Examining the past. Documenting the present. Informing the future.

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

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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

Professor Sinha has written the foreword for the new edition of Sylvia Frey's classic on black resistance in the south during the American Revolution, which was released today! https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691237787/water-from-the-rock?srsltid=AfmBOooGBSDg0GTqVaMqJ5d8o5jfBuk5jpLBcuiBktSVHRCCvwKzk5fn

Professor Sinha has written the foreword for the new edition of Sylvia Frey`s classic on black resistance in the south during the American Revolution, which was released today! https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691237787/water-from-the-rock?srsltid=AfmBOooGBSDg0GTqVaMqJ5d8o5jfBuk5jpLBcuiBktSVHRCCvwKzk5fn ...

Congratulations to the UConn History faculty, grads, and affiliates attending the annual SHAFR Conference in Arlington, VA!

Frank Costigiola
Bradley Simpson
Grace Easterly
Gabrielle Westcott

Congratulations to the UConn History faculty, grads, and affiliates attending the annual SHAFR Conference in Arlington, VA!

Frank Costigiola
Bradley Simpson
Grace Easterly
Gabrielle Westcott
...

Join Professor Manisha Sinha for an online author panel tonight!

https://www.americanancestors.org/events/march-freedom-all-americans-1860-1920-panel-discussion-featuring-authors-bennett-parten-and

Join Professor Manisha Sinha for an online author panel tonight!

https://www.americanancestors.org/events/march-freedom-all-americans-1860-1920-panel-discussion-featuring-authors-bennett-parten-and
...

Congratulations to Mamiri Imai for being selected and completing the @americanantiquarian seminar in sex gender and print!

Congratulations to Mamiri Imai for being selected and completing the @americanantiquarian seminar in sex gender and print! ...