Happenings at Harvard's History Department History is the study of the past. There is no concentration more diverse than History and none more individualistic.
It encompasses every dimension of human interaction, including social life, the economy, culture, thought, and politics. Students of history study individuals, groups, communities, and nations from every imaginable perspective—employing all the techniques of the humanities and social sciences to raise questions and probe for answers. While history has always been an important component of educatin
09/16/2022
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/09/rethinking-cuban-art/
Rethinking Cuban art The new exhibition hopes to revolutionize how Cuban art is considered through the inclusion of artists of African descent who were usually excluded from shows.
09/12/2022
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/12/us/harvard-slavery-reparations-ancestors.html
As Harvard Makes Amends for Its Ties to Slavery, Descendants Ask, What Is Owed? A woman who lived in the shadows of Harvard discovers, at 80, that her enslaved ancestors had links to the university.
09/12/2022
https://www.harvard.edu/in-focus/remembering-september-11/
Remembering September 11 A look back at the day that changed America.
09/12/2022
https://www.pbs.org/video/did-this-photo-make-lincoln-president-perejr/
The Bigger Picture | Did This Photo Make Lincoln President? | Episode 1 | PBS What can a portrait of Abraham Lincoln tell us about the spectacle of politics today?
03/30/2022
08/10/2021
The Survival of the Jews in France, 1940-44 Between the French defeat in 1940 and liberation in 1944, the N***s killed almost 80,000 of France's Jews, both French and foreign. Since that time, this tragedy has been well-documented.
07/22/2021
For our latest episode of the HMSC Connects! podcast Jennifer Berglund speaks with Phil Deloria, the Leverett Saltonstall Professor in the Harvard History Department, and the chair of the committee on degrees in history and literature.
Deloria has been working with the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology as the chair of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act committee, and has been instrumental in guiding the Peabody on its efforts to repatriate culturally affiliated Native American remains and objects.
He recalls his childhood in South Dakota as the son of the well-known Standing Rock Sioux member and scholar Vine Deloria Jr., his circuitous journey from a career in music to academia, and the ethical issues introduced by NAGPRA.
Deloria says, “These objects have power to them; they retain a kind of aura, a sensibility. They’re objects that have meaning. NAGPRA, for all of its legislative and bureaucratic and legalistic stuff, is a profoundly spiritual kind of endeavor.”
Listen to the full episode: https://bit.ly/HMSCconnectspodcast
Image credit: Jim Harrison.
07/22/2021
The Layered Histories in Black Family Keepsakes Tiya Miles traces a mother and daughter’s story through a cotton sack.
02/01/2021
We are hiring for a tenured position in Vietnamese history in conjunction with the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations. Please see academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/9971 for details:
Tenured Professor of Vietnamese History The Department of History and the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations seek to jointly appoint a tenured professor to fill the Kenneth T. Young Chair of Vietnamese History. Candidates are welcome who focus on any period of Vietnamese history. The appointment is expected to begin on J...
We are hiring for a lecturer in Modern U.S. History. Please see academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/10018 for details:
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