UCI History Department

Open Recruitment: 2024-2025 Lecturers - History of Asia

The Department of History at the University of California, Irvine announces part time, non-tenure-track Unit-18 Faculty ("lecturer") positions for the 2024-2025 academic year. We are seeking candidates with strong teaching credentials who can contribute to our undergraduate program in the following areas:

Winter 2025: Upper-division Lecture Course on the History of Asia
Spring 2025: History 70A: Problems in History: Asia (Topics Vary)

To learn more and apply, visit:

2024-2025 Lecturers - History of Asia University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

The History Project at UCI is hiring a new Site Director! The Site Director will develop and implement history-social science professional learning for K-12 teachers in schools and districts served by the California History-Social Science Project (CHSSP) in the Southern California region.

To learn more and apply, visit

History Project Site Director University of California, Irvine is hiring. Apply now!

"Aftershocks" A Book Talk by Nadia Owusu
Thursday, May 26, 2022, 6:30 - 8:00 PM PST

The Center of Armenian Studies invites you to an evening of book reading and signing as well as conversation featuring author Nadia Owusu and facilitated by Dr. Talar Chahinian and Dr. Gilda Nicheng Forbang-Looh.

See more information at https://www.humanities.uci.edu/events/aftershocks-book-talk-nadia-owusu.

"Aftershocks" A Book Talk by Nadia Owusu Dear Friends of UCI Center for Armenian Studies,

Season Two of the Krieger Hall Chronicles podcast is live! As part of the History Department's Career Development for Historians Program, KHC is a podcast dedicated to highlighting the diverse professional work of the scholars and historians affiliated with UCI. Listen to Episode 2.1 at the link below, which features KHC co-hosts and history PhD students Spencer Gomez and Stephanie Narrow chatting about the grad school internships!

https://sites.uci.edu/kriegerhallchronicles/episode-2-1-spencer-gomez/

Associate Professor Vinayak Chaturvedi publishes new article "The Hindu Right and Attacks on Academic Freedom in the US" in The Nation.

The Hindu Right and Attacks on Academic Freedom in the US Every scholar who conducts research on India is aware that their publications are probably being monitored—and that taking a critical position can lead to threats, beatings, and even murder.

Want to learn more about our graduate program? Join us for UC Irvine Graduate Division's virtual open house "Find Your Future" on November 3rd & 4th. The History Department will be hosting a Q&A session on Wednesday, Nov. 3rd at 3:00pm.

To sign up (for both the general sessions & the History Q&A), sign up here: https://apply.grad.uci.edu/register/?id=b4d8d762-cb56-46c9-be96-d8b4a94a118a

Professor Emeritus Spencer Olin reflects on UCI's history

Making and capturing history Making and capturing history

Assistant Professor of History Chelsea Schield's new edited collection explores interlinked history of colonialism and sexuality. The School of Humanities sat down with Professor Schields to talk about "The Routledge Companion to Sexuality and Colonialism" here:

Colonial afterlives Colonial afterlives

Have you checked out History's 2021 UCI Summer Session courses yet? Summer Session is a great way to complete GE and degree requirements and with Summer Session’s Pay For Only 8 program, you can take as many units as you want, while only paying for 8 units worth of courses. You can see our full course offerings (everything from the History of Soccer to the History of Sexuality) at https://summer.uci.edu/courses/.

If you're looking to satisfy a HIST 70 or GE IV or VIII requirement, we recommend checking out "HIST 70D: Latin American Rebellions" (Course Code 26660) in Summer Session 2. Check out this trailer for the course to learn more: https://youtu.be/_j9mx_LK-RY

History 70D: Latin American Rebellions and Resistance Register for UCI Summer Session 2 Aug. 2- Sept. 8TuTh, 1-3:50pmCourse Number: 26660

Congratulations to Professor Imada on being named a 2021 Carnegie Fellow! Click the story below for more information on her project.

UCI’s Adria Imada is named a 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellow History professor is among 26 recipients of prestigious award across U.S.

This Earth Day, check out this story on Ph.D. candidate Juan Rubio and his work with Ridge2Reef!

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