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The Department of History at Bowling Green State University We offer a range of Masters programs and certificates, including an M.A.T.

The Department of History is a community of scholars and students engaged in the creation and communication of knowledge about societies in the past and present. We serve 150 History majors and 365 minors, including teacher candidates in the Integrated Social Studies program. Through flexibility and variety in our plan of studies , we foster skills in independent research, analysis and communication that are highly valued in the job market. Our internships and awards foster and recognize academic achievement, community work, and successful careers. Our graduate programs are recognized by the high quality of the education and the successful careers of our graduates [click here for placement info]. adapted to the demands of teachers in the northwest Ohio region. The Department has an active and foundational role in the field of policy history. Department faculty, alumni and current graduate students advance individually and collaboratively the research in policy history, by publishing monographs and articles of national and international repute, organizing ground-breaking conferences, and more recently by maintaining h-policy, a collection of online services for scholars in the field.

10/26/2026

Join us this Wednesday evening for a discussion with the featured author for the Threads of Democracy: BGSU NEA Big Read, Dr. Marla R. MIller!

10/26/2026

To any of our current students looking for internship opportunities, this looks really promising!

10/22/2026

Explore the stories that influence our understanding of African American history and add HIST 2320 to your schedule!

HIST 2320: African American History from Slavery to Freedom
Online
Instructor: Nicole Jackson

10/20/2026

Interested in Canadian and U.S. history? Add HIST 4807 to your schedule!

HIST 4807: Topics in Canada and U.S. History
Tuesdays & Thursdays | 4:00–5:15 PM
Instructor: Rebecca Mancuso

10/19/2026

This weekend, the History Department helped some of our future teachers in their preparation for their Ohio Assessment for Educators. You can read more about it on our blog at blogs.bgsu.edu/history

10/19/2026

For any of our alums who are looking for a job, this is a great site to bookmark!

10/19/2026

Join our very own Dr. Nicole Jackson for this interesting conversation later this week!

Join BGSU University Libraries and the School for Cultural and Critical Studies for Scrapbooking Black History in Toni Morrison's The Black Book, a conversation with Dr. Nicole M. Jackson exploring Black history, family memory, and the importance of preserving our stories.

📅 Thursday, October 22
⏰ 6–7:30 p.m.
📍 Jerome Library, Pallister Conference Room

This event is part of Ohio Celebrates Toni Morrison, a statewide celebration of the life, literature, and legacy of the Ohio-born Nobel Prize-winning author.
Literary Cleveland
Ohio Humanities

10/16/2026

Discover the past through the history of LGBTQ+ people and communities, and add HIST 4803 to your Spring 2027 schedule!

HIST 4803: Q***r History
Mondays | 6:00–9:00 PM
Instructor: Christopher Frey

10/15/2026

Jaksyn Trimbach’s Honor Project features murals in Tlaxcala. To learn more about this student-made exhibit, visit in-person at the Jerome Library, visit the digital exhibit at https://arcg.is/0m1njH1, or read about it on blogs.bgsu.edu/history.

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Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH
43403

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+14193722030

Website

http://www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sciences/history.html, http://blogs.bgsu.edu/history

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