Tufts History Department

10/15/2026

Join us on Monday at 5pm for a fascinating lecture by Professor Linford Fisher (Brown University), on "Stealing America: The Hidden History of Indigenous Slavery in US History." Co-sponsored by Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, the Center for the Humanities at Tufts, and the Department of History.

09/30/2026

Two of the three contestants on tonight's episode of Jeopardy, including History major Justin Robbins ('17), are Tufts graduates!

08/18/2026

Tufts History and Museum Studies MA graduate Kelli Aquino ('26) has accepted a full-time position at the USS Constitution Museum as the Curatorial and Exhibit Coordinator. Congratulations, Kelli!
https://ussconstitutionmuseum.org/

08/17/2026

We are hiring! The search is on for a tenure track historian of Latin America.
https://apply.interfolio.com/191613

08/11/2026

2026 Tufts History graduate Samantha Feinberg will soon begin teaching primary school English in Budapest, Hungary! Samantha writes, "I’ll be teaching at Gárdonyi Géza Általános Iskola through a partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of Hungary. I’m incredibly excited for this opportunity and can’t wait to get started on this new adventure!"

05/19/2026

Congratulations to all of our amazing 2026 History graduates! We are so proud of what they have accomplished here at Tufts, and we are so glad they will be out in the world. Graduates, please send us your History Commencement photos! We all smiled for lots of pictures but neglected to take many ourselves.

05/19/2026

Congratulations to 2024 Tufts History graduate Maeve Hagerty! Maeve, who recently completed her master's degree at Oxford University, has been awarded the prestigious Justin Arbuthnott PhD Scholarship in Modern Irish History at the University of Edinburgh!

05/16/2026

Huge congratulations to our two PhD graduates, Tathagata Dutta and Satgin Hamsa, both students of Prof Ayesha Jalal. Profs Rankin and Rice had the honor of hooding them at today’s hooding ceremony. What an accomplishment! 🎉👏

03/09/2026

A nice early career opportunity at the Boston Public Library's Levanthal Map and Education Center! Deadline to apply is March 20.

We use maps, geography, and history to explore the connections between places and people in Boston, New England, and beyond. Our collection of a quarter million goegraphic objects, our educational programs, and free exhibitions bring the power of historical geography to everyone.

02/03/2026

Congratulations to recent History PhD Tathagata Dutta, who has had an article, title "Making the Margins Viable: The Colonial Economy of Waste Lands in Bengal, Assam, and Burma, 1820s–1920s," published in the prestigious Journal of Asian Studies. Dutta is currently a Lecturer in History at the Auburn University at Montgomery. See comments for a link to the abstract.