History professor J.B. Shank believes there is not just one correct way to understand the world. Shank emphasizes this in his historical research, studying artistic ways of approaching science, and vice versa. “Historically, the arts and sciences were not opposites, they were very much entangled,” he says.

Erika Lee, a professor of history and director of the Immigration History Research Center, is interviewed by PBS about recent comments made by President Trump. "...remarks by the president and the division that it has caused points to a much larger, deeper problem in the United States," she says.

We have much to celebrate as the 2018-19 academic year draws to a close, from new hires and History Day to many exciting awards, projects, and workshops.

The past week has reinforced the central and continued importance of history, in general, and the history of this University, in particular.

These four undergraduate students love studying history. And each has paired history with another discipline. Each of them also has their own take on the History at CLA experience.

National History Day at the U, continued

With a new year comes new classes and this semester, Professor Zozan Pehlivan is teaching “Global Environmental History,” the first environmental history course taught at the University of Minnesota.

The Yelling for History club was founded by a group of students at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities who took HIST 3053 Ancient Civilizations: Rome with Loren Cowdery in spring 2018. The group mixes roleplaying, history, public speaking, debates, reenactment, politicking, and much more into games that are inherently designed for learning by doing.

“We tend to forget how central employment is to our lives. It doesn’t just shape who we are at work; it shapes who we are outside of work,” says Professor William Jones about his research on public sector employment. The relationship between employment and inequality is one that has persisted through history.