Stories From 2019
Dr. David Ambaras Receives NEH Digital Humanities Advancement Grant
The Department of History is proud to announce that David R. Ambaras, Professor of History at North Carolina State University, and Kate McDonald, Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara, have received a $100,000 Digital Humanities […]
In Memoriam – Jim Mulholland
James Mulholland, retired NC State Assistant Professor of History and writer of "A History of Metals in Colonial America" passed away on July 26, 2019.
Recycle, Repurpose, Reuse: Turning Oral Histories into Short Films
Beyond the transcript, oral history interviews have a second life as primary sources for short films.
Drawing Democracy: North Carolina’s Gerrymandering History
As courts consider North Carolina’s voting districts, we review the long history of gerrymandering in the state.
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.