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Congrats to Prof. Marty Blatt who won the Robert Kelley Award from National Council of Public Historians! Prof. Blatt is recognized for decades of service to the field, work with students and public historians, and bringing practitioner experience to an academic setting. -
Time to think about Summer! Check out our summer course offerings for all undergraduate students. Summer Registration now open! -
Check out the working prototype of the work in progress entitled the Birth of Boston Project by Associate Professor Chris Parsons and history doctoral candidate Molly Nebiolo -
Interested in our Graduate Programs? Attend one of our next Open Houses! Click here for more info -
Breaking History: a new World History Podcast created and run by the Northeastern University History Graduate Students. Episodes now streaming! -
Join Professor Jeffrey Burds this summer on his Dialogue of Civilization program to Prague, Warsaw, Krakow, and Gdansk . Application deadline February 1st! -
January 25, 2018 was proclaimed William Fowler, Jr. Day by Boston Mayor Marty Walsh in honor of Professor Emeritus William Fowler, Jr.
Welcome to the Department of History
In summer 2015, the World History Association moved its institutional headquarters to Northeastern University’s History Department, home to one of the oldest and most successful World History Ph.D. programs in the country. The Department is pleased to enter into this partnership with the premier World History organization in the world.
Megan Barney (Public History)
Megan Barney graduated from Northeastern University in 2019 with a Master of Arts degree in Public History and a Certificate in Digital Humanities. Prior to Northeastern, Megan attended Elmira College where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in History and American Studies. Megan was an acti...
Caroline Klibanoff (Public History)
Caroline Klibanoff graduated from Northeastern University in 2018 with a Master of Arts degree in Public History and a Certificate in Digital Humanities. After completing her undergraduate degree at Georgetown University in American Studies and Film/Media, Caroline worked in video and communicati...
History News
Philip Thai, Associate Professor of History, Awarded ACLS-Burkhardt Fellowship
Congratulations to Philip Thai, an Associate Professor of History, who was recently awarded the ACLS-Burkhardt Fellowship for his project entitled “In the Shadows of the Bamboo Curtain: Underground Economies across Greater China during the Cold War.” Congratulations Philip!
Undergraduate History Students Awarded Funding for Research Projects
Undergraduate history students Ayeon Lee and Meghan Jones each received Peak Award funding from Northeastern University to conduct research this term for their capstone course. In addition, both Ayeon Lee and Kerrina Williams also received funding from the Health and Humanities fund for their research projects. Congratulations to our students!
Sara Dean, Recent Public History Graduate, Publishes Essay in the Public Historian
Sara Dean, recent graduate of the Northeastern Public History Program, has a review essay of Northeastern Professor Sari Altschuler’s exhibit, Touch This Page!: Making Sense of the Ways We Read, in the Public Historian, November 2019, Volume 41, Number 4.
Masters in Public History Alum Doneeca Thurston named Director of Lynn Museum / LynnArts
Doneeca Thurston, a Masters in Public History alum, was recently named the new Director of Lynn Museum / LynnArts. Prior to this new position Doneeca had worked at the Peabody Essex Museum. Read the announcement of Doneeca’s hiring here
History Events
03/18/2020
Dissertation Defense: “Misdirected Rage: The Fascist Response to Co-Colonialism and Capitalism in Burma and the Origins of Burmese Islamophobia, 1929-1942” by Matthew Bowser
Name: Matthew Bowser Department: History Dissertation Title: “Misdirected Rage: The Fascist Response to Co-Colonialism and Capitalism in Burma and the Origins of Burmese Islamophobia, 1929-1942” Date and Time: Wednesday March 18th from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Location: 206 Meserve Hall, Northeastern University, Boston MA 02115
03/19/2020
Dissertation Defense: “Strikes and Strikeouts: Building An Anti-Racist, Anti-Fascist Working Class Sports Culture From Below in the United States, 1918-1950” by James Robinson
Name: James Robinson Department: History Dissertation Title: “Strikes and Strikeouts: Building An Anti-Racist, Anti-Fascist Working Class Sports Culture From Below in the United States, 1918-1950” Date and Time: Thursday March 19th from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Location: 206 Meserve Hall, Northeastern University, Boston MA 02115
04/02/2020
Dissertation Defense: “The Fluidity of Late-Colonial Development: Water Management, State Building, and Rural Resistance in Kenya 1938-63” by James Parker
Name: James Parker Department: History Dissertation Title: “The Fluidity of Late-Colonial Development: Water Management, State Building, and Rural Resistance in Kenya 1938-63” Date and Time: Thursday April 2nd from 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM Location: 206 Meserve Hall, Northeastern University, Boston MA 02115
