Join us March 6 as the History Dept. welcomes Dr. Kalani Craig (@kalanicraig.bsky.social ! She'll lead a Digital Humanities workshop at 11am in Park 545 & give a talk on historical methods & AI at 3pm in Park 532 and on zoom. Join us! #ubartsandsciences #AIandhumanity #AIandHistory
Have you submitted your scholarship applications yet, History students? Due in early March. Don't forget to reach out to your profs for those letters of recommendation plenty early. #historymajor #ubartssciences #ubuffalo #ubhornsup
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Two History faculty are giving talks today! Dr. Genie Yoo will speak at Asia @ Noon at 12 in Park 280. Then Dr. Hani Khafipour and scholar Rudi Matthee of the University at Delaware will discuss Dr. Khafipour's new book, Mantle of the Sufi Kings, at 3 in Park 532. Join us!
Scholarship applications are open! Apply here: arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/history/unde...
Scholarships applications are open!
More great news from our graduate students - PhD student Ashley Tibollo has a chapter in a new volume, edited by Crystal L. Edwards & Abul Pitre and published by Bloomsbury. Ashley's chapter is "Transmigration and Suicide in the Early Modern Atlantic World." Congratulations, Ashley! #ubuffalo
Great news from our alum Molly McCreedy, who has a new co-authored publication in The Conversation! Molly graduated with her MA in History in 2023 and is now a PhD student in Kinesiology studying the History and Philosophy of Sport at Penn State. You can read the article here: tinyurl.com/2sv3pt29
Sarah Handley-Cousins and her colleagues Laura Ansley (American Historical Association) and Ayah Nuriddin (Yale School of Medicine) recently appeared on the New Books Network's Women's History podcast to discuss The Nursing Clio Reader. You can hear the ep here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-nursing-...
As you take those finals and submit those term papers, don't forget that scholarship applications are open! Apply here: arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/history/unde...
Prof Victoria Wolcott was recently interviewed by the Infinite Women podcast to talk about the Civil Rights and peace activist, Eroseanna Robinson! You can hear the conversation here: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... #womenshist #ubuffalo
Don't forget -- Park 545 is available for History students to use for quiet studying as the semester comes to an end!
Looking for a quiet place to study? Come to the History department! Park 545 will be open for students to use this week during reading days & exam week. Quiet Study hours: Tues 12-4; Wed 10-4; Thurs 10-4 and Friday 10-4. 📚
Happening now! Stop in sometime today to celebrate the end of the semester!
Our amazing MA student Samantha Nyweide turned her 'history accordion' class project for Dr. Claire Schen into a display now featured at Clymer District School No. 5, which welcomes hundreds of schoolchildren yearly. History majors do amazing things for their communities! #ubuffalo #historymajor
Looking for a new course for this Spring 2026? Consider THE HISTORY OF SEX MAGIC, taught by Global Gender Studies prof Dr. Marla Segol! This class will trace the development of mystical experience into contemporary sex magic, from its earliest sources in ancient texts to modern thought. #ubuffalo
Dr. Schen and her daughter Maddy Cherr's coauthored essay, "Embracing the Untamed Garden," which recently appeared in the AHR was highlighted by the UB Arts and Sciences! The project was also recently featured on the American Historical Review's podcast, "Mistakes I Have Made."
✨ Student spotlight!✨ Joey Ennis Jr loves Reacting to the Past with Dr. H-C but his Roman Empire is the Roman Empire! Joey is considering law school or museum work after graduation. His advice to other students: DO THE READING! Outside class Joe is a Rangers fan who makes mean mac n cheese! 🧀
UB History Prof Herzberg's excellent op-ed shows how appeals to a mythological American past, unspoiled by dangerous illegal drugs, are used to justify the current administration's "lethal kinetic strikes" on suspected drug trafficking vessels. Gift link here: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/o...
