News and Events

New book details six decades of black politics, education reform

Our Esteemed Faculty member and colleague, Elizabeth Todd-Breland will discuss her findings and the related ongoing implications during an Oct. 26 event hosted by UIC’s Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy; Social Justice Institute,…

We Made the News!

Congratulations to the UIC Department of History for being selected to be part of two American Historical Association-led initiatives funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. You can read the full article here.

Prof. Jonathan Daly on Putin's Russia

Author of Crime and Punishment in Russia: A Comparative History from Peter the Great to Vladimir Putin (Bloomsbury, 2018)

Faculty In The News

Prof. Jenny Brier Interviewed by Chicago Public Radio

History Matters 2017

Read about the department's various activities in Fall 2017