The UIC Department of History hosted its annual Gilbert Osofsky Lecture on Tuesday April 27, 2022. In addition to relishing in the company of great friends and colleagues, this event is an opportunity…
Graduate student Caterina Scalvedi was selected as on of the UIC Institute for the Humanities 2022-2023 Resident Graduate Scholars. Caterina’s work is titled, “Education in Fascist Italy’s Colonial Empire: Ideologies, Policy, Experiences (1922-43).”…
The UIC Department of History honored some of its best students on Thursday, April 15, inducting 28 of them into the Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society during an afternoon ceremony. Department Chair…
Professor Leo Schelbert, a historian of American immigration and especially of Swiss migration to the United States, died March 30, 2022, having just turned 93. Schelbert got his PhD in 1966 from Columbia…
The Department of History adopted a new mission statement on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. Mission Statement: The Department of History at the University of Illinois Chicago seeks to explore and understand the past…
The Department of History is saddened to report the sudden death of Nicole Jordan, a member of this Department since 1984. A specialist in twentieth-century Central European and French history, Prof. Jordan received…
Student Accomplishments Karl Kuehner was selected for to join the Mellon-funded Newberry Library seminar on “The Archive: Theory, Form, Practice.” Ismael Biyashev named one of the Resident Graduate Scholars at the Institute for…
Victor Leal-Painter, class of ’25, fell in love with history early. As a young child, he would watch documentaries on TV and absorb all the information he could. He especially loved ancient Egypt…
The Department of History is sad to announce the death of Richard S. Levy, who taught in this Department for 49 years before his retirement two years ago. An outstanding teacher and a…
Student and Alumni Accomplishments: Jordan Zimberoff (alumnus) was named Kane County High School Teacher of the Year Emily LaBarbera Twarog (alumnus) received a John T. Dunlop Outstanding Scholar Award Sophia Escobar (undergraduate) received…
