History News & Events
Six UC Santa Cruz professors awarded 2025 NEH Grants for groundbreaking research on AI, colonial violence, and social justice
March 24, 2025
Six UC Santa Cruz professors have received prestigious 2025 National Endowment for the Humanities awards this year, advancing scholarship on topics ranging from colonial violence to the ethical implications of artificial intelligence.
Critical Imagination in Crisis Times: A Conference on the power of the Humanities at UC Santa Cruz
March 10, 2025
In times of growing inequality, political upheaval, and climate crisis, how do we imagine a different future, one that breaks free from the cycles of crisis and oppression? This question will be explored in depth at UC Santa Cruz's Critical Imagination in Crisis Times conference at Merrill College on Tuesday, March 11.
UCHRI grants advance Humanities research on campus
January 17, 2025
This year, UC Santa Cruz researchers are advancing cutting-edge projects that tackle critical issues such as antiracist education, environmental resilience, and the intersections of identity and power, with critical funding from the University of California Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI).
Honoring UCSC’s 2024 Alumni Awards recipients
January 13, 2025
Six alumni were honored on Oct. 25 at the Alumni Awards Celebration dinner. Learn more about each recipient and watch their video feature.
Uncovering an ancient alphabet
January 7, 2025
Back when she was an intrepid graduate student, renowned University of California, Santa Cruz Egyptologist Elaine Sullivan contributed to the discovery of the world’s earliest known alphabet. This historic find has only recently come to light.
Associate Professor of History Elaine Sullivan Recognized in The Baltimore Banner for the Discovery of an Ancient Alphabet
January 7, 2025
Associate Professor of History Elaine Sullivan was recently recognized in an article in The Baltimore Banner for her discovery of an ancient alphabet during her time as a graduate student.
History Department Fall Welcome
September 5, 2024
Kick off the new school year by connecting with your History Department faculty, staff, and fellow students! Fall Welcome is an excellent opportunity to learn about the exciting history courses, events, and research opportunities available to you this year.
History Graduate Alum Kevin P. McDonald’s Research Cited in Recent The New Yorker Article
July 31, 2024
UCSC History Graduate Students Participate at the 2024 American Historical Association Meeting
January 29, 2024
UC Santa Cruz History graduate students represented our department well at the 2024 American Historical Association meeting in San Francisco. The conference ran from January 4th to 7th.
History Department Fall Welcome
September 7, 2023
Kick off the new school year by connecting with your History Department faculty, staff, and fellow students! Fall Welcome is an excellent opportunity to learn about the exciting history courses, events, and research opportunities available to you this year.
National Science Foundation Graduate Recruitment Fellowship
September 6, 2022
The Department of History at UC Santa Cruz is recruiting three PhD students to begin in the Fall of 2024 to pursue research on the histories of science, medicine, and/or the environment in the Global South. Applications are due December 7, 2023.
History Department Fall Welcome
August 23, 2022
Kick off the new school year by connecting with your History Department faculty, staff, and fellow students! Fall Welcome is an excellent opportunity to learn about the exciting history courses, events, and research opportunities available to you this year.
Associate Professor of History Elaine Sullivan Receives 2022 Dizikes Faculty Teaching Award
June 3, 2022
The Dizikes Faculty Teaching Award celebrates the Humanities Division faculty’s commitment to excellence in teaching and its transformative impact for undergraduate students.
Undergrad Profile: Theresa Bostic
June 1, 2022
Theresa Bostic is a third-year History major and 2021-22 The Humanities Institute (THI) Undergraduate Research Fellow.
History alumnus Mark Zemelman named 2022 Distinguished Humanities Undergraduate Alumni Awardee
May 20, 2022
The Distinguished Humanities Undergraduate Alumni Award was created in 2021 to recognize undergraduate banana slugs who have led extraordinary lives and significantly impacted our world.
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 04, 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.
History major Brianna-Isabella Aispuro awarded Siobhan O'Neill Memorial Scholarship
March 28, 2022
This annual scholarship supports history majors with an interest in history, art, and/or government.
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
History professor earns 2021 National Jewish Book Award for look at New York Hasidic Jewish community
January 26, 2022
Nathaniel Deutsch was recently announced as a winner of a 2021 National Jewish Book Award in the category of American Jewish Studies for his recently-published work, A Fortress in Brooklyn: Race, Real Estate, and the Making of Hasidic Williamsburg. He shares the award with his co-author Michael Casper.
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!
Tyler Stovall, renowned history professor and former humanities dean, dies at 67
December 16, 2021
Stovall was a faculty member of the UC Santa Cruz Humanities Division for 13 years, including three years serving as the chair of the History Department and provost of Stevenson College.
UC Santa Cruz receives Mellon Foundation humanities grant to investigate race, biomedicine
December 15, 2021
Faculty and students at UC Santa Cruz will critically investigate the relationships among medicine, race, and the environment both in the United States and in other regions of the globe shaped by the influence of American medicine.
Meleia Simon-Reynolds: Documenting the local Filipino-American experience
November 1, 2021
Meleia Simon-Reynolds and other students are helping preserve local Filipino-American history by creating an oral history digital archive for the community organization Watsonville is in the Heart.
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.
