Department of History
Department of
History
Overview
The Department of History offers minors and immersions that promote broad perspectives on human experiences, teach critical appraisal of primary and secondary sources, develop communication and writing skills, and enable you to make comparisons and draw contrasts across global historical perspectives—all skills that are essential in a wide variety of professions, including business, education, journalism, law, politics, and public service. We are a tight-knit department with faculty who have a wide variety of professional and scholarly interests, from the history of gender to the history of computing, from the history of Asia to the history of the United States, from the history of imperialism to the history of baseball.
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Faculty in the department
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History courses offered
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Geographical and historical areas of study
Latest News
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October 16, 2019
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How gambling built baseball – and then almost destroyed it
Essay by Rebecca Edwards, professor of history, published by The Conversation.
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August 20, 2019
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Connections: Discussing demagoguery and populism
WXXI’s “Connections” program features Michael Brown, assistant professor, Department of History.
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April 1, 2019
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RIT’s College of Liberal Arts honors students for writing excellence
RIT’s College of Liberal Arts honored student achievement in writing on Friday with the presentation of more than a dozen writing awards for essays varying from sanctuary cities, how democracies can withstand outside meddling, and the excavation, preservation and reconstruction of a London theater where Shakespearian plays debuted.
