Kristin Lee Hoganson, a professor of history who has been at Illinois since 2000, has been named the Stanley S. Stroup Professor of United States History. The position is named after Stanley Stroup, an Illinois alumnus who obtained his bachelor’s degree in ...
Three departments in the College of LAS are part of a new nationwide initiative to change the culture surrounding doctoral education and career pathways. Led by the Association of American Universities (AAU), the PhD Education Initiative promotes student-centered...
Fifteen faculty members have taken new leadership positions in departments and other academic units within the College of LAS this fall.
Feng Sheng Hu, the Harry E. Preble Dean of the College of LAS, said that the leadership changes are a normal and healthy transition as the new school year...
Sept. 1 marks the 80th anniversary of Germany’s invasion of Poland and the start of World War II in Europe, and world leaders will gather to mark the event. But what led Germans to embrace Nazi rule more than six years earlier, which would lead them into the war? University of Illinois...
Nine College of LAS young alumni and a student were offered student Fulbright grants to pursue international educational, research, and teaching experiences across the globe this coming year. They were among 13 Illinois students and alumni chosen this year, and another seven Illinois students were...
This year’s additions to the nearly century-old Bronze Tablet at Illinois include 102 graduates from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences.
Each year, the Bronze Tablet is inscribed with the names of new graduates and placed in the Main Library. To achieve this honor, undergraduate students...
The Department of Classics at Illinois has received from LAS alumnus George Reveliotis an endowment commitment of $1.5 million, one of the largest gifts to a humanities program on campus.
The George N. Reveliotis Family Hellenic Studies Endowment will...
A persistent heartland myth paints the rural and small town Midwest as local, insular, isolationist – “the ultimate national safe space, walled off from the rest of the world,” says University of Illinois historian Kristin Hoganson.
Dig into the history...
For Ralph Tyler, supporting the University of Illinois is about giving back to a special place that provided him with opportunity—and it’s also more essential now than ever.
During his time on campus, Tyler (BA, ‘69, history) made the most of his college...
University of Illinois history professor Marsha Barrett is the recipient of a 2019 fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies.
A specialist in modern U.S. political and African American history, Barrett is one of only 81 fellows chosen...