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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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Deirdre Cooper Owens Named Scholar In Residence at Occidental College
Professor Deirdre Cooper Owens has been named the Stafford Ellison Wright Black Alumni Scholar-in-Residence at Occidental College in Los Angeles California. This award is funded by the Stafford Ellison Wright Endowment, created by the Black Alumni Organization in honor of the college’s first black graduates, Dr. Janet Stafford, George F. Ellison, and Barbara Bowman Wright. […]
[Read More]Jeffrey Ogbar Interviewed by KPFA
On the 1st of February, Professor Jeffrey Ogbar was interviewed by KPFA 94.1, a radio station based in California. The episode, titled “Carry the Light: Atlanta: America’s Black Capital”, delves into “the history of the trials, tribulations, survival and triumphs of Atlanta’s Black citizens” and a discussion of these topics within the book America’s Black […]
[Read More]Manisha Sinha’s Book Named as One of Best Feminist Books of 2024
MS. Magazine has named Manisha Sinha‘s book The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920 as one of the top feminist books of 2024. Karla Strand, a gender and women’s studies librarian, reviews Sinha’s book as: “With this groundbreaking volume, renowned historian Manisha Sinha offers a critical reexamination of the Reconstruction era. […]
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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

Primo Levi e i suoi compagni
Donzelli Editore, 2024
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Ireland and the Renaissance court: Political culture from the cúirteanna to Whitehall, 1450-1640
Manchester University Press, 2024
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The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic
Norton, 2024
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America’s Black Capital: How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy
Basic, 2023
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Professor Deirdre Cooper Owens has been named the Stafford Ellison Wright Black Alumni Scholar-in-Residence at Occidental College in Los Angeles California. Dr. Cooper Owens will be in residence between February 18th and 19th, 2025, visiting talking with students, as well as holding a healing circle on February 19th. On the 18th at 7pm, she will also present, "Slavery, Gynecology and Black Placental Resistance: Why Black Mothers Matter", a free public lecture.
Congratulations to Professor Cooper Owens on this exciting accomplishment!

Professor Deirdre Cooper Owens has been named the Stafford Ellison Wright Black Alumni Scholar-in-Residence at Occidental College in Los Angeles California. Dr. Cooper Owens will be in residence between February 18th and 19th, 2025, visiting talking with students, as well as holding a healing circle on February 19th. On the 18th at 7pm, she will also present, "Slavery, Gynecology and Black Placental Resistance: Why Black Mothers Matter", a free public lecture.
Congratulations to Professor Cooper Owens on this exciting accomplishment!
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Earlier this month, Professor Jeffery Ogbar was interviewed by KPFA as part of their series to celebrate black culture and history.
The episode, "Carry the Light: Atlanta: America`s Black Capital", delves into "the history of the trials, tribulations, survival and triumphs of Atlanta’s Black citizens".
To read more and to find a link to listen in, please check out KPFA.org or our post on the History Department Website!

Earlier this month, Professor Jeffery Ogbar was interviewed by KPFA as part of their series to celebrate black culture and history.
The episode, "Carry the Light: Atlanta: America`s Black Capital", delves into "the history of the trials, tribulations, survival and triumphs of Atlanta’s Black citizens".
To read more and to find a link to listen in, please check out KPFA.org or our post on the History Department Website!
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Today at 3:30 pm!
Heritage of Kings: France–England–China–Japan
Peter Zarrow (Professor, History, UConn) with a response by Jesse Olsavsky (History & Gender Studies, Duke Kunshan University)
Wednesday January 29, 2025, 3:30pm, Humanities Institute Conference Room (HBL 4-209)
The event will also be livestreamed with automated captioning
To attend virtually, you can register on the humanities.uconn.edu website, under the "News and Events" section, where you can then select Professor Zarrow`s talk

Today at 3:30 pm!
Heritage of Kings: France–England–China–Japan
Peter Zarrow (Professor, History, UConn) with a response by Jesse Olsavsky (History & Gender Studies, Duke Kunshan University)
Wednesday January 29, 2025, 3:30pm, Humanities Institute Conference Room (HBL 4-209)
The event will also be livestreamed with automated captioning
To attend virtually, you can register on the humanities.uconn.edu website, under the "News and Events" section, where you can then select Professor Zarrow`s talk
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Professor Manisha Sinha (@profmsinha) has been featured on a recent episode of the Majority Report with Sam Seder! @majorityreport.fm
This episode, released on December 27th, can be listened to wherever you get your podcasts.

Professor Manisha Sinha (@profmsinha) has been featured on a recent episode of the Majority Report with Sam Seder! @majorityreport.fm
This episode, released on December 27th, can be listened to wherever you get your podcasts.
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