News

Fredrik Albritton Jonsson

Times of India: Fredrik Albritton Jonsson "Coal powered the idea of economic growth as having no limits"

Monday, December 2

UChicago Magazine - Delicate Dance, Featuring History Professors Jonathan Levy, James Sparrow, and Joel Isaac

Tuesday, November 26

Interview with Gabriel Winant: Where Americans Work

Monday, November 4

Inaugural 2025 KAVAH Fermata Awarded to Mark Bradley (History) and interdisciplinary artist Tiffany Chung

Friday, November 1

Ada Palmer on the Origins of Halloween, Chicago Tribune (paywalled)

Wednesday, October 30

Dipesh Chakrabarty

Professor Dipesh Chakrabarty: Acceptance and Laudation Speeches for the European Essay Prize

Friday, October 4

From the European Essay Prize website:Dispesh Chakrabarty was award the 46th European Essay Prize on the occasion of the French translation of his ess...

poster for the event

History and Literature in Latin America, 19th and 20th Centuries: A Symposium in Honor of Dain Borges

Friday, September 20

Please join the departments of History, Romance Languages and Literatures, the Center for Latin American Studies, The Tinker Foundation, and the Frank...

Peggy Heffington with her book Without Children

Senior Instructional Prof. Peggy Heffington on Big Brains: Why are More Women Saying No to Having Kids?

Thursday, September 5

Czech Republic President Petr Pavel to speak at the inaugural Václav Havel Lecture

Saturday, August 31

faculty alumni history announcements

As Americans and the world grapple with a growing sense of polarization, a new lecture series will revisit the life and legacy of Václav Havel, a worl...