviewed for the New York Review of Books
July 21, 2022
Kate Masur on pre-Civil War history and the coming abortion battle
July 15, 2022
In Memoriam: Frank Safford
July 6, 2022
The History Department mourns the death of our retired colleague Frank Safford, who passed away on June 16, 2022 in Evanston, Illinois.
Professor Joel Mokyr's book appears in the Economist reads of 2022
July 4, 2022 – from The Economist
June
Professor Melissa Macauley's book wins the 2022 Bentley Book Prize
June 27, 2022
Lauren Stokes quoted in article on Hungary's future
June 20, 2022
Leslie Harris on WTTW discussing university reparation efforts
June 19, 2022
Geraldo Cadava writes article on Latino voters in the Rust Belt for The Atlantic
June 16, 2022
Evanston RoundTable shares awareness about Kate Masur’s partnership with Evanston teachers
June 10, 2022 – from Evanston RoundTable
Daniel Immerwahr reviews new book on Melville for Slate
June 6, 2022
Foreign Affairs has named Professor Jeff Eden's God Save the USSR a Best Book of 2022
June 1, 2022
May
Kathleen Belew in the news on white power violence
May 20, 2022
Prof. Immerwahr's "Forgetting the Apocalypse" in the Guardian
May 17, 2022
Prof. Pearson in the Atlantic
May 6, 2022
Kate Masur’s book a finalist for Pulitzer Prize
May 5, 2022
Prof. Hein on Post-Fascism and Facing Reality
May 3, 2022
April
Kate Masur in the Media
April 24, 2022
Prof. Lina Britto's NYT interview and testimony
April 15, 2022
Prof. Daniel Immerwahr's article, "A New History of World War II" is out in the May Atlantic
April 15, 2022
Prof. Caitlin Fitz's article, “Latin America and the Radicalization of U.S. Abolition,” is now out in the Journal of American History
April 15, 2022
Prof. Susan Pearson gives Hendricks Law and History Lecture at Washington & Lee
April 15, 2022
Prof. Amy Stanley has been named named a McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence!
April 15, 2022
Prof. Masur & Northwestern History Students on the front page of the Tribune!
April 15, 2022
Professor Immerwahr on World War II in the Atlantic
April 4, 2022 – from The Atlantic
March
Prof. Leslie Harris Elected to the Society of American Historians
March 28, 2022
Prof. Leslie Harris Elected to the Society of American Historians
March 28, 2022
Prof. Lauren Stokes's new book
March 25, 2022
Local Fox News interviewed Kate Masur
March 25, 2022
Digital exhibit showcases build-up to Illinois' first statewide Black political convention
Prof. Cohen's new book in the media
March 21, 2022
Prof. Kiel gives testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources
March 8, 2022
February
Prof. Petrovsky-Shtern offers commentary to ABC, WTTW, and NBC (among others) about the Russian invasion of Ukraine
February 28, 2022
Prof. Ionescu quoted by the AP on Romania's Role in the Holocaust
February 28, 2022
A New Digital Exhibit by Kate Masur and team of researchers
February 25, 2022
Black Organizing in Pre-Civil War Illinois: Creating Community, Demanding Justice
Read Professor Geraldo Cadava's lead article in the March Atlantic
February 21, 2022
Our 2021 Bookshelf
February 14, 2022
Ed Muir Elected President of the American Historical Association
February 7, 2022
NEH Fellowships for Dyan Elliott and Sean Hanretta, Gadsden wins Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study Fellowship
February 7, 2022
Prof. Kathleen Belew and Prof. Jeff Eden joining the History Department in the fall of 2022
February 7, 2022
January
Geraldo Cadava in The New York Times op-ed about Latino voters
January 22, 2022