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The Department of History provides a window through which students can study a wide range of human activity across the globe. The study of the past helps students understand how people construct, try to live in, and change their social, political, and symbolic worlds.

Faculty-Student Research

UR Summer Fellowships: Ryan McEvoy and David Brandenberger

UR Summer Fellowships: Ryan McEvoy and David Brandenberger

University of Richmond students discuss summer research opportunities that give them a chance to explore their passions through hands-on projects, all while making a difference in the wider world.

UR Summer Fellowships: Kelsey Ensign and Dr. Eric Yellin

UR Summer Fellowships: Kelsey Ensign and Dr. Eric Yellin

University of Richmond students discuss summer research opportunities that give them a chance to explore their passions through hands-on projects, all while making a difference in the wider world.

2016 Student Symposium, School of Arts and Sciences

2016 Student Symposium, School of Arts and Sciences

The School of Arts & Sciences hosts an annual Student Symposium every April, which showcases hundreds of student research projects from across the disciplines.

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Faculty Highlights

  • Yellin Grant
    Yellin Grant History professor Eric Yellin received a grant from the Dirksen Congressional Center to research the political, cultural, and social meanings of Social Security after World War II.
  • Ayers receives 2018 Avery O. Craven Award
    Ayers receives 2018 Avery O. Craven Award

    Edward Ayers, Tucker Boatwright Professor of the Humanities and president emeritus, was awarded the 2018 Avery O. Craven Award for his book The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America.
  • Bischof Article Award
    Bischof Article Award

    History professor Chris Bischof's article, "Chinese Laborers, Free Blacks, and Social Engineering in the Post-Emancipation British West Indies," published in Past & Present was warded the 2017 Walter D. Love Prize for the best article in British history by the North American Conference on British Studies.
  • Ayers Receives Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize
    Ayers Receives Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize

    Tucker Boatwright Professor of the Humanities and President Emeritus Ed Ayers will receive the 2018 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize for his book, The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America.
  • Meyer Fulbright
    Meyer Fulbright

    Dr. Manuella Meyer received a Fulbright award for travel to Brazil to research her book project “Making Brazilian Children: Child Welfare and the Psychiatry of Childhood, 1922-1954.”
  • Ayers on Podcasts@Boatwright
    Ayers on Podcasts@Boatwright

    University professor Ed Ayers discussed his latest book The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America on Podcasts@Boatwright
  • Yellin Featured in City Paper
    Yellin Featured in City Paper

    Dr. Eric Yellin spoke to the Washington City Paper for a story on the D.C. neighborhood of Fort Reno. 
  • Loo Fellowship
    Loo Fellowship

    Dr. Tze Loo, Associate Professor of History and International Studies, has been awarded a year-long fellowship from the Japan Foundation to work on her book project, “Religion and Rule in Prewar Okinawa.”
  • Bischof Fellowship
    Bischof Fellowship

    Dr. Christopher Bischof has been awarded a 2017 National Academy of Education-Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship. He will research elementary education in the West Indies, which was funded by Great Britain, then by missionaries and private donations, and then fell out of favor, as part of his book project, An Efficient Empire: Race, Capitalism, and Social Engineering in the British West Indies, 1834-1865.
  • Brandenberger Fulbright
    Brandenberger Fulbright

    Dr. David Brandenberger has received a Fulbright grant for his research on Russia’s political landscape during the 1940s and 50s.

Feature Stories

Edward Ayers receives 2018 Avery O.Craven Award
Edward Ayers, Tucker Boatwright Professor of the Humanities and president emeritus at the University of Richmond has been awarded the 2018 Avery O. Craven Award for his book, “The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America.”
World-renowned German historian Richard J. Evans to speak at UR
Richard J. Evans, widely considered one of the world's greatest living historians of modern Germany, is giving two upcoming lectures at the University of Richmond.
University of Richmond is a Top Producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars
Three scholars from the University of Richmond were awarded Fulbright grants for 2017-18, the top number in the Bachelor’s institutions category.
Edward Ayers will be awarded the 2018 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize
Edward Ayers, Tucker Boatwright Professor of the Humanities and president emeritus at the University of Richmond, will be awarded the 2018 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize for his work, “The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America.” 
The Great War, Modernity, and Memory
SSIR class travels to France and Belgium to witness repercussions of First World War
On that morningIn his film, Ryan Frost, ’05, tells the story of five college freshmen as they watch 9/11 unfold.
Two University of Richmond professors receive Fulbright awards
University of Richmond biology professor Jory Brinkerhoff and history professor Manuella Meyer have received Fulbright awards to support their research projects.
University of Richmond hosts internationally renowned scholars, business leaders and artists to interact with students this spring
Each year, the University of Richmond hosts a number of artists, executives and leaders, as well as visiting scholars, to enhance the campus’ environment of both intellectual and personal engagement.
The Spider on the HillIn January, Tom Garrett, '94 and L'03, was sworn in as one of the newest members of the House of Representatives.
Ciana Young, '17
Community service informs Bonner Scholar’s journey of self-discovery and understanding of privilege.
UR history professor explores British West Indies' education system
University of Richmond history professor Christopher Bischof has been named a 2017 National Academy of Education-Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow for his research into elementary education in the West Indies.
Recent University of Richmond graduate awarded Fulbright grant to teach English in Ukraine
Taylor Johnson, a history and Russian studies double major who graduated from the University of Richmond earlier this month, has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant grant.
UR history professor wins grant for research in Japan; writing book focusing on Okinawa's religious landscape prior to WWII
University of Richmond history and international studies professor Tze M. Loo has received a Japan Foundation grant for her research project, “Religion and Rule in Prewar Okinawa.”
UR history professor wins Fulbright grant for Russian research
University of Richmond history and international studies professor David Brandenberger has received a Fulbright grant for his research on Russia’s political landscape during the 1940s and 50s.
Senior awarded Fulbright grant to teach English in Germany
University of Richmond senior Ryan McEvoy of Brooklyn, N.Y., has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant grant.
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