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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Undergraduate history major Maximillian Gambony will be presenting at the UIC Undergraduate Research Forum on Thursday, April 18th. Gambony received a scholarship through the LAS Undergraduate Research Initiative for his research project titled…
On March 19th, UIC History PhD student Hanna Deikun organized a film screening and art gallery showing at Parlour and Ramp Studio in Pilsen. The event aimed to raise awareness about and funds…
