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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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Recent News

Alexis Dudden Article about Firebombing of Tokyo Published in Economist

March 11, 2025

Earlier this month, Alexis Dudden‘s article, “Alexis Dudden on the Firebombing of Tokyo and on Post-war Struggles to Keep it Remembered,” was published in The Economist. The article tackles the topic of the air raids in Japan of World War II, and the efforts to remember the civilians who were injured, perished, and made homeless […]

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In Memoriam: Shirley Ardis Abbott

March 4, 2025

The History Department mourns the loss of Shirley Ardis Abbott, who passed away last month. The longtime director of the Vernon Historical Museum, she earned her PhD in the Department in 1997.  Her dissertation “Building the Loom City: Rockville, Connecticut, 1821-1908” was later published as a book.  Her obituary offers a sense of the rich life […]

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“My Story, Our Future” Exhibit Celebrates South Asian Youth Voices

February 26, 2025

Earlier this month, the “My Story, Our Future” exhibit opened at the Greenwich Historical Society. The exhibit, which will run from February 3rd to March 2nd, was a joint effort on the part of the Greenwich Historical Society, the India Cultural Centers, and the UConn Asian and Asian American Studies Institute. This is the program’s […]

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Research and Scholarship

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Tomorrow!

The History Department will be hosting our 152nd Foreign Policy Seminar. Ohio State University Professor Christopher McKnight Nichols will be presenting his talk "The Untold Story of American Isolationism".

Reception at 4:30 pm, and Talk and Q&A at 5 pm in the Wood Hall Basement Lounge

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Tomorrow! The History Department will be hosting our 152nd Foreign Policy Seminar. Ohio State University Professor Christopher McKnight Nichols will be presenting his talk "The Untold Story of American Isolationism". Reception at 4:30 pm, and Talk and Q&A at 5 pm in the Wood Hall Basement Lounge

Tomorrow!

The History Department will be hosting our 152nd Foreign Policy Seminar. Ohio State University Professor Christopher McKnight Nichols will be presenting his talk "The Untold Story of American Isolationism".

Reception at 4:30 pm, and Talk and Q&A at 5 pm in the Wood Hall Basement Lounge ...

This Wednesday!

March 26th, at 3:30 pm

"Free Abortion on Demand" After Roe: A Reproductive Justice History of Abortion Organizing in the United States

A talk by Sara Matthiesen (WGSS, George Washington University), with a response by Peter Zarrow (History, University of Connecticut)

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This Wednesday! March 26th, at 3:30 pm "Free Abortion on Demand" After Roe: A Reproductive Justice History of Abortion Organizing in the United States A talk by Sara Matthiesen (WGSS, George Washington University), with a response by Peter Zarrow (History, University of Connecticut)

This Wednesday!

March 26th, at 3:30 pm

"Free Abortion on Demand" After Roe: A Reproductive Justice History of Abortion Organizing in the United States

A talk by Sara Matthiesen (WGSS, George Washington University), with a response by Peter Zarrow (History, University of Connecticut) ...

This Wednesday!

The UConn History Department will be hosting our second Wednesday Workshop of the semester.

Wellington Castellucci Jr. will be presenting, “Whalemen Go Down from the North: The History of the North American Whale Hunt in the South Atlantic, Especially Along the Brazilian Coast- 1760 to 1850”

The Workshop will be held in the Wood Hall Basement starting at 12:15 pm

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This Wednesday! The UConn History Department will be hosting our second Wednesday Workshop of the semester. Wellington Castellucci Jr. will be presenting, “Whalemen Go Down from the North: The History of the North American Whale Hunt in the South Atlantic, Especially Along the Brazilian Coast- 1760 to 1850” The Workshop will be held in the Wood Hall Basement starting at 12:15 pm

This Wednesday!

The UConn History Department will be hosting our second Wednesday Workshop of the semester.

Wellington Castellucci Jr. will be presenting, “Whalemen Go Down from the North: The History of the North American Whale Hunt in the South Atlantic, Especially Along the Brazilian Coast- 1760 to 1850”

The Workshop will be held in the Wood Hall Basement starting at 12:15 pm ...

This Saturday! March 15th

Professor Manisha Sinha will be in conversation with Katherine Hermes at the Pequot Library in Southport, CT.

This event will start at 2 pm and is free and open to the public. The registration link will be on our story!

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This Saturday! March 15th Professor Manisha Sinha will be in conversation with Katherine Hermes at the Pequot Library in Southport, CT. This event will start at 2 pm and is free and open to the public. The registration link will be on our story!

This Saturday! March 15th

Professor Manisha Sinha will be in conversation with Katherine Hermes at the Pequot Library in Southport, CT.

This event will start at 2 pm and is free and open to the public. The registration link will be on our story! ...