As the 2025 winner of a New York Times essay contest, history concentrator Sofia Barnett '25 will spend two weeks on a global voyage alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist and international reporter, Nick Kristof.

Emily Owens is an Associate Professor of History who teaches about U.S. slavery, the legal history of race and sexual violence, and the intellectual history of American feminisms. In this spotlight, she discusses what Women's History Month means to her and her research.

April 16 is National Librarian Day! With the month of April right around the corner, we're revisiting a Fall 2024 class experience at the John Hay Library.

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.