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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”
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 […]
[Read More]Prof. Chang Appointed by Lamont to 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.
[Read More]Harvard Gazette on Prof. Manisha Sinha
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
Our faculty are nationally-recognized scholars with expertise that covers a wide range of time periods, geographic regions, and fields of history.
Recent Faculty Publications
![The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic book cover](https://history.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/36/2024/04/rise-and-fall-second-american-republic.jpg)
The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic
Norton, 2024
[Read More]![America's Black Capital book cover](https://history.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/36/2024/04/americas-black-capital.jpg)
America’s Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy
Basic, 2023
[Read More]![Sergio Luzzatto Dolore e furore book cover.](https://history.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/36/2024/02/sergio-luzzatto-dolore-e-furore.jpg)
Dolore e furore: Una storia delle Brigatte rosse
Giulio Einaudi editore, 2023
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Moshe’s Children: The Orphans of the Holocaust and the Birth of Israel
Indiana University Press, 2023
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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](https://aurora.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
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. 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/](https://aurora.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
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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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](https://aurora.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
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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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](https://aurora.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed-pro/img/placeholder.png)
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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