Department Highlights

Faculty Highlights

Professor Jim Rice delivered the Delbert McQuaide Distinguished Lecture in History at Juniata College in Huntingdon, PA on September 10, 2024 on the topic of Power Lines: Hydroelectricity, Indigenous Histories, and You. 

Congratulations to Associate Professor Rachel Applebaum for receiving a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for 2024-2025 to support her book project on A Global History of Russia: From Soviet World Language to Putin's "Russian World."

Read Professor David Ekbladh's new piece in The Conversation: No, the world isn't heading toward a new Cold War - it's closer to the grinding world order collapse of the 1930s and listen to his related interviews on KCBS Radio San Francisco and Radio New Zealand.

Student Highlights

Congratulations to our 2024 prize winners!

Albert H. Imlah European History Prize

Gavin Clouser, Genaro Giovingo Mino, Edwin Pariath

^{The Albert H. Imlah European History Prize is awarded to a student or students selected by the Department of History for demonstrating true excellence in the study of European History.}

Albert H. Imlah European History Prize

Silas Conlon, Jenna Kaplan, Reya Kumar

^{The Albert H. Imlah Excellence in History Prize is awarded to a senior or seniors selected by the Department of History for demonstrating true excellence in the study of History.}

Russell E. Miller History Prize

Tony Li, Stewart James

^{The Russell E. Miller History Prize is awarded to an undergraduate or undergraduates of exceptional ability whose participation in advanced History courses has demonstrated an eagerness to explore problems of historical analysis and interpretation.}

Prospect Hill Chapter Daughters of the Revolution Prize Scholarship

Ally Goldsmith, Lena Leavitt, Toby Rudolph

^{The Prospect Hill Chapter Daughters of the Revolution Prize Scholarship is awarded on recommendation of the Department of History to a student demonstrating marked interest and excellence in scholarship in American Colonial History.}

Gerald R. Gill Prize

Eliza Whalen

^{The Gerald R. Gill Prize is awarded annually for the best paper written for a History research seminar. It recognizes outstanding research and exceptional analysis. It honors the memory of Tufts University Professor Gerald R. Gill, who taught American and African American History from 1980 until his death in 2007. He inspired many students to invest deeply in their research seminar scholarship.}