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Congratulations to Assistant Professor of History Chris Parsons on being named a recipient of the College of Social Sciences and Humanities 2018-2019 Outstanding Teaching Award in addition to being awarded the RDI Research Award! -
Summer and Fall 2019 courses are now up! Check out our offerings for undergraduate summer course offerings and Fall course offerings as well as our Fall graduate course offerings! Registration is now open for Summer sessions and Fall registration opens on April 8th!. -
Breaking History: a new World History Podcast created and run by the Northeastern University History Graduate Students. Episodes now streaming! -
The Boston Maps Project investigates urban and social change in the city of Boston using historical maps. -
Interested in our Graduate Programs? Attend one of our next Open Houses! Click here for more info -
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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.
History News
Masters in Public History student Sara Dean to speak at CSSH Graduate Commencement Ceremony on April 29th
Please join the Department of History in congratulating our own Sara Dean (M.A. in Public History, 2019) on being chosen to represent this year’s graduating class of M.A . students at the CSSH commencement ceremony on April 29!
Masters in Public History Alum Kara Zelasko Accepts Job with the Cultural Department of Meridian International Center
Masters of Public History alum Kara Zelasko will be moving to DC to start working in the Cultural Department of Meridian International Center as a Program Associate. Most of her time will be dedicated to creating traveling exhibitions focusing on US international relations history and will also help facilitate some public programs Meridian offers. Kara graduated from…
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Professor Marty Blatt publishes blog on King Philip’s War for MASS Humanities
Professor of the Practice and Director of the Public History Program Marty Blatt has recently published a blog post for MASS Humanities entitled “King Philip’s War and the Cultural Landscape of Boston”
Assistant Professor Philip Thai interviewed for New Books Network podcast
Philip Thai, Assistant Professor of History, was recently interviewed for the New Books Network podcast about his new book “China’s War on Smuggling: Law, Economics, Life, and the Making of the Modern State, 1842 – 1965.” now available through Columbia Press. You can listen to the podcast here
History Events
03/23/2019—03/24/2019
11th Annual History Graduate Student Conference: “(Re)Writing Global Histories: Movement, Memory, and Materiality”
Northeastern University’s 11th Annual History Graduate Conference “(Re)Writing Global Histories: Movement, Memory, and Materiality” will address a wide variety of themes within world history and public history, looking specifically at how histories of various ideas, materials, and people have been (re)written throughout human history. The conference will be held on March 23 and 24, 2018…
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04/03/2019
Dissertation Defense: “”‘She is lost to time and place’: Women, War Trauma, and the First World War” by Bridget Keown
Name: Bridget Keown Department: History Dissertation Title: “‘She is lost to time and place’: Women, War Trauma, and the First World War” Date and Time: Wednesday, April 3rd from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM Location: 206 Meserve Hall, Northeastern University, Boston MA 02115
05/02/2019
2019 Annual Department of History Graduation and Awards Ceremony and Phi Alpha Theta Induction
You are cordially invited to attend the The Annual Department of History Graduation and Awards Ceremony and Phi Alpha Theta Induction Family and friends are encouraged to join us on this special occasion as we celebrate the hard work and success of the undergraduate and graduate classes of 2019 …
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