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Associate Professor and CT State Historian Andrew Horowitz Collaborates with CT DOT on Signs Marking America 250
The project features images and stories from the American Revolution on four by three foot signs in 38 locations at rest areas, service plazas, bus stations, and train stations around the state of Connecticut. These signs detail local history that became American history. Read the full UConn Today article about this project here
[Read More]UConn History Professor Jeffrey Obgar Named as One of Three New Board of Trustees Distinguished Professors
Dr. Jeffrey Ogbar is a Professor of History with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Popular Music. He joined the UConn History Department in 1997. Dr. Ogbar is a scholar of African American history and Black social movements, and his teaching and graduate advising […]
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Marc Reyes Successfully Defends Dissertation; Accepts Stanford Fellowship
On June 4th, Marc Reyes successfully defended his dissertation, “In the Circle of Great Powers: India and the Postcolonial Atomic State, 1947-1974.” Next, he will begin a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University’s Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC). During his appointment, Marc will present his research at CISAC weekly seminars, revise his dissertation chapters […]
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Nov16
Liberation Summer: The Moment That Changed the Women’s Movement and the Future of American Politics
Micki McElya, Author Simon & Schuster, 2026 Professor McElya’s 2026 book Liberation Summer is about a key moment in the women’s liberation movement surrounding the 1968 Miss America pageant in Atlantic City and the reactions and protests it was surrounded by.
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The First Right: Self-Determination and the Transformation of International Order, 1941-2000
Bradley Simpson, Author Oxford University Press, 2025 In The First Right, Brad Simpson narrates the global history of the idea of self-determination in international politics from the 1940s through the end of the twentieth century. He argues that there was no one version of self-determination, but a century-long contest between contending visions of sovereignty and rights. He shows that […]
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The First Fascist
Sergio Luzzatto Harvard University Press, 2026 (US); Penguin Books, 2026 (UK) A vivid biography of the nineteenth-century French-Italian aristocrat Marquis de Morès, the first political leader to master the blend of racialized hatred, cross-class solidarity, and paramilitary violence that Benito Mussolini would call “fascism.”
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An Eoraip: Gaelic Ireland in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
The chapters in this volume examine the many and various ways that Gaelic Ireland was integrated into the broader, European world, focusing on literature and learning; real-world politics, economics, and travel; and questions of identity.
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