• Old photos of a man on a carriage being drawn by two horses.
  • A student reading a textbook.
  • Dr. William Bauer giving a lecture to a class.
  • A history class lecture in session.
  • A collection of old history books.

Knowledge of the Human Past and Experience

Providing a historically informed perspective on the contemporary world and the challenges that it faces.

The History Department provides students with a broad knowledge of the human past and experience...

Academic Programs

History students in class at their desks
Graduate student outside of the entrance to the History department.
Two students doing a research on their own.

What's Happening

spring flowers

The rosiest headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ.

A 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ student studies with the Strip in the distance.

Headlines and highlights featuring the students and faculty of 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ.

clothing and other items from Holocaust exhibit

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ’s public history class creates exhibit to share collector's rare and powerful artifacts related to the Holocaust.

Hospitality student David Jelinksy fishes in the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ pool. Members of the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Swim Team dive underneath the water.

51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ student and 'Survivor' contestant David Jelinsky returns to campus with lessons learned from his reality show appearance.

Announcements

In the News

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Accomplishments

Experts

The Department of History is one of the departments in the College of Liberal Arts.