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Department of History

To understand our contemporary institutions, politics and culture, take a look at the past.

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Department of History

Ph.D. candidate Riley Ford receives 2025 Sharon Ritenour Stevens Prize

Riley Ford has been awarded the 2025 Sharon Ritenour Prize. Her dissertation work bridegs women's history, military history, gender history and the history of immigration. (continue reading)

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Recent Publications

A Potions Lesson: Experiential Learning in the History Classroom

Alex Hidalgo

https://www.texasobserver.org/the-heist/

The Heist: A Massive Theft of Pre-Columbian Art Reveals Troubling Truths About Texans' Role in the Illicit Antiquities Trade

Alex Hidalgo

The Selected Papers of John Paul Jones

Gene Allen Smith

Drumming Through War and Peace: The Life of Jordan Bankston Noble, 1800-1890

Gene Allen Smith

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Where Are They Now?

History Alumni Profiles

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