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Baruch History Department
@baruchhistory.bsky.social
Account of the History Department of the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences at Baruch College. We're committed to both excellence in undergraduate teaching & cutting-edge research.
https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/history/
As part of our ongoing 250: An Independent History series for the @baruch.cuny.edu community, we're hosting @brooklyncollege.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @historygc.bsky.social prof. Benjamin Carp who will join our very own prof. Alexander Manevitz on Dec 9 to discuss Revolutionary NYC
December 4, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Another new publication from our @cuny.edu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @baruch.cuny.edu faculty!
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
On November 13, @baruch.cuny.edu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social history professor, Anna Boozer, will be presenting at the prestigious E. Adelaide Hahn Memorial Lecture at @huntercollege.bsky.social.
November 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
October 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Our catalog of electives for the @baruch.cuny.edu spring 2026 semester is published! From ancient Rome to the US in the 1990s, everything has a history - and we're covering it next semester!
October 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
🚨Upcoming faculty publication! Congrats to @baruch.cuny.edu history prof. @zoegriffith.bsky.social on the upcoming publication of her new book, Egypt's Mediterranean, with @ucpress.bsky.social. www.ucpress.edu/books/egypts...
October 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The @baruch.cuny.edu community is invited to our kick-off event for the series, 250: An Independent History. We're marking 250 years of US Independence in 2025-26 and we're kicking off the event with our very own distinguished historian, Carol Berkin. See you on October 23!
October 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
We're excited to once again host the New York City Latin American History Workshop at @baruch.cuny.edu. Check out the presenters, our schedule, and registration info:
September 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Congrats to Prof. Anna Boozer. Her book, At Home in Roman Egypt: A Social Archaeology, is now available in paperback: www.cambridge.org/us/universit...
September 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Congrats to Baruch history prof. Martina Nguyen on the opening of her new co-curated exhibition, The Vietnamese Áo Dài in a Time of War.
September 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
And a new semester dawns on Baruch. We're looking forward to starting a new academic year with returning students and new members of the Baruch community at @cuny.edu
August 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
April 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Yesterday, students from our History of Tourism class taught by @markricehistory.bsky.social organized a historical walking tour of Madison Sq. Park. Students researched and presented about various sites in and around the park - part of our department's commitment to experiential learning.
April 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Women's History Month spotlight: students in "Women and Gender during the Cold War" conduct research on relevant topics of their choice, focusing on methodologies of gender history. Learn about their research at Baruch's Reseach and Creative Inquiry Expo in May! blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/history/?p=336
March 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Students in our Women and Gender in the Middle East course use @wikieducation.bsky.social to improve Wikipedia articles on relevant topics. Today's student profile is history major William Alex Wong, expanding an article on Women in Palestine. blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/history/?p=327 #WomensHistoryMonth
March 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Thank you, Parsons School of Design prof. Dr. Jonathan Michael Square for presenting at the history department's Friedman Lecture on Tuesday. Dr. Square presented on how curators document and curate Black visual culture and later met with history students.
March 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
For Women's History Month, we're recognizing the excellent work of students in @zoegriffith.bsky.social's course Women & Gender in the Middle East, in which students edit Wikipedia pages on relevant topics. History major Amalia Parrish researchs Islamic clothing: blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/history/?p=323
March 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Tomorrow! Dr. Jonathan Michael Square, Asst. Prof. of Black Visual Culture at the Parsons School of Design will present "Looking Back to the Future: Realizing the Afric-American Picture Gallery"

Mar. 25, 12:45pm in NVC 5-165

Sponsored by the Department of History and the Robert A. Friedman Seminar
March 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We're excited to welcome Dr. Jonathan Michael Square, Asst Prof of Black Visual Culture at Parsons School of Design, to Baruch on Tues to give a public lecture, "Looking Back to the Future: Realizing the Afric-American Picture Gallery," 3/25 12:45pm in VC 5-165 baruch.event.cuny.edu/events/BxuT4...
March 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Did you know that NYC's first Irish-American mayor, W.R. Grace, first rose to prominence as a resident and businessman of Latin America? Our very own @markricehistory.bsky.social has written about it.
March 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We are pleased to host Dr. Sara Rahnama of Morgan State University for a Globus Seminar lecture on her new book, The Future is Feminist: Women and Social Change in Interwar Algeria.

Join us Thurs 4/10, 12:30-2pm in NVC 5-160, followed by light refreshments in the History Department.
March 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
What can you do with a history degree? Quite a lot actually! Join us on February 27.
February 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
February is Black History Month! Here are some reading & listening suggestions featuring Baruch College history faculty T.J. Desch-Obi and Alexander Manevitz, whose research areas delve into Black history in NYC and around the world.

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February 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Four Baruch History professors will be participating at this year's @historians.org annual meeting. Don't miss out on these exciting panels and discussions. #AHA25
December 31, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Faculty research spotlight! This week, Baruch history prof. @zoegriffith.bsky.social will be presenting at Stanford Univ.'s Abbasi Annual Conference: The Sarrafs: Money, State, and Finance Dealers in the Ottoman Empire (1700-1900)
November 21, 2024 at 4:49 PM