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The Department of History produces world-class scholarship, contributes to meaningful public discourse, and educates students across all UConn campuses.

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Kathryn Angelica Successfully Defends “An Uneasy Alliance”

May 30, 2024

Congratulations to Dr. Kathryn Angelica on her successful defense of her dissertation, “An Uneasy Alliance: Cooperation And Conflict In Nineteenth-Century Black And White Women’s Activism.” From the abstract: “This project provides a new generational history of women’s activism by demonstrating how the activism(s) of white and Black women intersected and intervened from the 1830s to […]

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Harvard Gazette on Prof. Manisha Sinha

April 14, 2024

  Prof. Manisha Sinha’s recent talk at the event “The Past, Present, and Future of American Democracy” was discussed in the Harvard Gazette under the headline: “Historian sees a warning for today in post-Civil War U.S.”

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Research and Scholarship

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Prof. Jason O. Chang has been selected as one of the twenty-five people appointed by Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont to serve as members of the newly formed Connecticut Hate Crimes Advisory Council.
https://news.hamlethub.com/ridgefield-connecticut/69666-lamont-announces-formation-of-the-connecticut-hate-crimes-advisory-council

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Prof. Jason O. Chang has been selected as one of the twenty-five people appointed by Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont to serve as members of the newly formed Connecticut Hate Crimes Advisory Council. https://news.hamlethub.com/ridgefield-connecticut/69666-lamont-announces-formation-of-the-connecticut-hate-crimes-advisory-council

Prof. Jason O. Chang has been selected as one of the twenty-five people appointed by Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont to serve as members of the newly formed Connecticut Hate Crimes Advisory Council.
https://news.hamlethub.com/ridgefield-connecticut/69666-lamont-announces-formation-of-the-connecticut-hate-crimes-advisory-council ...

Prof. Manisha Sinha’s recent talk has been featured in the Harvard Gazette.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/historian-sees-a-warning-for-today-in-post-civil-war-u-s/

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Prof. Manisha Sinha’s recent talk has been featured in the Harvard Gazette. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/historian-sees-a-warning-for-today-in-post-civil-war-u-s/

Prof. Manisha Sinha’s recent talk has been featured in the Harvard Gazette.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2024/04/historian-sees-a-warning-for-today-in-post-civil-war-u-s/ ...

Recent UConn History Ph.D. Phil Goduti has written a piece for The Conversation drawing on his dissertation research.

Check it out here: https://theconversation.com/the-unfinished-business-of-john-f-kennedys-vision-for-world-peace-224458

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Recent UConn History Ph.D. Phil Goduti has written a piece for The Conversation drawing on his dissertation research. Check it out here: https://theconversation.com/the-unfinished-business-of-john-f-kennedys-vision-for-world-peace-224458

Recent UConn History Ph.D. Phil Goduti has written a piece for The Conversation drawing on his dissertation research.

Check it out here: https://theconversation.com/the-unfinished-business-of-john-f-kennedys-vision-for-world-peace-224458 ...

Professor Jeffrey Ogbar discussed his new book, "America`s Black Capital" at the Atlanta Center.

The event was then broadcast over C-Span.

Available here:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?533049-1/americas-black-capital

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Professor Jeffrey Ogbar discussed his new book, "America's Black Capital" at the Atlanta Center. The event was then broadcast over C-Span. Available here: https://www.c-span.org/video/?533049-1/americas-black-capital

Professor Jeffrey Ogbar discussed his new book, "America`s Black Capital" at the Atlanta Center.

The event was then broadcast over C-Span.

Available here:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?533049-1/americas-black-capital ...