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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

Undergraduate Award Winners »

Look back at all the Department News from the 2010-11 Academic Year »

Faculty

Rick Beeman has been elected as a member of the Society of American Historians, one of the most prestigious honors for a US historian.

Tom Childers has been selected by the seniors in the Huntsman Program to receive an award as the SAS faculty member recognized for "outstanding teaching and learning in the university environment."....... More »

Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet has been named the Robert I. Williams Term Professor of History.

Read a complete list faculty news from the 2010-11 Academic Year.

Graduate Students

William Kuby has accepted a new position, Visiting Assistant Professor of 20th Century U.S. History at Miami University in Oxford, OH....... More »

Nikki Kalbing has received the 2012 National Security Educational Program (NSEP) David L. Boren Fellowship....... More »

Read a complete list of all award winners and job placement successes from the 2010-11 Academic Year.