History News and Events
History professor wins prize for article on post-Civil War incarceration of African American children
July 16, 2021
Associate professor of history Catherine Jones has been honored with the 2021 Richards Prize for the best article published in The Journal of the Civil War Era in 2020. The journal explores how knowledge of the Civil War era informs our understanding of 21st-century politics and society.
Library’s new Community Archiving Program to broaden scope of Regional History Project
July 6, 2021
The University Library has announced the establishment of a new Community Archiving Program that will build on the foundation of its decades-old Regional History Project.
Nathaniel Deutsch’s ‘A Fortress in Brooklyn’ reveals provocative counter-history of American Jewry
June 22, 2021
A new book by UC Santa Cruz history professor Nathaniel Deutsch details how a group of determined Holocaust survivors survived in one of the roughest parts of New York City—reshaping the urban landscape of postwar Brooklyn.
In Outcaste Bombay, historian Juned Shaikh interrogates assumptions about city's cosmopolitanism in 20th century
June 22, 2021
India's Firstpost published an interview with associate history professor Juned Shaikh about his new book on the link between caste and class identities in Mumbai.
Jonah Gertz
June 7, 2021
Jonah Gertz tried to choose between his two academic passions: intensive history and music. But, he said, the choice was impossible since he was surrounded by so many different opportunities to grow as both a historian and musician.
Undergraduate Profile: Maya Gonzalez
May 26, 2021
Maya Gonzalez is an Intensive History and Jewish Studies double major at UC Santa Cruz. Her current project explores some of the earliest cinematic representations of the Holocaust, focusing on Hollywood films produced during the 1940’s.
History Open House for Transfer Students
May 5, 2021
Transfer students admitted to UC Santa Cruz for Fall 2021 are cordially invited to attend a virtual open house on Wednesday, May 19th.
Preserving the legacy of Watsonville’s first Filipino immigrants
May 4, 2021
In partnership with the university, the community-led Tobera Project will develop an oral history archive and digital exhibition to be housed at McHenry Library.
2021-22 Dickson Emeritus awards support faculty research in history, literature, and psychology
April 28, 2021
Karen Yamashita, professor emerita of literature; Dana Frank, research professor in history; and Thomas Pettigrew, research professor in psychology, were each awarded Edward A. Dickson Emeritus Professorships in recognition of their outstanding achievements in scholarship and teaching.
Gregg Mitman, “Empire of Rubber: Scenes from Firestone’s Scramble for Land and Power in Liberia”
April 27, 2021
Please join us May 17, 2021 for the third annual Thom Gentle Environmental History Lecture.
Sites of Memory, Spaces of Dispute: Missions and Monuments in the United States, Thursday, May 13th, 12pm - 1:30pm, Virtual Event
April 18, 2021
The Research Center for the Americas is proud to host a conversation with Dr. Catherine Ramírez (Professor, Latin American and Latino Studies) and Dr. Kate Jones (Associate Professor, History) that explores how markers or symbols of memory are imagined and disputed.
Emily Rashid wins annual Fanny Carruthers History Scholarship
March 23, 2021
This scholarships supports UC Santa Cruz history majors who are graduates of Santa Clara County high schools.
UC Santa Cruz joins new consortium to ensure future of SlaveVoyages database
March 18, 2021
UC Santa Cruz has joined a newly formed consortium of institutions to ensure the preservation, stability, and future development of what has become the single most widely used online resource for anyone interested in slavery across the Atlantic world.
History major Hannah Stitt awarded Siobhan O'Neill Memorial Scholarship
March 10, 2021
This annual scholarship supports history majors with an interest in history, art, and/or government.
Notes of resistance
February 24, 2021
History Professor Eric Porter delves deeply into jazz improvisation as a means for "resistance, survival, and promoting one’s own resiliency."
LASER talk to feature research by UCSC deans of the humanities and social sciences
February 22, 2021
The event will feature research presentations by Jasmine Alinder, Dean of the Humanities (“Representing Japanese American Incarceration”), and Katharyne Mitchell, Dean of the Social Sciences (“Sanctuary Space and Insurgent Memory”).
UCSC awarded National Endowment for the Humanities grants to support faculty research
January 28, 2021
UC Santa Cruz has received two grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to support faculty research and writing leading to book projects.
In Memoriam: Buchanan Sharp (1942–2020)
January 19, 2021
With profound sadness, we announce the death of Buchanan Sharp, professor emeritus of history, an extraordinary person, a lively spirit, and one of our department's most outstanding teachers.
History Students Win Humanities Undergraduate Research Fellowships
December 1, 2020
The Department of History is delighted to announce that three History majors have received Humanities Undergraduate Research Fellowships for the 2020-2021 academic year.
Elaine Sullivan awarded American Historical Association prize for innovation in digital history
November 08, 2020
UCSC associate professor of history Elaine Sullivan and alumnus Vincent DiGirolamo have each received a 2020 prize from the American Historical Association.
UCSC historian Greg O’Malley awarded NEH grant for research on slavery in early America
August 12, 2020
UCSC history professor Gregory O’Malley has received a Public Scholars Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to write a biography of David George, who was born a slave in 1743 and whose pursuit of freedom intersects with major events of the Revolutionary Era.
