A recent history study has been completed on the World War II (1941-1946) prisoner-of-war (POW) camp and alien internment camp that once was present near what is now South Family housing at Fort McCoy ...

In the last few months, two rich essays have appeared looking back at a series of flare-ups, since 2019 or so, in the perennial debate over the politics of historical study. In July, Past & Present ...

DNA analysis of African Americans buried at an early U.S. iron forge reveals locations of their African and European ancestors and finds more than 40,000 living U.S. relatives. The study is the first ...

After Colorado distinguished itself this year as one of three states to pass legislation to study the thorny issue of reparations, there’s activity abuzz to hire a leader and staff for the research ...

We encourage art history majors and minors to study abroad in the belief that it provides students with a unique opportunity to experience other cultures and traditions first-hand. We recommend that ...

W hat does it mean to study slavery? To study something means to make arguments based on evidence. But what counts as evidence, and who has the authority to make those determinations? In part because ...

A history BS that prepares you not only to become a historian, but also to succeed in fields as diverse as business, education, government, journalism, law, and public service. Four Thematic ...

With an independent study course, the History Department offers students the opportunity to work under the direction of a faculty member to pursue a topic that is not covered (or not covered in ...

Let me continue this series on the Persian empire based upon the words of historian Will Durant (see article one in this series). Again, we must study history to determine what works. If we practice ...