UI Department of History

UI Department of History Department of History at the University of Iowa

Congratulations to PhD Candidate Haseeb Haroon, who successfully defended his dissertation prospectus.
05/21/2026

Congratulations to PhD Candidate Haseeb Haroon, who successfully defended his dissertation prospectus.

Congratulations to our undergraduate students graduating tomorrow!
05/15/2026

Congratulations to our undergraduate students graduating tomorrow!

Congratulations to Dr. Nathan Chaplin. Nathan researched U.S. empire building in Nicaragua under advisor Dr. Mariola Esp...
05/15/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Nathan Chaplin. Nathan researched U.S. empire building in Nicaragua under advisor Dr. Mariola Espinosa. He defended his dissertation, "Middle Americas: Midwestern Futures in Nicaragua, 1855-1927" in April and will graduate this evening at Carver Hawkeye Arena.

Congratulations to our annual award winners and scholarship recipients who were honored during our end of year Senior Se...
05/14/2026

Congratulations to our annual award winners and scholarship recipients who were honored during our end of year Senior Sendoff and Celebration of Scholarship earlier.

Congratulations to PhD Candidate Tyler Tumblety, who successfully defended his dissertation prospectus.
05/08/2026

Congratulations to PhD Candidate Tyler Tumblety, who successfully defended his dissertation prospectus.

Help us in congratulating Dr. Nathan Chaplin. Nathan defended his dissertation today, "Middle Americas: Midwestern Futur...
04/20/2026

Help us in congratulating Dr. Nathan Chaplin. Nathan defended his dissertation today, "Middle Americas: Midwestern Futures in Nicaragua, 1855-1927."

Kudos to our amazing faculty, staff and students who helped make this a great conference for all attendees this past wee...
04/20/2026

Kudos to our amazing faculty, staff and students who helped make this a great conference for all attendees this past weekend! Special props to Professors Sarah Bond, Rosemary Moore, and Shane Bobrycki for putting it together and hosting over 70 historians.

Over 70 historians and scholars who study the ancient world from around the nation gathered at the University of Iowa April 17-19 for the annual three-day 2026 Association of Ancient Historians Meeting. The UI was set to host the conference in 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic moved the conference vir...

Head to Prairie Lights Books on Thu, Apr 9 at 7pm for the next Book Matters reading/discussion.  James Costa, professor ...
04/08/2026

Head to Prairie Lights Books on Thu, Apr 9 at 7pm for the next Book Matters reading/discussion.

James Costa, professor of biology and executive director of the Highlands Biological Station at Western Carolina University, and Elizabeth Yale, associate professor of history at the University of Iowa will read from and discuss their new book, the first annotated edition of The Descent of Man: An Annotated Edition of Darwin’s Classic Work.

An audience Q&A will follow. This event is free and open to the public.

https://events.uiowa.edu/event/36536

Happy Graduate Student Appreciation Week! Our history graduate students are at the heart of everything we do here at Iow...
04/06/2026

Happy Graduate Student Appreciation Week!

Our history graduate students are at the heart of everything we do here at Iowa and we couldn't be more grateful for them. Plus, we are pretty sure we have the best grad students around (we might be bias though)!

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