Department Highlights

Faculty Highlights

Kendra Field has been appointed the Gerald R. Gill Associate Professor of History for her outstanding research and teaching in the School of Arts and Sciences. We congratulate her and her amazing contributions to the History Department and University at large!

Student Highlights

Congratulations to our 2025 prize winners!

Albert H. Imlah European History Prize

Lilia Goncharova, Bennett Pease

^{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 Excellence in History Prize

Asher Berlin, Annabelle De Alessi, Sophie Fishman

^{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

Oliver Fox, Dan Anderson

^{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

Trent Bunker

^{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

Samuel Lippmann

^{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.}

Vida H. Allen Prize

Bennett Pease

^{The Vida H. Allen Prize is awarded to a graduating senior for excellence in a senior Honors Thesis in History.}