Stories From 2019
Amanda Jewett Zekanis, ’13 Finds Success at JCC
The History Department is proud to announce that Amanda Jewett Zekanis, who graduated from History MA program in 2013, has just accepted a full time history instructor position at Johnston Community College.
Volunteer Efforts Recognized at HRM Awards Banquet
The History Department is proud to announce that Public History faculty member, Professor Craig Friend and Public History MA alum, Jason Norris ’17 both received awards at the recent annual volunteer banquet for the City of Raleigh’s Historic Resources and […]
Jay Butler, HI MA student, Presents Paper at Cistercian and Monastic Studies Conference
With some help from the History Department, I traveled to the 2019 Cistercian and Monastic Studies Conference where I presented a paper on the nineteenth-century monastic revival in France as exemplified by the Trappistine women’s Abbey of Notre Dames des […]
Gabriel Lee ‘o8, Receives Yale Postdoctoral Fellowship
The History Department is proud to announce that History MA alumnus, Gabriel Lee '08, has received the Cassius Marcellus Clay Postdoctoral Fellowship in United States Environmental History at Yale.
Public History MA Student’s Documentary Accepted at Film Festival
The History Department is pleased to announce that Andre Taylor, a first-year Public History MA student, had his short documentary, “Burning Cradle of Liberty,” accepted at the 2019 Longleaf Film Festival. On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police dropped a bomb […]
Public History PhD student, Amanda Elledge-Finn, Turns Her Family History into Award-Winning Poster
Public History PhD student's poster receives first place in the Humanities category at the Graduate Student Research Symposium.
Congratulations to New Phi Alpha Theta Inductees
The History Department extends its congratulations to the following 2019 North Carolina State University inductees to Phi Alpha Theta, the National Honor society for students of History.
Public History PhD Student, JoCora Moore, awarded Fellowship
JoCora Moore, a 1st year Public History PhD student, has received the Robert Frederick Smith Internship and Fellowship for the Digitization and Curation of African American History through the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Dr. David Ambaras – a New Book and a European Lecture Series
Professor David Ambaras traveled to Europe to give a series of invited lectures on his recently published book, "Japan’s Imperial Underworlds: Intimate Encounters at the Borders of Empire."
Finding Freedom Through Oysters in 19th Century New York (Part Two)
Black History Month: The history of Sandy Ground, the first free-black community of the United States, and the impact the community had on the oyster industry in the 19th century.