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.
Department Highlights
Recent News
Manisha Sinha Speaks at Congressional Dialogue Series
On September 25, Prof. Manisha Sinha visited Washington D.C., where she discussed her new book, The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920, as part of the Congressional Dialogue series. Speaking before an audience of more than two hundred Members of Congress, Prof. Sinha discussed the relevance of Reconstruction to contemporary politics, […]
[Read More]Ireland and the Renaissance court: Political culture from the cúirteanna to Whitehall, 1450-1640
Manchester University Press, 2024
[Read More]Abdullah Alhatem Successfully Defends Dissertation
Congratulations to Dr. Abdullah Alhatem, who on September 13th successfully defended his dissertation, “The Domestic Slave Trade and the “Christian Master” in New England”!
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Oct17The Fall 2024 Draper Workshop: The Rise and Fall of the Second American RepublicPharmacy/Biology Building4:00 PM
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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
Ireland and the Renaissance court: Political culture from the cúirteanna to Whitehall, 1450-1640
Manchester University Press, 2024
[Read More]The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic
Norton, 2024
[Read More]America’s Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy
Basic, 2023
[Read More]Dolore e furore: Una storia delle Brigatte rosse
Giulio Einaudi editore, 2023
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