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Spring 2012 Walk in Advising hours: MW 9:30am-11:00am and TR 1:00pm-3:00pm, Garinger 226
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Welcome to the Department of History at UNC Charlotte.  Historians are analysts of time, place, and circumstance.  Regardless if you plan to teach History/Social Studies in high school, work in archives or museums, or plan a career in government, law, international organizations, the military, business, or other affiliated fields, the skills you learn as a historian find widespread application in many professions.  Studying history is varied and fun. Our department offers students a range of programs and courses that explore the fascinating and complex history of human society while helping them develop the crucial analytic and communications skills needed for success in a wide range of careers.

The undergraduate major and minor in History seek to broaden and deepen a student’s understanding of the past and present from a multi-cultural perspective.  Besides gaining a thorough background in the major fields of history, students may elect to take a wide variety of European, American, and non-Western surveys and specialized topics courses.  Many of our majors also pursue teacher licensure certification and take advantage of specialized courses designed for future classroom teachers.  The department encourages student efforts to study abroad and has an internship program for those interested in developing their practical skills or working as a research assistant for faculty members.  History also has an active departmental honors program and a chapter of the national Phi Alpha Theta honor society, and it annually awards several Davenport academic scholarships and the Patterson prize for best student papers.

The graduate program offers training of the highest quality as students work closely with recognized experts in many different fields.  Graduate students can obtain an M.A. in History or an M.A. in History with a Public History concentration.  The Public History concentration has a New Media focus, preparing students for careers in a wide range of applied history fields.  Graduate stipends are available to qualified candidates on a competitive basis.  There is an active Graduate History Association which hosts an annual Graduate History Forum, an academic conference for graduate students.

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Advising for Spring 2012: Friday January 6 and Monday January 9 from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm . 

 

 

 Congratulations to Dr. Mark Wilson.  Dr. Wilson is the recipient of a prestigious NEH grant.

Additional kudos go to Dr. Cheryl Hicks for her book, Talk With You Like a Woman: African American Women, Justice, and Reform in New York 1890-1935.  The book has garnered an Honorable Mention from the ASA John Hope Franklin Prize Committee.

 

Congratulations to Dr. Karen Cox for being one of the authors selected to attend dinner at the Governer's mansion.  Read more about this exciting event at http://campusnews.uncc.edu/history-professor-attends-governor%E2%80%99s-dinner-authors

 

The History Department is pleased to announce that Dr. Cheryl Hicks' book, Talk With You Like a Woman: African American Women, Justice, and Reform in New York, 1890-1935, won the prestigious 2011 Letitia Woods Brown Book Award.  Congratulations to Dr. Hicks!

 

Kudos to Dr. Karen Cox and Dr. David Goldfield.  Both professors were interviewed by C-Span.  Please go to the following and then scroll down to find Dr. Cox and Dr. Goldfied to view these insightful interviews.  http://www.c-span.org/LocalContent/Charlotte/

 

Congratulations to Dr. Karen Cox, whose book Dreaming of Dixie: How the South Was Created in American Popular Culture  received a wonderful review by Samuel L. Schaffer of the online forum, H-SHGAPE.  The review may be read by following this link: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=33149.

 

Congratulations to Dr. Carol Higham-Alexander who along with her co-director, Dr. William Katerberg, of Calvin College is the recipient of an NEH Summer Seminar Grant.  The seminar entitled, "The American Frontier in Global Perspective," will be held in the summer of 2012 at Calvin College.

Congratulations to Dr. Karen Cox whose op ed piece, "The South Ain't Just Whistlin' Dixie" was published in the September 18, 2011 edition of The New York Times.  To see the article in its entirity please use the following link:  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/18/opinion/sunday/the-south-aint-just-whistlin-dixie.html

 

Congratulations to Lyman Johnson on the publication of his book Workshop of Revolution: Plebeian Buenos Aires and the Atlantic World, 1776-1810 (Duke University Press).  For more information please see Dr. Johnson's

 

Lynnette3websizeCongratulations to Lynnette Deem who is the recipient of the 2011 College of Liberal Arts adn Sciences Part-time Lecturer Award for Teaching Excellence.   

Congratulations to Jerry Davila the 2011 recipient of the International Education Award. 

Congratulations to Karen Cox on the publication of her book Dreaming of Dixie: How the South Was Created in American Popular Culture. (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2011) 

Congratulations to David Goldfield on the publication of his book America Aflame: How the Civil War Created a Nation. (New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2011).

Congratulations to MA student Chuck McShane who is the winner of the 2011 North Carolina Museum of History Student Essay Contest for his essay "Cocktails and Cultural Conflict: North Carolina, 1965-1980."