Uncommon People

  • April 29, 2013Anna E. von Gehr

    Anna E. von Gehr

    Invited Keynote Speaker for the 2013 Undergraduate Research Symposium, Anna E. von Gehr '99 is now Director of University Arts Development, University of Virginia.

  • April 5, 2013Jennifer Derr

    Assistant Professor Jennifer Derr

    The department is delighted to welcome Assistant Professor Jennifer Derr. Her research explores the contemporary history of the modern Middle East.

  • January 3, 2013Maya Peterson

    Assistant Professor Peterson

    The Department of History is delighted to welcome to our faculty Professor Maya Peterson, whose research explores Russian and Soviet history.

  • November 7, 2012Assistant Professor Catherine Jones

    Assistant Professor Catherine Jones

    Assistant Professor Catherine Jones delivered congratulatory remarks to the graduating class of 2012 at the 1st Annual History Graduation Celebration on June 15th, 2012.

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    Distinguished Professor Hershatter

    The UCSC Academic Senate bestowed their highest honor by selecting Hershatter to give the 47th annual Faculty Research Lecture.

  • September 28, 2012Marc Matera

    Assistant Professor Matera

    The Department of History is delighted to welcome to our faculty Professor Marc Matera, whose research explores gender and race in imperial Britain and the British Empire, especially colonial Africa and the Caribbean.

  • June 14, 2012Greg O'Malley

    Assistant Professor Greg O'Malley

    Teacher of Atlantic History, winner of the Douglass Adair Memorial Award, and soon-to-be author of a cutting-edge new book.

  • May 17, 2012Alan Christy

    Associate Professor Alan Christy

    Alan Christy is an Associate Professor of History, Undergraduate Director of East Asian Studies, the leader of the ROUTES project, and winner of the 2012 John Dizikes Teaching Award.

  • April 2, 2012Gregg Herken

    Gregg Herken: Unraveling history's mysteries

    Gregg Herken '69 tackles in his research one of the great unresolved controversies of the Cold War: whether American physicist Robert Oppenheimer-–the “father of the atomic bomb”–-was, in fact, a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.

  • March 6, 2012Jeffrey Wasserstrom

    Jeffrey Wasserstrom

    Keynote speaker at the 2010 Undergraduate Research Symposium, Jeffrey Wasserstrom '82 is now a Professor of History at UC Irvine, specializing in East Asian Studies.

  • March 6, 2012Matt Bokovoy

    Matthew Bokovoy

    Keynote speaker at the 2011 Undergraduate Research Symposium, Matthew Bokovoy '91 is now senior acquisitions editor for Native American and Indigenous Studies and the History of the American West for the University of Nebraska Press.

  • March 6, 2012Anthony Barbieri-Low

    Anthony Barbieri-Low

    Invited Keynote Speaker for the 2012 Undergraduate Research Symposium, Anthony Barbieri-Low '94 is now Associate Professor of History at UC Santa Barbara, specializing in the Social, Economic, Legal, and Material Culture History of Ancient China.

  • March 5, 2012Paul Freedman

    Paul Freedman

    Keynote speaker at the 2009 Undergraduate Research Symposium, Paul Freedman '71 is now Professor of History at Yale University.

  • March 4, 2012Carla Hesse

    Carla Hesse

    Keynote speaker at the 2008 Undergraduate Research Symposium, Carla Hesse '78 is now the Peder Sather Professor of History at UC Berkeley, specializing in modern European history.

  • January 11, 2012Kenneth Feingold

    Kenneth Feingold: UCSC's fourth alumni Regent

    This week, Kenneth A. Feingold (Cowell, ’71, history) was named the fourth UCSC alumnus to represent the campus on the Board of Regents.

  • November 4, 2011Lisbeth Haas

    Professor Lisbeth Haas

    For over a decade, Professor Lisbeth Haas has been doing research on Indian societies in California. Her most recent project has yielded her not one, but two publications, to be published this year and next.

  • September 8, 2011Rick Warner

    Richard Warner

    Richard Warner earned his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in history from UC-Santa Cruz. Warner recently has been named the Daniel F. Evans Associate Professor in the Social Sciences at Wabash University.

  • August 23, 2011Paula Daccarett

    Paula Daccarett, a fresh face in Jewish Studies

    Paula Daccarett is currently a visiting assistant Professor in Jewish Studies here at UCSC. Her history courses shed new light onto different aspects of Jewish culture.

  • July 12, 2011Keith Christiansen

    Keith Christiansen

    Once a UCSC History and French Literature student, Keith Christiansen went on to have a rich and successful career as an art curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

  • July 10, 2011Mark Teague

    Mark Teague

    Mark Teague graduated from UCSC in 1985 with a History B.A. Now, he is a best-selling author and illustrator of children's books.

  • July 8, 2011Cynthia Thickpenny

    Cynthia Thickpenny

    HUGRA recipient, History Alum, and now, Marshall Scholar!

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    Jayne Ann Krentz

    Popular, prolific fiction author Jayne Ann Krentz graduated from UCSC in 1970 with a B.A. in History. She says it was at UCSC that she "learned how to learn."

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    Cary Joji Fukunaga

    Cary Joji Fukunaga, acclaimed film director of "Jane Eyre" (2011) and "Sin Nombre" (2009), graduated from UCSC in 1999 with a History degree.

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    Richard White

    UCSC alumnus Richard White graduated in 1969 with a B.A. in History. Now, he is considered one of the nation's leading scholars.

  • February 8, 2011Nathaniel Deutsch

    Nathaniel Deutsch, IHR Director

    Nathaniel Deutsch appointed as the director of the Institute for Humanities Research

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