Welcome to the University of Michigan History Department. Please explore our website to learn about our graduate programs (including three joint degree programs), opportunities for undergraduates, and the wide variety of courses offered. The research fields of the eighty faculty members illustrate the exceptional breadth and depth of the department. If you have questions not answered here, please email umhistory@umich.edu or check the staff directory.

The Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies
The Frances and Kenneth Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies advances historical research and teaching with powerful new tools for supporting visiting scholars, enriching the intellectual climate for faculty and graduate students, and extending knowledge across campus. Through lectures, workshops and other programs designed to foster scholarly exchange, the Eisenberg Institute promises to transform the teaching and study of history at Michigan.

The 2009-2011 theme is "Paucity & Plenty, Enactments and Expectations." Visit the EIHS website for more information (http://www.lsa.umich.edu/eihs).

NEWS AND EVENTS

The department welcomes several new faculty members in 2009-2010. Read their biographies on the “New Faculty” page.

Professor Kathleen Canning is featured as one of the nation’s great professors in a Fall 2009 issue of Newsweek magazine. The article describes her unique teaching style that challenges students on hot-button issues from the past as she attempts to show how historic events and mistakes relate to current situations. article pdf

Philip J. Deloria received a collegiate professorship, one of the highest honors from the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, which he named the Carroll Smith-Rosenberg Collegiate Professor of History.

Charles Bright has been appointed to an Arthur F. Thurnau Professorship by the University of Michigan Board of Regents. This honorary title is given for outstanding contributions to undergraduate education. more in the University Record.

History Department Administrator Diane Wyatt has been recognized by the LSA Staff Spotlight Committee based on nominations by faculty and staff. This award recognizes and celebrates achievements and contributions staff make to the successful operation of the college.  Read about Diane on the Spotlight website (http://www.lsa.umich.edu/facstaff/hr/spotlight/winners).

Graduate students Lauren Hirschberg (History) and Monica Patterson (Anthropology and History) are recipients of the 2009 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Awards, two of twenty winners across the campus.

The Graduate Committee is pleased to announce that Nathan Connolly's dissertation, By Eminent Domain: Race and Capital in the Building of an American South Florida, has won the 2009 Arthur Fondiler Dissertation Award in History.

University among top schools in nation for Fulbright students, faculty scholars, including three from the History Department.

U-M ’s Ann Arbor campus led the country with seven Fulbright faculty scholars.  Twenty-eight students also received 2009-10 Fulbrights, placing the school in a third-place tie nationwide for the number of student-fellowship recipients. Three recent graduates of the History Department are among the 28 current Fulbright Fellows.

• Gregory Green, B.A. 2009, LSA (Physics, History, German); Germany — English Teaching Assistantship

• Emily Lundgren, B.A. 2009, LSA (History, Program in the Environment); Turkey — English Teaching Assistantship

• Christopher McLaurin, B.A. 2009, LSA (History); South Africa — Factors in Successful Mentoring Programs for Young Male Orphans in Johannesburg

Congress created the Fulbright Program in 1946, immediately after World War II, to foster mutual understanding among nations through educational and cultural exchanges. Sen. J. William Fulbright, sponsor of the legislation, saw it as a step toward building an alternative to armed conflict. For more on the Fulbright program, go to us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html.
From the University Record (http://www.ur.umich.edu/update/archives/091023/fulbright )

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