We offer innovative courses, cutting-edge research, and critical outreach to better understand the past in order to prepare for future.

Professor JP Daughton's In the Forest of No Joy: The Congo-Ocean Railrod and the Tragedy of French Colonialism (W.W. Norton 2021) is short-listed for the 2022 Cundill History Prize.  

Professor Priya Satia has been writing at length and interviewing with major public outlets in recent weeks, covering the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.

We are excited to announce that Anne Ladyem McDivitt will be joining us as the new Academic Technology Specialist for the Department of History.