News

Feb 6, 2024

Professor Craig Friend Discusses Lunsford Lane for Black History Month News Segment

Professor Craig Friend was featured in a 2024 Black History Month news segment where he discussed Lunsford Lane.

Jan 29, 2024

Professor Brinkman published in North Carolina Historical Review

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Paul Brinkman’s article “The North Carolina Rolling Exposition: The Most Interesting Aggregation of Exhibitions Ever Crowded into a Traveling Conveyance” was published in the North Carolina Historical Review (2023, C(4): 402-431). You can learn more about Dr. Brinkman HERE.

Jan 25, 2024

Meet our Alumni: DeAsia Noble, ’23

DeAsia Noble graduated from North Carolina State with her Master’s in Public History in 2023. She is a Park Ranger at the Historic Homes in Washington, D.C., specifically at the African American sites. She works with school groups, various governmental agencies, special events, the Network to Freedom and the Civil Rights Network Trail.  How do…

Jan 17, 2024

NC State History Department adds Legal History Concentration for Undergraduate History Majors

The idea of a legal history concentration has been discussed in the History Department for some time. But after many conversations with students interested in law school, Teaching Assistant Professor and former lawyer, Dr. Steven Lechner, decided that it was time to work with the Chair and faculty to get the ball rolling. Says Lechner,…

Jan 4, 2024

History M.A. student, Rachel Suffern, Awarded Funding to Visit Princeton’s F. Scott Fitzgerald Papers

History M.A. student Rachel Suffern received a travel funding award from the History Department to conduct research in the F. Scott Fitzgerald Papers at Princeton’s Firestone Library. Her research focuses on the historical context surrounding the writing of The Great Gatsby and its later popularization as both an academic subject and pop culture phenomenon. Suffern’s…

Nov 20, 2023

Public History PhD Candidate, Mandy Paige-Lovingood, Awarded Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grant

The Graduate School awards a total of eight Doctoral Dissertation Grants to the whole University in the spring 2024 semester. This year, two of our PhD candidates received the awards. This article highlights awardee, Mandy Paige-Lovingood's research, prior awards and future plans.

Nov 16, 2023

Public History PhD Candidate, Shima Hosseininasab, Awarded Doctoral Dissertation Completion Grant

The Graduate School awards a total of eight Doctoral Dissertation Grants to the whole University in the spring 2024 semester. This year, two of our Public History PhD candidates received the awards. This article highlights awardee, Shima Hosseininasab's, research, prior awards and future plans.

Nov 14, 2023

Meet the Faculty: An Interview with 2023-24 NEH Fellowship Winner, Professor David Ambaras

In our new faculty interview series, Dr. David Ambaras talks about his 2023-24 NEH fellowship and his digital book" Maritime Connections and Japanese World-Making in the 1950s-60s."

Nov 13, 2023

History MA student, Luke Gaines, awarded Martha Ellen Ward Scholarship

History MA student, Luke Gaines, was awarded a scholarship and gave a talk in November. 

Oct 26, 2023

Meet our Alumni: Sarah Soleim ’21

Meet Sarah Soleim '21, a graduate of our Public History PhD program, and Manager of Community and Academic Learning at Wake Forest Historical Museum.