News Page UIC History News Heading link Copy link Spring 2024 List of Accomplishments Monday, May 6, 2024 Faculty Accomplishments Ralph Keen won the 2023 Distinguished Teaching Award from the American Catholic Historical Association. Malgorzata Fidelis’s 2022 book, Imagining the World from Behind the Iron Curtain: Youth and the Global Sixties… Congrats award winners Tuesday, April 30, 2024 The Department of History held its annual Gilbert Osofsky Lecture and Ceremony on Wednesday, April 24 before one hundred some-odd guests in the Cardinal Room of Student Center East. Barnard College’s Premilla Nadasen… Premilla Nadasen speaking at annual end-of-year celebration Thursday, April 4, 2024 We’re delighted to invite you to this year’s Gilbert Osofsky Lecture, the Department of History’s annual end-of-year celebration, held on Wednesday, April 24 at 2:00 p.m. This year, in addition to welcoming friends… Grad Student Conference a Success Tuesday, March 19, 2024 The UIC Department of History’s newly revived Graduate Student History Conference took place on Saturday, March 9, featuring conferees from all over the country on a delightfully wide range of topics. Katy Evans,… Adam Goodman wins UIC's Rising Star Award for Humanities, Arts, Design, and Architecture Thursday, March 7, 2024 Please join us in congratulating Adam Goodman, the winner of this year’s UIC Rising Star Award for Humanities, Arts, Design, and Architecture. The Rising Star Award is “bestowed on individuals who show exceptional… Department of History Hosts Illinois State Championship of Academic Decathlon Tuesday, March 5, 2024 On Saturday, March 2, the UIC Department of History hosted more than 100 high school students from eleven Illinois high schools for the state championships of the Academic Decathlon. More than fifty… UIC History Department Hosts Model UN Event for High Schoolers Tuesday, March 5, 2024 On Wednesday, February 28, UIC’s Department of History hosted ninth graders from Farragut Career Academy in Little Village at UIC to discuss climate change and deliberate policy in a Model UN format for… Fall 2023 List of Accomplishments Friday, December 15, 2023 Student Accomplishments Graduate student Jeff Nichols worked as an archival researcher on an episode of WTTW’s “Chicago Stories,” titled “Angels Too Soon: The School Fire of ’58.” The episode focuses on a tragic… Students Inducted into History Honors Society Monday, November 6, 2023 The UIC Department of History honored some of its best students on Wednesday, November 2, 2023, inducting 6 more students into the Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society during an afternoon ceremony. This… PhD Student Liliana Macias Leads Teach-In about Latina Political Organizing in Pilsen Friday, October 20, 2023 On October 7th, PhD student Liliana Macias ran the first meeting of teach-in series called “Pilsen Latina Legacies,” part of the Chicago Monuments Project. The Chicago Monuments Project aims to address the city’s… Ismael Biyashev wins Leo Schelbert Prize for the Best Dissertation in History Dept Monday, October 9, 2023 The Department of History wishes a huge congratulations to Ismael Biyashev on winning the Leo Schelbert Prize for the Best Dissertation from the department. This award recognized the best UIC History dissertation defended… UIC Student History Conference 2024 Thursday, September 28, 2023 The University of Illinois Chicago’s (UIC) Department of History and the History Graduate Society are pleased to announce the return of the Annual Student History Conference for the first time in over a… Marina Mogilner Releases New Book on Jews & Racial Politics in Russian Empire Thursday, September 14, 2023 The UIC History Department congratulates Professor Marina Mogilner, Associate Chair of the History Department, on the publication of her brand new book, Jews, Race, and the Politics of Difference: The Case of Vladimir… Spring 2023 List of Accomplishments Tuesday, May 9, 2023 Student Accomplishments Sekordri Ojo won an American Educational Research Association seed grant to continue her research into the history of American education. PhD student Ismael Biyashev successfully defended his dissertation, “Beyond Myths and… Rama Mantena Releases New Book on Political Movements in South India Tuesday, May 2, 2023 The UIC History Department congratulates Professor Rama Sundari Mantena, Associate Chair of the History Department, on releasing a new book: Provincial Democracy: Political Imaginaries at the End of Empire in Twentieth-Century South India…
