Why History Matters
The UCLA Department of History believes that history is more than the study of the past. It is also an indispensable tool for understanding the present.
New Clusters
Alongside our existing 14 sub-fields, the History Department is introducing this year three new inter-field clusters, which are intended to attract students and faculty to innovative new themes and current in the historical discipline.
New Books by Faculty
Robin D.G. Kelley has published a new book, Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times (Harvard University Press, 2012).
Nile Green has published a new book, Making Space: Sufis and Settlers in Early Modern India (Oxford, 2012).
Nile Green has published a new book, Sufism: A Global History (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012).