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…
The Department of Classical and Near Eastern Religions and Cultures hosts a series of discussions with scholars from all over the world. Their goal? To reflect on their past…
On Friday, October 27, friends, alumni, faculty, and staff gathered to honor Kelley Lindquist, 2020 recipient of the University of Minnesota's Outstanding Achievement Award.
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.
It's not a mistake that we're seeing strikes by teachers, by nurses – people who were on the front lines of fighting the pandemic and dealing with the pandemic, people who…
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.
Professor Kevin P. Murphy (history) brings a long history and passion for community-engaged work to his new role as faculty director for the Liberal Arts Engagement Hub.