10/17/2019 - Kristin Lee Hoganson, a professor of history who has been at Illinois since 2000, has been named the Stanley S. Stroup Professor of United States History. The position is named after Stanley Stroup,...
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10/01/2019 - Professor Poshek Fu discusses the on-going protests in Hong Kong within the context of the city's complex history which has placed it at the intersection of competing political and economic systems.
09/30/2019 - Recent acts of racism, antisemitism, and prejudice on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus—from the placement of a noose in Allen Hall over Labor Day weekend 2019 to the presence of...
08/20/2019 - As the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II in Europe approaches, Professor Peter Fritzsche discusses the radical and terrifying transformations in German society and politics ushered in...
07/17/2019 - In his new book "Another Kind of War: The Nature and History of Terrorism," History Department Emeritus Professor John Lynn seeks to contribute to "civic education and, in a sense, civil defense."...
07/08/2019 - University of Illinois Emeritus Professor Winston Solberg's extraordinary life and career took him from Omaha Beach to the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge, to the faculty of Harvard, West...
06/11/2019 - On the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, Professor Kevin Mumford of the History Department discusses the legacies of the riots and their place in LGBTQ history and in the history of civil...
04/19/2019 - Good Morning Illini interviewed Professor Tamara Chaplin to discuss the tragedy of the Notre Dame fire and the role of the legendary cathedral in French history and national memory. To view...
04/17/2019 - Paris and the world were shocked to see Notre Dame in flames Monday, though its structure apparently has survived. The centuries-old cathedral is much more than an iconic tourist destination,...
04/10/2019 - Professor Kristin Hoganson's latest book "The Heartland" digs into the local history of where she lives and discovers a place very different from what she - and many Americans - expected to find.
04/03/2019 - University of Illinois history professor Marsha Barrett is the recipient of a 2019 fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies. er ACLS Fellowship will support work on a book about...
04/01/2019 - We are pleased to share the outcome of the search for the Susan Welch Dean of the Pennsylvania State University College of the Liberal Arts. Dr. Clarence Lang, interim dean of the College of the...
03/28/2019 - March 27, 2019 DPI announces first round of seed funding recipients Nine projects bring together faculty from across U of I System CHICAGO – Helping communities utilize...
11/18/2018 - You may know him from Peanuts as the German flying ace who always got the best of Snoopy. Perhaps you’ve seen him portrayed as an almost supernaturally skilled war pilot in movies and games...
11/05/2018 - Illinois history professor Jerry Davila specializes in the study of 20th-century Brazil. He also directs the Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies at the U. of I. Brazil took a dramatic...
