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Welcome to the Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania. Over forty historians in the standing faculty with a broad range of research specialties advance our understanding of the past. Penn's graduate program trains the next generation of scholars and teachers. The Department's strong commitment to undergraduate education can be seen in the prominence of the history major, one of the largest on campus, in the numerous teaching awards earned by both standing faculty and graduate students, and history's strong presence in general education. History faculty direct and participate in many interdisciplinary centers on the Penn campus, and edit a number of scholarly journals.
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Department News
Look back at all the Department News from the 2012-13 Academic Year »
Faculty
Michael Katz has been elected a member of the American Philosophical Society, one of the highest intellectual honors in the United States.
Warren Breckman has been selected as a Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin for Fall 2013
Eve Troutt Powell has been appointed as the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies in the School of Arts and Sciences
Kathy Peiss won the Ira H. Abrams Memorial Award for Distinguished Teaching in the School of Arts and Sciences.
Read a complete list faculty news from the 2012-13 Academic Year.
Graduate Students
Zain Lakhani was awarded a Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship .
Sarah Rodriguez was awarded a Marguerite B. Hamer Editorial Fellowship at the McNeil Center.
Noor Zaidi was awarded a Doris Quinn Dissertation Completion Fellowship.
Xu "Sidney" Lu has been awarded a GAS Dissertation Completion Fellowship for Fall 2013...More »
Read a complete list of all award winners and job placement successes from the 2012-13 Academic Year.


