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Distinguished Research Professor Gary Nash Passes Away
July 30, 2021
We are sad to announce that Distinguished Research Professor Gary Nash passed away from cancer...
Peter Loewenberg Presented Lecture at International Psychohistorical Association Convention
May 24, 2021
Professor Peter Loewenberg presented the Keynote Lecture on "The Psychodynamics of Nationalism in...
Congratulations to Dr. Rosie Bermudez, new assistant professor at UC San Diego
May 18, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Rosie Bermudez, who has accepted a position as an assistant professor in the...
James Gelvin Published an Article in The Conversation on the Situation in Israel and Palestine
May 17, 2021
James Gelvin, professor of modern Middle Eastern history, published an article about the current...

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Faculty Honors
Soraya de Chadarevian Awarded the Life Sciences Excellence in Research Award
June 4, 2021
Soraya de Chadarevian has been awarded the Life Sciences Excellence in Research Award for tenured faculty for the book Heredity Under the...
Kevin Terraciano and Jeanette Peterson Receive a Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Prize
June 3, 2021
Kevin Terraciano and Jeanette Peterson receive the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Prize for best book in the Humanities...

Post-Doc Scholars

Dr. Brian Griffith
Dr. Griffith is our inaugural Eugen and Jacqueline Weber Post Doc who started on July 1, 2020 and will be working with Professor Caroline Ford.

Dr. Rosie Bermudez
Dr. Bermudez is beginning her second year as a UC Presidential Post Doc working with Professor Robin D.G. Kelley.  

Alumni Highlights
Sandy Moats's Second Book "Navigating Neutrality"
July 26, 2021
 Sandy Moats (PhD 2001, currently Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Parkside) is publishing her second book,...
Mary Momdjian Included in "Aleppo and its Hinterland in the Ottoman Period"
April 26, 2021
Mary Momdjian wrote an article included in a book titled Aleppo and its Hinterland in the Ottoman Period, edited by Stefan...
Student Highlights
Amanda Martinez's Publication in the LA Times
June 30, 2021
Amanda Martinez (PhD Candidate, Spring 2021) was published in the LA Times: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/...
The Carey McWilliams and Mary Ritter Beard Awards Recipients
June 2, 2021
Carey McWilliams Award is to recognize the best History Honors Thesis.  The Award winner(s) will be announced at the departmental...