Department of History

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Learn about what's going on in the History Department — from student spotlights and inspiring faculty research to history workshops and lecture series.

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News from the Department of History

Graduate Student Spotlight: Aaron Stark

In this graduate student spotlight, Aaron Stark highlights his History Advanced Teaching Fellowship and undergraduate seminar entitled "On the Move: Problems and Histories of Tourism and Mobilities." The course examines how tourism and human movement reshape places, identities, and global power relations.
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Graduate Student Spotlight: Ria Modak

In this graduate student spotlight, Ria Modak shares her research on linguistic nationalism and cultural politics in postcolonial India. As a composer and musician, Modak's work explores the connections between history and performance through collaborations and live music.
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The John Carter Brown Library recently announced a year-long exhibition titled “1776 Across the Americas: A Hemispheric History from the Collections of the John Carter Brown Library.” The exhibition, co-curated by Karin Wulf, is now on display in the Bromsen Room at the Library.
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Student Spotlight: Mary Clarke '26

In this spotlight, the department spoke to Mary Clarke about their involvement with the Stolen Relations project (led by Linford Fisher) and subsequent thesis research around the Mashantucket Pequot people of Southeastern Connecticut.
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Student Spotlight: Carlo Kim '27

In this spotlight, the department sits down with Carlo Kim, a junior passionate about American labor history, to discuss what led him to join the labor movement in Providence.
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