History and Art History

While maintaining a reputation for excellence in the traditional academic pursuits of teaching and research, the Department of History and Art History undertakes three additional and distinctive missions.  Led by our Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, we make use of digital media to preserve and present the past in new ways.  We approach the past from an essentially multidisciplinary perspective, maintaining separate but integrated programs in History and Art History.  Finally, we seek to engage the broader public in a discussion about the past. 

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In Brief

History M.A. alum Tyson Reeder wins Gilder-Lehman Institute's George Washington Prize for his book, Serpent in Eden: Foreign Meddling and Partisan Politics in James Madison’s America

Mike O'Malley gave invited lecture at the National Genealogical Society

History M.A. alum publishes article in California History journal about Christian nightclub experiments in the 1970s and 1980s

Jacquelyn Williamson gives keynote address at fund-raising event for US-Egypt non-profit organization

History PhD alum Lindsey Bestebreurtje publishes book, "Built by the People Themselves: African American Community Development in Arlington, Virginia, from the Civil War through Civil Rights"

History PhD student Alexandra Miller writes blog post for The Metropole about the history of childhood in New York City

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Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media

The center preserves and presents history online and advances historical education and understanding.

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