Examining the past. Documenting the present. Informing the future.

The Department of History produces world-class scholarship, contributes to meaningful public discourse, and educates students across all UConn campuses.

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Recent News

Manisha Sinha Starts Lecture Tour in China

October 20, 2025

Professor Manisha Sinha is doing a lecture tour in China and the Chinese book launch of The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition (2016) in Beijing. She will be lecturing in Wuhan University, Peking University, Shanghai Normal University, and East China Normal University. Link here          

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Manisha Sinha to Deliver Richard Greener Lecture, 10/15/2025

October 14, 2025

Professor Manisha Sinha will deliver the Richard Greener Lecture at the University of South Carolina, Columbia on October 15, 2025 on her new book on Reconstruction. Previous speakers have included Professor Randall Kennedy of Harvard Law School and Representative James Clyburn of South Carolina.

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Emeritus Draper Professor of American History Robert Gross and Earth Sciences professor Robert Thorson collaborate on article exploring the geographical significance of Concord

October 9, 2025

“WHY CONCORD? The geological origins of the American Revolution” by Robert A. Gross and Robert M. Thorson recently appeared in The Atlantic. They were also interviewed about their work and featured in a UConn today article entitled “Place Matters. History Is the Result” by Elaina Hancock which can be found here.

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Research and Scholarship

Our faculty are nationally-recognized scholars with expertise that covers a wide range of time periods, geographic regions, and fields of history.

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