Promotional flyer for HIS 460 seminar titled 'The War on Drugs,' coming Winter 2026 with Andrew Pothier. Features a political cartoon from The National Observer showing characters discussing drug deals with speech bubbles about 'SMACK' and 'NARCS.' The seminar examines the history of U.S. drug wars, exploring how drug policy has been connected to social concerns about race, gender, sexuality, immigration, poverty, and crime since the turn of the twentieth century
Promotional flyer for HIS 321 lecture on Victorian History, 1832-1901, coming Winter 2026 with Alyssa Martin. The flyer features ornate Victorian scrollwork borders, two historical images - one of the Crystal Palace Great Exhibition and one of a royal family portrait - on a cream background. Text describes how the course will explore Britain during Queen Victoria's reign, including the Great Exhibition of 1851, industrialization, class tensions, poverty, imperialism, and the expansion of the British empire
Promotional flyer for HIS 361 lecture on American Cultural History I, coming Winter 2026 with Mitchell Jones. The design features patriotic red, white, and blue bunting decorations at top and bottom, with a central black and white illustration of a log cabin with sheet music overlay. The flyer explores American culture from seventeenth-century Puritans to nineteenth-century Victorians, covering topics from magic to science, reading to shopping, and social reform, with emphasis on bestsellers, fiction, children's literature, and propaganda pieces
Winter courses are here! Try HIS 460: War on Drugs (Andrew Pothier), exploring drug policy's ties to race & gender; HIS 321: Victorian History (Alyssa Martin), examining empire & inequality; or HIS 361: American Cultural History (Mitchell Jones), from Puritans to Victorians. #ubuffalo #historymajor
Happening tomorrow! Thinking about those law school, grad school, or scholarship personal statements? Join UB History & the Career Design Center for a workshop on writing effective statements tomorrow at 2 pm in Park 545. Bring your laptop, some ideas, and any drafts you're already working on.
✨ Meet our Faculty!✨ Dr. Sasha Pack is a Professor of History who specializes in modern Europe with a focus on Spain & the Mediterranean world in the 19th and 20th centuries. In addition to writing, teaching, and lots of international travel, Dr. Pack plays piano in a band! #ubuffalo #doinghistory
✨ Student spotlight!✨ Elaina Kernan is a double major in History & Poli Sci. Her fave class was US Women's History w/Dr. H-C. Elaina plans to go into law & loves traveling! She's studied in Paris & hopes to study in London soon. In her spare time, Elaina is known for baking cakes! 🎂 #ubuffalo
Happening soon! Dr. Ogechukwu Williams is delivering the 18th Annual Chris Gray Memorial Lecture at Florida International University at 1 pm ET TODAY! Her talk is titled "Recasting Authority" will be livestreamed - register using the link in our bio!
Happening tomorrow! The 2nd Annual Moti Lal and Kamla Rustgi Lecture on India will be delivered by Prakash Kumar of Penn State University. Join us at 3:30 pm in O'Brian 112 for this important lecture. #ubuffalo #ubartsandsciences
Our faculty is EXCELLENT! At UB's Celebration of Faculty & Staff Academic Excellence last week, Victoria Wolcott won a Chancellor's Award for Scholarship, Sarah Handley-Cousins a Chancellor's Award for Teaching & Gene Zubovich was honored for winning an NEH fellowship. Congratulations! 🎉 #ubuffalo
✨ Meet our Faculty!✨ Dr. Robin Mitchell is a College of Arts and Sciences Endowed Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at UB History. A dedicated mentor & teacher, Dr. Mitchell is also scholar of race, gender & sexuality in 19th century France and the Afro-French world. #ubuffalo #doinghistory
Vintage Halloween postcard titled 'A Merry Halloween' showing three whimsical jack-o'-lantern headed figures with pumpkin faces and bodies made of watermelons sitting on a large watermelon. A young girl in a light blue dress with a red bow in her hair stands to the right, ringing a bell and holding a horn. A black cat sits in the lower left corner near a small pumpkin. The scene is set at night with a crescent moon and stars in a dark blue-green sky, with hay scattered on the ground
Wishing you a very spooky Halloween, history nerds! #historymajor #ubuffalo
Happening this afternoon! Join us for a celebration of our colleague Mike Rembis's new book, Writing Mad Lives in the Age of the Asylum! Happening at 3 pm in Park 532. Also streaming on Zoom - use QR code or email Sarah H-C for the link!
Last week, the City Historian of Buffalo Lindsey Lauren Visser & Director of the Grosvenor History Room at the Buffalo Central Library,Susan Buttaccio visited Sarah Handley-Cousins's Historical Writing class to talk about doing local history. It was a great conversation! #ubuffalo #historymajor
