Rutgers History Department
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This is the official Bluesky account for the Rutgers History Department (New Brunswick, NJ), designed to celebrate our students, faculty, and alums and to build intellectual networks and community.
Enjoy Sydney Smith's newest History blog post on Kelly Carter Jackson's visit to Rutgers in October 2025. Sydney is a doctoral candidate in History and the History Department's Public Outreach GA. #Rutgers history.rutgers.edu/.../news/new...
December 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Enjoy Sydney Smith's newest History blog post on Kelly Carter Jackson's visit to Rutgers in October 2025. Sydney is a doctoral candidate in History and the History Department's Public Outreach GA. #Rutgers history.rutgers.edu/.../news/new...
The next lecture in the Interpreting American History Lecture Series... This signature lecture series in the Rutgers History Department was founded by our graduate students. #Rutgers
December 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The next lecture in the Interpreting American History Lecture Series... This signature lecture series in the Rutgers History Department was founded by our graduate students. #Rutgers
Enjoy this New Books Network podcast interview with Darcie Fontaine (Rutgers History Ph.D.) on her newest book, Modern France and the World (Routledge 2023). #Rutgers newbooksnetwork.com/modern-franc...
Darcie Fontaine, "Modern France and the World" (Routledge, 2023) - New Books Network
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December 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Enjoy this New Books Network podcast interview with Darcie Fontaine (Rutgers History Ph.D.) on her newest book, Modern France and the World (Routledge 2023). #Rutgers newbooksnetwork.com/modern-franc...
Congratulations to Rutgers History Professor Camilla Townsend's translation of an Aztec work on the value of giving thanks. #Rutgers press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
How to Be Grateful
A delightful Aztec work that has much to teach us about the value of giving thanks—to our contemporaries, our elders, and our ancestors
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November 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Congratulations to Rutgers History Professor Camilla Townsend's translation of an Aztec work on the value of giving thanks. #Rutgers press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
The 2025 Fall Chambers Oral History Fellowship Lecture, featuring Dr. Kiamsha Bynes (PhD’25, History) and Cherene Aniyan (History) takes place on Nov 20, 2025.! Please join us from noon to 2 PM at the Academic Building, Room 6051.
November 20, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The 2025 Fall Chambers Oral History Fellowship Lecture, featuring Dr. Kiamsha Bynes (PhD’25, History) and Cherene Aniyan (History) takes place on Nov 20, 2025.! Please join us from noon to 2 PM at the Academic Building, Room 6051.
Enjoy this thoughtful opinion essay by Rutgers History professor Jochen Hellbeck in today's New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
Opinion | The Lesson We Teach Schoolchildren About the Holocaust Is Wrong
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November 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Enjoy this thoughtful opinion essay by Rutgers History professor Jochen Hellbeck in today's New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...
Dr. Melissa Reynolds (Rutgers History Ph.D.) has won the Jon Ben Snow Prize from the North American Conference on British Studies for her book, Reading Practice: The Pursuit of Natural Knowledge from Manuscript to Print! #rutgersuniversity
To learn more: lnkd.in/e9ZrvnQF
To learn more: lnkd.in/e9ZrvnQF
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Dr. Melissa Reynolds (Rutgers History Ph.D.) has won the Jon Ben Snow Prize from the North American Conference on British Studies for her book, Reading Practice: The Pursuit of Natural Knowledge from Manuscript to Print! #rutgersuniversity
To learn more: lnkd.in/e9ZrvnQF
To learn more: lnkd.in/e9ZrvnQF
Dr. Fidel Tavárez (City University of New York) will be presenting his work on 18th-century Caribbean sugar plantations, titled "Santo Domingo's Unrealized Plantation Complex: A Prelude to Cuba's Sugar Revolution, 1760-1795."
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Dr. Fidel Tavárez (City University of New York) will be presenting his work on 18th-century Caribbean sugar plantations, titled "Santo Domingo's Unrealized Plantation Complex: A Prelude to Cuba's Sugar Revolution, 1760-1795."
Join us for a talk on "Socialist Scandals. Corruption, Revolution and the Quest for Justice in Poland and East Germany." Sponsored by the Center for European Studies and the History department. #Rutgers
November 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Join us for a talk on "Socialist Scandals. Corruption, Revolution and the Quest for Justice in Poland and East Germany." Sponsored by the Center for European Studies and the History department. #Rutgers
Join us on Thursday as part of the Undisciplined Speaker Series led by Dr. Kaysha Corinealdi.
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Join us on Thursday as part of the Undisciplined Speaker Series led by Dr. Kaysha Corinealdi.
Camila Townsend, Distinguished Board of Governors Professor of History at Rutgers, has been elected to the British Academy, a rare honor for an American scholar and a first for Rutgers. Learn more: sas.rutgers.edu/about/news/f...
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Camila Townsend, Distinguished Board of Governors Professor of History at Rutgers, has been elected to the British Academy, a rare honor for an American scholar and a first for Rutgers. Learn more: sas.rutgers.edu/about/news/f...
The Rutgers History Department's fall 2025 newsletter is now live. Read about the careers of some of the extraordinary graduates of our Ph.D. program, including Dr. Lynn Mahoney, president of San Francisco State University. Enjoy! Here is a direct link: indd.adobe.com/view/4887452...
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November 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The Rutgers History Department's fall 2025 newsletter is now live. Read about the careers of some of the extraordinary graduates of our Ph.D. program, including Dr. Lynn Mahoney, president of San Francisco State University. Enjoy! Here is a direct link: indd.adobe.com/view/4887452...
Rutgers History Ph.D, Satya Shik Chakraborty returns to Rutgers to discuss her book on the gendered history of race and caste in British India. #Rutgers
October 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Rutgers History Ph.D, Satya Shik Chakraborty returns to Rutgers to discuss her book on the gendered history of race and caste in British India. #Rutgers
Did you know that Rutgers offers a "Law & History" minor?
Start your "Law & History" minor with any of the several dozen approved courses, including "Law and History: (506:216) offered in Spring 2026. #rutgersuniversity
Start your "Law & History" minor with any of the several dozen approved courses, including "Law and History: (506:216) offered in Spring 2026. #rutgersuniversity
October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Did you know that Rutgers offers a "Law & History" minor?
Start your "Law & History" minor with any of the several dozen approved courses, including "Law and History: (506:216) offered in Spring 2026. #rutgersuniversity
Start your "Law & History" minor with any of the several dozen approved courses, including "Law and History: (506:216) offered in Spring 2026. #rutgersuniversity
Do you love studying history, but don't have the time in your schedule for a History major? The History minor may be just the thing for you. # Rutgers
October 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Do you love studying history, but don't have the time in your schedule for a History major? The History minor may be just the thing for you. # Rutgers
Congratulations to Rutgers History professor Barbara Cooper. Her book, Countless Blessings: A History of Childbirth and Reproduction in the Sahel, has been translated into French. #Rutgers
October 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Congratulations to Rutgers History professor Barbara Cooper. Her book, Countless Blessings: A History of Childbirth and Reproduction in the Sahel, has been translated into French. #Rutgers
David Greenberg, our colleague in the Rutgers History Department, has just won the Georgia Historical Society 2025 Malcolm Bell, Jr. and Muriel Barrow Bell Award for the best book on Georgia history published in 2024. #Rutgers
October 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
David Greenberg, our colleague in the Rutgers History Department, has just won the Georgia Historical Society 2025 Malcolm Bell, Jr. and Muriel Barrow Bell Award for the best book on Georgia history published in 2024. #Rutgers
