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Baseball history, American history. Sarah Gronningsater’s popular course links the two in a study of the sport from the Civil War to Jackie Robinson to the current day (By Kristen de Groot).
May 31, 2022
Thinking About Ukraine. Benjamin Nathans and other Penn faculty examine the conflict from multiple perspectives—sometimes clashing, sometimes meshing, and often thought-provoking.(By Trey Popp)
May 9, 2022
Talking about Chinese diasporas. History Ph.D. candidate Sarah Yu’s class transformed students into tour guides and podcasters as they honed their public speaking skills while learning about Chinese migration.(Kristen de Groot)
May 9, 2022
History Department Undergraduate Teaching Awards 2021-22
May 9, 2022
Beth Wenger – Winner of the the American Jewish Historical Society 2022 Lee Max Friedman Medal for excellence in research and teaching, and service to the field
April 29, 2022
Class of 2022 President’s Engagement, Innovation, and Sustainability Prize winners announced. Six prize-winning teams will design and undertake post-graduation projects that make a positive, lasting difference in the world. Two of them, History Majors
April 21, 2022
Sam Finkelman - Ph.D. candidate’s initiative brings refugees out of Ukraine and supplies in. When Sam Finkelman’s yearlong research trip to Russia, Hungary, and Ukraine was interrupted by war, he went into action (By Kristen de Groot)
March 24, 2022
Natalie Shibley (Upenn History and Africana Ph.D. 2018): Congress is taking a good first step to address the mistreatment of LGBT veterans. The U.S. has long mistreated LGBT soldiers — and denied them veterans benefits
March 16, 2022
Kathleen Brown: Possessed: The Salem witch trials. On the 330th anniversary of the Salem witch trials, Prof. Brown discusses the stories, theories, and contemporary parallels to one of America’s stranger chapters in history.(By Kristina Garcia)
March 16, 2022
Histories of Travel Segregation and Chinese Migration Win Bancroft Prize. The scholars Mia Bay (UPenn) and Mae Ngai (Columbia) have won the award, considered one of the most prestigious in the field of American history (By Jennifer Schuessler, NYT)
March 16, 2022
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