Rebecca Nedostup is an Associate Professor of History and East Asian Studies. In this spotlight, she discusses what Women's History Month means to her and her research.

Michael Vorenberg's new book, "Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War" (Alfred A. Knopf, 2025) challenges the narrative of a Civil War that ended neatly with an iconic surrender in April 1865. The book examines the many endings and non-endings of the war, from failed peace meetings to emancipation celebrations, arguing that the choice of an end date determines how the war is defined and remembered.

In this spotlight, the department spoke with Legal History and Political Science concentrator Alexandra Mork to hear how she utilized travel funding from the history department to complete thesis research.

Ahead of Family Weekend 2024, the Department of History spoke with Anya Goldstein '06—a panelist at the upcoming event "What Can't You Do with a History Concentration!" In this spotlight, Anya details how her undergraduate experience prepared her for a successful career as a civil and criminal litigator.

Jennifer Lambe's new book, "The Subject of Revolution: Between Political and Popular Culture in Cuba" (University of North Carolina Press, 2024) explores how knowledge about the 1959 Cuban Revolution was produced and how the Revolution in turn shaped new worldviews.

Get to know the undergraduate student leaders behind the relaunch of the Brown Journal of History (BJH).