Two faculty members from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences have been newly elected as members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest honorary societies in the United States. History...
There’s a quote from Abraham Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address in 1861 that the East Central Illinois Alliance of Braver Angels likes to remember as it works to bridge partisan divides: “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies....
Two College of LAS professors have been awarded 2025 Guggenheim Fellowships.
This year’s Illinois fellows are history professor Kristin Hoganson and English professor Corey Van...
An annual survey of recent graduates reports that 90% of LAS alumni who graduated during the 2023-2024 period secured their first destination within six months of graduating.
That figure includes 41% who found employment and 48% who sought further education. About 1% went into volunteer or...
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign history professor Robert Morrissey traveled to a Paris museum in November to see four ceremonial robes created more than 300...
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign history professor Kristin Hoganson has been awarded a 2024 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship.
“An NEH fellowship is a prestigious and highly competitive award that recognizes stellar scholarly...
The Center for Advanced Study at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has appointed seven new members to its permanent faculty. CAS professors are selected based on their outstanding...
The Midwest played a central role in the growth of Black freedom movements in the 20th century. It was a key site for incubating and expanding the ideas of political activist Marcus Garvey, not only in the U.S., but globally, said professor of African American...
As an oral historian, Illinois history professor Yuridia “Yuri” Ramírez records the stories of people who have never been written about in history books. “These people have, in some ways, made the most impactful legacies in their communities, and people...
When professor Leslie J. Reagan entered her graduate program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison she and the other students in her cohort were told they would never get a job. The field of women's history was virtually nonexistent at the time.
“I thought, that's okay, I’ll work in a...