History at Mizzou

Just a quick snap from our Spring Graduate Reception. Congratulations to all our wonderful MA and PhD students on their accomplishments this year! 👏👏👏

Please join us in congratulating Rebecca Brown on the successful defense of her senior Honors thesis, entitled "Q***r Voices from the Holocaust: Stigma, Silence, and Representation in German Memory Culture." Well done, Rebecca! 👏👏👏

Congratulations to all our undergraduate scholarship winners and senior thesis students! We're all so very proud of you!👏👏👏

One more round of applause for all four of our graduate student award winners! We really cleaned up this year! 👏👏👏

Please join us in congratulating PhD student Alexander Insley on winning the Robert N. Epsten Scholarship in International Studies from the MU Grad School! This prize comes courtesy of the Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award Foundation.👏👏👏

Please join us in congratulating PhD candidate Michael Limmer on winning the Gutermuth Award for Community Engagement from the MU Grad School!👏👏👏

Please join us in congratulating Joseph Hutchinson on winning the MU Distinguished Master's Thesis Award (Social Sciences, Business & Education)! 👏👏👏

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Brendon Floyd on winning the MU Distinguished Dissertation Award (Social Sciences)! 👏👏👏

Coming up!

We're proud to announce that History MA Kaylee Cook's thesis has won the 2026 James L. Foster and Billy W. Beason Award from the Arkansas Historical Association. Please join us in congratulating her!