Salve Regina University History Department

05/17/2026

Graduation Day! Congratulations to the Class of 2026, and especially to our graduating history majors!

05/06/2026

Pell Center Faculty Fellow and lecturer in the Salve Regina University History Department, Dr. Erin Redihan, reflects on the ways her study of Cold War and Olympic history have shaped her research on global superpowers and how they use the Games to their advantage.

Read our full interview with Redihan here: https://ow.ly/b8I450YVI8m

04/16/2026

On April 14, 2026, the History Department held its annual awards ceremony and induction into the Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society. Congratulations to the following graduating history majors who received awards at the ceremony! And thank you to Salve History alum Cat Malkemus Caplin '14 for being the ceremony's guest speaker!

Induction into Phi Alpha Theta:

Maverick Cavacas
Rebecca Dawson
Sydney Dufresne
Jacob Faulise
Christopher Kyrillidis
Noella Suchecki

Florence K. Murray Award for Excellence in History:
Sydney Dufresne

Br. John Buckley Award for Outstanding Senior Thesis:
Rebecca Dawson

Pell Medal for Excellence in U.S. History:
Noella Suchecki

04/16/2026

Dr. Leeman recently joined political reporter Ed Fitzpatrick on the Boston Globe Rhode Island Report podcast to discuss the limits of presidential war powers. Click on the link below to listen!

Salve Regina University’s William Leeman traces the history of presidents accumulating the power to initiate wars in the name of self-defense.

03/07/2026

02/12/2026

With the 2026 Winter Olympics underway, attention will focus not just on individual competition and medal contention, but also on political tensions and international relations. Erin Redihan, a lecturer in the history department at Salve Regina University, teaches a course titled “Politics and The Olympics.” Redihan delved into those topics on the The Boston Globe's Rhode Island Report podcast.

Learn more a the link below:

https://bit.ly/4rqoaEB

01/20/2026

First day of classes! The History Department wishes everyone, especially our history majors and minors, a great semester!

12/09/2025

12/04/2025

The History Department's annual senior thesis presentations begin tomorrow at 1:00 pm in DiStefano Lecture Hall and continue on Saturday. Please join us!

11/19/2025

Join us for the History Department's 42nd Annual Senior Thesis Presentations, which will take place on Friday, December 5, from 1:00-5:00 pm, and Saturday, December 6, from 9:00 am-5:00 pm in DiStefano Lecture Hall, Antone Academic Center.

10/29/2025