History News & Events
Alumna’s foreign service success earns her a new post as U.S. Ambassador
April 21, 2022
Claire Pierangelo (Kresge College, History ’82) will be sworn in as Ambassador to the Republic of Madagascar and the Union of the Comoros on May 2.
Watsonville Filipino history digital archive now available for public viewing
April 12, 2022
The Watsonville is in the Heart Digital Archive is now viewable online and features oral history recordings, original documents, photos, and family artifacts highlighting Filipino history in the Pajaro Valley.
Ricky Bluthenthal announced as 2022 social sciences distinguished alumni award recipient
April 4, 2022
The Social Sciences division is proud to announce trailblazing health equity researcher and advocate Ricky Bluthenthal (Merrill ’86, History and Sociology) as the recipient of the 2022 Social Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award.
Maya K. Peterson Memorial
March 30, 2022
A celebration of the life and work of UCSC History Professor Maya Peterson will take place on Tuesday, April 12th, 2022 from 4:30-6:00pm at the Cowell College Provost House.
Seed funding grants for early-stage research, creative projects given to 19 awardees
March 28, 2022
The UCSC Office of Research has awarded funds this month to 19 projects through its inaugural Seed Funding for Early Stage Initiatives program
Two History department faculty members awarded Public Humanities, Digital, and Community-Engaged Research Fellowships for 2022-23
January 13, 2022
Congratulations to Professors Elaine Sullivan and Alice Yang, who have been awarded two of the inaugural Faculty Public Humanities, Digital, and Community-Engaged Research Fellowships for 2022-23!
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 06, 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.
