History at Illinois

The History Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

[History at Illinois @HistoryatIL]

“The places that we set aside are not these sort of untouched places, but they’re actually the exact opposite. They are places that Indigenous people have utilized, changed, altered.”

Professor Rosalyn LaPier interviewed in @highcountrynews

https://t.co/Sfnf4GGSd4

[History at Illinois @HistoryatIL]

Professor Jerry Dávila has been selected for the Presidential Fellows Program. Dávila will serve as the director of the Brasillinois initiative and as an advisor to President Killeen and Vice President for Economic Development and Innovation Jay Walsh.
https://t.co/rfO6x5AFhM

[History at Illinois @HistoryatIL]

Congratulations to history major Lillian Webb for being selected as a 2024-25 Humanities in Action scholar!

[Humanities Research Institute at Illinois @HRIatIllinois]

HRI and @WeCU_scholars are proud to announce the 2024–25 Humanities in Action scholars! The new cohort, which includes students from @LASillinois , @AHSIllinois, and @MediaAtIllinois, will work with community partners in C-U this fall.

Story▶️https://t.co/823kTKvjEq

[EU Center Illinois @eucenter]

We're excited to host a summer curriculum workshop (“Understanding Contemporary Europe: Spotlighting the Peripheries") on the @UofIllinois campus July 9-12. See here for details:
https://t.co/DFgpTd2eWf. Those who apply by May 31 are eligible for a $100 travel reimbursement.

[History at Illinois @HistoryatIL]

How the federal government used bribery to end relationships with Native American tribes. An interview with Prof. David Beck about his new book, BRIBED WITH OUR OWN MONEY.
https://t.co/cMetpRKSWW
@UnivNebPress

[History at Illinois @HistoryatIL]

Professor Emeritus, Vernon Burton is featured on @throughlineNPR in their latest episode on the 14th amendment. https://t.co/sdaUQJzOnz

[History at Illinois @HistoryatIL]

Is it 1968 all over again? Professor @MarshaEBarrett weighs in on @NPR:
https://t.co/amzIglmTpF

[History at Illinois @HistoryatIL]

Congrats to graduate student Dale Mize! He'll be working with the @LandConnection as part of the Humanities without Walls Summer Bridge program.

[Humanities Without Walls @HWW_Consortium]

We are proud to announce the five 2024 Summer Bridge program participants! This eight-week, immersive experience enables humanities graduate students at #ILLINOIS to work alongside and support CU community partners.

Congratulations! https://t.co/zKYDx3CV06

[History at Illinois @HistoryatIL]

Congratulations to the History TAs who ranked Excellent/Outstanding in the Fall 2023 ICES surveys! 💙🧡

#uiuc

[History at Illinois @HistoryatIL]

Congratulations to the History Professors who ranked Excellent or Outstanding in the Fall 2023 ICES surveys! 💙🧡

[History at Illinois @HistoryatIL]

Announcing the winners of our 2023-2024 annual awards celebrating faculty, lecturers, undergraduates, and graduate students! Read the recipients here: https://t.co/VbQfA9IMks

[History at Illinois @HistoryatIL]

Discover the latest in historical research and achievements with our newsletter! https://t.co/4fNCO91p6K

[History at Illinois @HistoryatIL]

Why is the reparations movement gaining momentum in the U.S.? @jodiheckel at @NewsAtIllinois interviews Professor Sundiata-Cha-Jua. Check out his new co-edited collection REPARATIONS AND REPARATORY JUSTICE with @IllinoisPress.
https://t.co/5s28ocVNNd

[Humanities Without Walls @HWW_Consortium]

Antoinette Burton, Jenny L. Davis, & Peggy L. Brennan co-wrote a chapter in the "Routledge Companion to Publicly Engaged Humanities Scholarship."

The essay offers a history of how HWW has taken up the promises and challenges of the public humanities.
🔗 https://t.co/L3iKEVzQIA

[History at Illinois @HistoryatIL]

It's time for the Spring History Showcase! Join us on April 17 at 4:00 PM to hear seven students present their honors theses.
#uiuc #universityofillinois #uiuchistory

[History at Illinois @HistoryatIL]

Next Friday, join us for an enlightening talk on the effects of AI and digital inequality within higher education and social transformation.

Join using the Zoom link: https://t.co/tE6vzbnvKf

#uiuc #universityofillinois #historytalk

[History at Illinois @HistoryatIL]

Our first Senior Spotlight of 2024 is Mikaela Jopes! Read through the slides to discover her experiences as a History student at UIUC.

#uiuc #universityofillinois

[Humanities Research Institute at Illinois @HRIatIllinois]

April is National Poetry Month!

We are thrilled to welcome @JoyHarjo (23rd United States Poet Laureate; member of the Muscogee [Creek] Nation) to #ILLINOIS for a series of free public events on April 23 and 24!

Full event details 🔗https://t.co/vTlamezP19

[History at Illinois @HistoryatIL]

It's time for the Spring History Showcase! Join us on April 17 at 4:00 PM to hear seven students present their honors theses.
#uiuc #universityofillinois #uiuchistory

[History at Illinois @HistoryatIL]

As we near the end of Women's History Month, take a look at an 1800s feminist group at the University of Illinois.

Source: "First-Wave Feminism in the Student Life and Culture Archives"
Posted on April 13, 2020 by Katherine Nichols, Written by Patty Templeton