Prof. Michael Lower discusses how a love of soccer led him to research the legendary Jewish sports club Hakoah and how they triumphed and survived in the face of overwhelming…
Jones’ community-engagement in the area of US labor and African American history centers on the voices of workers and union activists to promote multiracial organizing that…
As a new assistant professor in the Department of History, Yalile Suriel encourages students “to explore big questions related to concepts of the university, the carceral…
Ruggles is renowned for building the world’s largest publicly available database of population statistics, an invaluable tool for comparative research across time and space.
In her newest book, Professor Kirsten Fischer writes about exile, return, and family in 20th-century Germany, and about the power of the past to shape the present.
On Tues., Apr. 5 MPR host Angela Davis will talk with labor historian William Jones and a labor economist Aaron Sojourner about the history and work of unions.
As an expert witness on federal immigration court cases, Patrick McNamara provides insight into violence directly and indirectly related to drug cartels.
The creation of the divide between the fine arts and sciences is a recent one. Throughout history, art, in many ways, has informed science and vice versa. Professor of History…
Senior Academic Advisor in the History Department David M. Perry writes a powerful piece for The Nation Magazine on his son, who was diagnosed with Down syndrome at birth, and…
Katharine Gerbner, McKnight Land-Grant Professor in the History Department and historian of religion, is interviewed in a new PBS series airing on February 18 and 23. This…
History Department and Department of American Indian Studies alumna Vanessa GoodThunder is featured by MPR News in honor of Native American Heritage Month.
The coronavirus pandemic will live not only in our memories but also in our history books. How does COVID-19 compare to other infectious diseases? What other implications does…
