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Humanities Radio - History
Brandon Render, assistant professor of history, discusses the uses, misuses and omissions of Black history and how they impact understanding of the Black experience.
History Department
History courses emphasize written and oral skills, analysis and critical thinking, and the ability to assess conflicting interpretations. These skills prepare students for the responsibilities of citizenship and cultivate an awareness of the complexities of life. Studying history provides valuable preparation for careers in university and college teaching and research, primary and secondary education, law, government, public service, journalism, libraries and museums, international business, and medicine.
Meet Our Faculty
- Our award-winning and internationally-recognized faculty educate students in a myriad
of time periods, world regions and areas of interest.
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Undergraduate Program
The History major and minor are flexible and can be paired with almost any other degree on campus. Candidates are encouraged to create a topical, thematic, or chronological area of concentration, which makes the program personalized to interest.
Graduate Program
Graduates of our MA/MA and PhD programs not only learn about the past, they also develop a capacity for careful and rigorous thought, cultural competence, and abilities that promote success in careers throughout the global economy.
Guided Pathways
Guided Pathways will allow students to customize a learning experience specific to their interests and future career goals. Pathways include Pre-Law, Africa, Gender and Sexuality, Race and Ethnicity, Environmental History, and more.
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News and Announcements
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Maile Arvin named director of the Center for Pasifika Indigenous Knowledges
After seven years as a program, Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Utah has new stature as an interdisciplinary research center.
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Wo Was in and Who was Out? A Conversation with U Professor Susie Porter
While doing research for her 2003 publication, “Working Women in Mexico City,” Susie Porter, professor of history and gender studies and director of the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Utah, had to decide who was in and who was out. Who is working class and who is not? How does this matter?
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Travis Hancock discusses Territorial Whiteness on Display
Hancock offers an overview of a white, missionary-descended man from Hawai'i working to create an ethnological display, and establish himself as an authority on Hawaiian culture, at Seattle's international exposition of 1909.
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Harriet Tubman and the Most Important, Understudied Battle of the Civil War
Herschthal publishes in the New Republic.
Events Calendar
Events
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Apr 01
Monday
Summer 2024 Open Enrollment
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Apr 01
Monday
12pm - 1pmWidowhood and intellectual labour in the mid-20th Century: The Indian-Argentinian-American Story of Dona Luisa Coomaraswamy with Professor Malvika Maheshwari
Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB)
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Apr 03
Wednesday
1pm - 3:30pmPracticing History Workshop
Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB)
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Apr 05
Friday
Spring 2024 Second Half Last Day to Withdraw From Classes
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Apr 05
Friday
8:30am - 3:30pm2024 Practicing History Conference
Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB)
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Apr 05
Friday
9am - 10:15amThe Long and the Short of It: Writing the Biography of a Seventh-Century Slave Queen
Tanner Irish Humanities Building - Carolyn (CTIHB)
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