Syracuse University History Department

Syracuse University History Department Every aspect of our life has a history.

As scholars and teachers, our faculty members instill in our students the value of historical inquiry and asking historical questions to better understand our world.

Congratulations to all of our History undergraduate student, graduate student, and faculty authors who published article...
09/18/2026

Congratulations to all of our History undergraduate student, graduate student, and faculty authors who published articles, book chapters, reviews, and books across 2025-2026! We started off our History workshop series for this year with a publication showcase today, including a lively discussion celebrating everyone’s publications, and special presentations by PhD candidate Jessica Hogbin, and professors Alan Allport, Brian Brege, and Britt Tevis. Congratulations to all of our authors 📚!!

Save the date for these upcoming September and October events, co-sponsored with History and some of our interdisciplina...
09/14/2026

Save the date for these upcoming September and October events, co-sponsored with History and some of our interdisciplinary programs!

This Friday, 9/18 @ 1pm, Eggers 151: History Department Publishing showcase, featuring presentations by Profs. Alan Allport, Brian Brege, Britt Tevis, and PhD candidate Jessica Hogbin

Thursday, 10/8 @ 3:00pm, Eggers 151: Prof. Nicola Di Cosmo (Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton), Transformations in History Lecture, “A World Transformed: Venice and the Mongols from Marco Polo to the Ottoman Conquest.”

Friday, 10/23 @ 9:30-4:00pm: Honoring Carlo Ginzburg: Future Directions in Microhistory, Transformations in History Symposium. Featuring papers by Profs. Brian Brege, Omar Cheta, Andrew Cohen, George Kallander, Norman Kutcher, Mark Schmeller, Peggy Thompson, Junko Takeda, and guests Profs. Jérémie Foa (Aix-Marseille University) and Brian Sandberg (IMéRa and Northern Illinois University).

Food will be served! We hope to see you there.

Our History CHRONOS Undergraduate journal editors are back at it with new members, as they prepare for the publication o...
09/11/2026

Our History CHRONOS Undergraduate journal editors are back at it with new members, as they prepare for the publication of the 17th volume of our Undergraduate History journal! Interested undergraduate students, check out the CHRONOS webpage at chronos.syr.edu, the meet the team page, and contact the members or faculty advisors! 🍊

Another one of our PhD students passed a major milestone recently! Here’s Sam Merrill, pictured with his advisor Dr. Peg...
09/11/2026

Another one of our PhD students passed a major milestone recently! Here’s Sam Merrill, pictured with his advisor Dr. Peggy Thompson, after he successfully defended his dissertation proposal, “Christian Culture Warriors: Antiabortion Extremism in the Late Twentieth Century.” Congratulations, Sam, for advancing to ABD!!

A big congratulations to recent PhD alumna, Dr. Sarah Stegeman, who has started teaching American women’s history at nea...
09/09/2026

A big congratulations to recent PhD alumna, Dr. Sarah Stegeman, who has started teaching American women’s history at nearby Hobart William and Smith Colleges as Visiting Asssitant Professor!

Save the date: join us for our first departmental event of the school year! The History Department is hosting a publicat...
09/08/2026

Save the date: join us for our first departmental event of the school year! The History Department is hosting a publication showcase on September 18 to celebrate and acknowledge the research of our students and faculty. We will be featuring presentations by recent book authors and one of our PhD students. Lunch and cake will be served!! We hope to see you there! 📚

First day of Tuesday/Thursday courses for Fall 2026! Here’s a few of our History professors in their upper-level and gra...
08/25/2026

First day of Tuesday/Thursday courses for Fall 2026! Here’s a few of our History professors in their upper-level and graduate seminars today. Here’s to a great semester!

Let’s go Fall 2026! Here are some of our History professors in action today in their introductory and upper-level course...
08/24/2026

Let’s go Fall 2026! Here are some of our History professors in action today in their introductory and upper-level courses!

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