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.

In this spotlight, the department speaks with Fiona Mathews about their senior thesis.

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.

The Department of History is excited to welcome its 2025–26 first-year graduate students to Brown! From kinship and memory to finance and capitalism, this year’s cohort brings a vibrant array of research interests to College Hill.

Seth Rockman's latest book, Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery (University of Chicago Press, 2024) has been named winner of the 2025 Philip Taft Labor History Prize.

Seth Rockman's latest book, Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery (University of Chicago Press, 2024) has been named a Pulitzer Prize finalist in History.

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.