History News and Events
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.
UC Santa Cruz scholar of Chinese American history Judy Yung dies at 74
January 4, 2021
Judy Yung, a pioneering author and scholar of Chinese American and women's history, died on December 14, 2020.
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 8, 2020
UCSC associate professor of history Elaine Sullivan and alumnus Vincent DiGirolamo have each received a 2020 prize from the American Historical Association.
The savior of the opera
October 16, 2020
With dampened prospects for in-person classes, rehearsals, and performances this pandemic year, UC Santa Cruz’s opera program is adapting with help from donor Scott Lord
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.
