May 8, 2023
Students Receive 2023 Religious Studies Department Awards
The Department of Religious Studies is pleased to announce the winners of the Lynn C. Dickerson Award and the Philip R. Hart Prize for 2023.
Fall 2023 Courses & Registration Guide
Announcements:
You can now find The History Department on Instagram. Follow @urhistory__ (two underscores) to learn more about events, classes, and additional announcements!
Charles and Elizabeth Ryland Lecture
“Disorderly Conduct: Policing and Sexuality in Modern America”
October 19th at 5:30 p.m. in the Carole Weinstein International Commons
Timothy Stewart-Winter, associate professor of history at Rutgers University-Newark
International Conference of the Haskins Society Fall 2023 Conference
The University of Richmond was proud to be the home of the International Conference of the Haskins Society for 2022-24, a sojourn made possible by the generous support of multiple bodies across the university, along with assistance from Longwood University in Farmville, VA. The conference will be held at the Jepson Alumni Center from November 3-5, 2022.
Faculty Highlights
Kahn Awarded
Michelle Kahn, assistant professor of history, was awarded the American Historical Association's 2022 Chester Penn Higby Prize for the best article published in the Journal of Modern History in the preceding two years. Read more.
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Yanikdag Awarded Fulbright
Yücel Yanikdag, professor of history and global studies, has been awarded a Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship for his next book project on gendered war experiences of Ottoman soldiers. This is his third Fulbright-Hays Fellowship. Read more.
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Brandenberger Published
David Brandenberger, professor of history, recently published two articles: "Global in Form, Soviet in Content: The Changing Semantics of Internationalism in Official Soviet Discourse, 1917-1991," in The Russian Review and "Stalin and the Silences of the Official History of his Role in the Prerevolutionary Bolshevik Underground," Revolutionary Russia.
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Loo Awarded
Tze Loo, associate professor of history, was named a 2022 recipient of the University’s Distinguished Educator Award at the annual Colloquy celebration.
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History Feature Stories
October 27, 2022
THE CONVERSATION
HBO's 'House of the Dragon' was inspired by a real medieval dynastic struggle over a female ruler
History professor David Routt authored this piece.
October 14, 2022
Fulbright Supports University of Richmond History Professor's Book Project on Gendered War Experiences of Ottoman Soldiers
University of Richmond Professor of History and Global Studies Yücel Yanikdag has been awarded a Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship for his next book project.
September 6, 2022
STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Get a first look at the newest first-year seminars
These courses offer a chance for students to experience a number of topics they might not otherwise study.
History Faculty in the News
July 7, 2023
Family Field Trip Alert! Capital Jewish Museum Now Open in DC
History professor Eric Yellin, visiting curator at the Capital Jewish Museum, is quoted.
June 9, 2023
Capital Jewish Museum opens, exploring history of Jewish Washington
History professor Eric Yellin, visiting curator at the Capital Jewish Museum, is interviewed.
June 2, 2023
Untangling the roots of violence: What can we learn from the South?
Ed Ayers, history and humanities professor and president emeritus, is quoted.
May 3, 2023
Steep Drop in Student History Scores Leaves Officials ‘Very, Very Concerned’
Ed Ayers, history and humanities professor and president emeritus, is quoted in this article, which also highlights New American History. The story was picked up by Yahoo! News and LA School Report.
Contact Us
Mailing address:
History Department
Humanities Building
106 UR Drive
University of Richmond, VA 23173
Phone: (804) 287-6041
Fax: (804) 287-1992
Department Chair: Dr. Pippa Holloway
Academic Administrative Coordinator: Sabrina Anderson