Chabraja Center Happenings
In 2021-22 the Chabraja Center, like the rest of the university, moved back to campus. Our major lectures and the two Spring graduate conferences were launched in hybrid form...
Northwestern History Department Newsletter, Spring 2022
A Message from the Chair
The spring is always the busiest season in Harris Hall and given the events of the last two-plus years, it is especially satisfying to see our students re-occupying the building: catching up with classmates, waiting in line outside of Henry Binford’s office (some things never change), attending lectures...
2021-2022 Book Celebration
Read about the Book Launch celebrating recently published (2021-2022) History Department books
Two New Endowments
This year the department was thrilled to announce two new endowments in support of our graduate students, made possible through the generosity of three eminent scholars the department is proud to call friends.
Faculty Research Spotlight
KATE MASUR’S DIGITAL BLACK ORGANIZING IN PRE-CIVIL WAR ILLINOIS
Not all faculty research these days takes the form of books and articles.
Faculty Spotlight
Daniel Greene, Northwestern History Professor and President of the Newberry Library
Henry Binford
Henry Binford has witnessed many changes in the History Department he has served so long and so well.
Carl Petry
Carl Petry, the Hamad Ibn Khalifa Al Thani Professor of Middle East Studies and Professor of History, retired in the summer of 2021 after 47 years on the faculty.
Faculty News
Department faculty report that they have been especially busy this year. Below are updates from many of them.
Grad Student Accomplishments
Here is a list of graduate student accomplishments during the 2021-2022 Academic Year. This impressive record makes the department proud.
Alumni News
Click the link below for updates from your fellow History alums.