Department of History Student, Faculty, & Alumni Stories

World History PhD Student Colleen Nugent McLean Joins Snell Library and Digital Humanities

World History PhD Student Claire Lavarreda Receives BIPOC Research Grant

Revolution, Resistance, and Resilience in History: Annual History Graduate Student Association Conference, March 22nd – 23rd, 2024

Public History M.A. Student Laurel Schlegel Recognized with Northeastern University’s Outstanding Master’s Student Award in Leadership

Victoria Dey, World History PhD Student, Awarded Fulbright Fellowship to France, 2024 – 2025

Claire Lavarreda, World History PhD Student, Earns the William T. Buice III Scholarship to Rare Book School

Dr. Jessica Parr and PhD Student Halimat Haruna Conduct Research in Benin

Jeffrey Lamson Awarded SHAFR Dissertation Fellowship

Jeffrey Lamson Awarded CSSH Dean’s Graduate Student Fellowship 2023-2024

Victoria Dey, third year World History PhD student, featured in the Library of Congress.

World History PhD students Janika Dillon and Claire Lavarreda present at the Oral History Association.

World History PhD Candidate Jeffrey Lamson Published in The Washington Post

World History PhD Candidate Alicia Svenson wins an Exploratory Research Grant from the Hagley Library

2nd Year History Doctoral Candidate Vanessa Torres receives a $5K Mellon Foundation/UNH Award for the project, “Funding a Pilot Healing Arts Collection on Undocumented Immigrant and LGBTQ2IA+ Latina/o/x Experiences in the United States,” continuing this fall.

1st Year History Doctoral Candidate Cassandra Tanks Receives a $5K Mellon Foundation/UNH Award for the project, “After the War: Oral Histories, Veterans Narratives, and Community Collaboration,” continuing this fall. 

Advanced History Doctoral Candidate Molly Nebiolo Publishes Article in The Washington Post

History Doctoral Candidate Christopher J. McNulty Coauthors Article Published in The International History Review

History Doctoral Candidate Feruza Aripova publishes “Tracing the Effects of Soviet Gender and Sexual Politics in Central Asia” in Central Asian Affairs.

Molly Nebiolo, 4th year doctoral student, awarded the 2021-2022 Friends of the American Philosophical Society Predoctoral Fellowship in Early American History (to 1840)

History Doctoral Candidate Molly Nebiolo Wins 2020 Outstanding Graduate Student Award in Humanics

Dissertation Defense: “Seeking Sovereignty: Colonial Ambitions and Colonial Control in the French Congo, 1880-1905” by Elizabeth Lehr

Katie and Megan Woods (M.A. in Public History, 2019) Returning to National Parks of Boston as Student Conservation Association Public History Interns

History Doctoral Candidate Luke Scalone Interviewed on Maghrib in Past u0026amp; Present Podcast

Gabrielle Chapman, Plus One student in Public History, to work on project with Historic New England

Undergraduate History Students Awarded Funding for Research Projects

Jamie Parker to be featured as one of 2019 Perspectives Daily Summer Columnists for the American Historical Association

Masters in Public History student Sara Dean to speak at CSSH Graduate Commencement Ceremony on April 29th

Professor of History Kabria Baumgartner Receives National Council on Public History Consulting Award

Dr. Malcolm Purinton On DEEP DIVES Podcast

Dr. Kabria Baumgartner Earns the Award of Excellence from the American Association for State and Local History

In CSSH News and Events Digest: Dr. Kabria Baumgartner

Professor Malcolm Purinton Interviewed by David G. Allan of CNN Travel

Professor of History Dr. Kabria Baumgartner Earns the 2024 Black Excellence on the Hill Award

Dr. Victoria Cain published in TIME Magazine

Dr. Jessica Parr and PhD Student Halimat Haruna Conduct Research in Benin

Dr. Jessica Linker, Professor of History and Co-Director of Huskiana Press, featured in The New York Times

Dr. Peter Fraunholtz: 2022 and 2023 Publications on the Russian Revolution

Dr. Jessica Parr, Professor of the Practice in History and Digital Humanities, Receives the 2022 Digital Humanities Award

Dr. Jessica Linker, Professor of History and Co-Chair of The Huskiana Press, Awarded a Summer Stipend from the NEH

Professor of History Dr. Katherine Luongo Publishes Latest Book

Dr. Philip Thai Joins the 2023 Modern and Contemporary Chinese Culture Talk Series

Professor of History Dr. Ted Miller Featured in USA Today

Professor of History Dr. Philip Thai Awarded the 2023 Philip Scranton Best Article Prize

Dr. Kabria Baumgartner, Dean’s Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies, in Panel Discussion with Boston Symphony Orchestra

Professor of History Dr. Malcolm Purinton Featured in Experience Magazine from Northeastern University

Professor of History and Beer Historian Dr. Malcolm Purinton Featured on Breaking History Podcast

Professor of History Dr. Ted Miller Recognized for “The Metaphor of the Fringe in the Historiography of the American Right” in Reviews in American History by Project Muse

Dr. Jessica Linker, Professor of History and Co-Director of Huskiana Press, wins the 2022 Ticknor Society Book and Book Culture Collecting Prize for her entry, “Emma Hart Willard: A Life in Print.”

News@Northeastern: Dr. Malcolm Purinton Featured in New Article: “Don’t call it a comeback. Hard cider’s rise in popularity is a return to form for one of America’s most historic drinks.”

Teaching Professor Dr. Edward H. Miller Interviewed by NPR: “A Conspiratorial Life”

Professor Simon J. Rabinovitch Publishes Article in Israeli Newspaper HAARETZ

News@Northeastern Interviews Dr. Malcolm Purinton: u0022Once a Beer Snob, His Love of Suds Led to a Unique Academic Career.u0022

Philip Thai, Associate Professor of History, Awarded ACLS-Burkhardt Fellowship

Dean of Libraries Dan Cohen and Associate Professor of History Victoria Cain Quoted in the Boston Globe About Journaling During COVID-19 Outbreak

Distinguished Professor of History, Emeritus William Fowler Awarded 2019 Katherine Lee Bates Historian Award

Associate Professor of History Gretchen Heefner wins the Charles Warren Visiting Fellowship and named recipient of CSSH 2017-2018 Outstanding Teaching Award

Masters in Public History Alum Doneeca Thurston named Director of Lynn Museum / LynnArts

Sara Dean, Recent Public History Graduate, Publishes Essay in the Public Historian

Megan Barney and Caroline Klibanoff, Recent Public History Program Graduates, Take on Leadership Roles in the Digital Humanities Field

Recent Doctoral Graduate Olivier Schouteden Accepts Assistant Professorship at the American University in Cairo

Recent Doctoral Graduates Regina Kazyulina and Bridget Keown Accept New Positions

Masters in Public History Alum Kara Zelasko Accepts Job with the Cultural Department of Meridian International Center