History M.A.

Apr 23, 2024

History MA Alum, Jordan Brady ’23, Admitted to PhD Program

Congratulations to History MA graduate ,Jordan Brady '23, who has just accepted a position in the PhD program in Ancient History in the Classics department at the University of Cincinnati. 

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 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. 

Sep 27, 2023

History MA alumnus, Eric Medlin,’17, Publishes Book on North Carolina’s Furniture Industry

We are proud to announce that History MA alumnus, Eric Medlin, ’17, recently published a book with the University of Georgia Press. Sawdust In Your Pockets: A History of the North Carolina Furniture Industry is the first ever survey of the state’s furniture industry. Medlin became interested in the subject, when a local historian told…

Sep 5, 2023

History MA alum, Christopher Michael Blakley ’13, Published by LSU Press

We are pleased to announce that History MA alum, Christopher Michael Blakley’s book, “Empire of Brutality: Enslaved People and Animals in the British Atlantic World” has been published by LSU Press. The book explores how material relationships between enslaved people and animals bolstered the intellectual dehumanization of the enslaved. By reconsidering dehumanization in the light…

May 8, 2023

Meet Our Outstanding 2023 Spring and Summer Graduates!

We would like to congratulate our History MA and Public History PhD and MA 2022 graduates. We wish them the best of luck as they go out into the world. Public History PhD Students Gevorg Vardanyan completed his dissertation  – “Remembering Medz Yeghern: Armenian Genocide and Armenian Americans, 1890s–1965” under the direction of Dr. Tammy…

Apr 12, 2023

History MA student, Jordan Brady, presents research at Classical Association of the Middle West and South Conference

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to present my paper entitled “City of Thunder: Numismatics and Civic Space in Seleucia-in-Pieria” at the annual Classical Association of the Middle West and South conference in Provo, Utah. This presentation was a condensed version of a key chapter in my ongoing thesis. Using numismatic evidence, I…

Apr 5, 2023

History MA Student, Ashley Hunter, Presents Research at CAMWS Conference

History MA graduate student, Ashley Hunter, presented her research at this year's Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South conference in Utah.

Jan 4, 2023

History MA Student, Jim Wrenn, Presents Paper on 1978 Sanitation Workers Strike at the Southern Historical Association in Baltimore

History MA student Jim Wrenn presents paper at Southern Historical Association Conference.

Jul 18, 2022

MA Student Jim Wrenn Instrumental in Award Supporting Documentary on Black Environmental Activism in North Carolina

Jim Wrenn is a History MA student and serves as vice president of The Phoenix Historical Society: African American History of Edgecombe County, a non-profit organization founded to “to recover, record, and promote the history of African Americans in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.