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Department of History

UC Berkeley's Department of History is one of the top-ranked history departments in the nation. Our faculty's research covers almost the entirety of recorded history and spans most of the globe.

150W: Women in the Department of History

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Featured News and Announcements

History Commencement: May 18th, 2022
Carlos Noreña to Deliver J.H. Gray Lectures at Cambridge University
History Department Ranked #1 by U.S. News & World Report
John Connelly for Commonweal: What Makes Ukraine Different?
In Memory of Tyler Stovall (1954-2021)
David Henkin Featured on Berkeley Voices Podcast
Quick Links: Campus Resources for COVID-19 for Campus Community
Waldo Martin feat. in Berkeley Voices Episode on Music of the Great Migration
Career Development Blog: Reflections From Historians at Work

Featured Spring Courses

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The History of Medicine in 10 Objects

Instructor: Hannah Zeavin

Late antiquity mosaic of animals

Pagans and Christians, Romans and Barbarians: The World of Late Antiquity, ¬250–750 CE

Instructor: Christopher Bonura

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Whose Rights? Citizens and Citizenship in American History

Instructor: Meg Gudgeirsson

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116D 20th Century China

Instructor: Paulina Hartono

Campus History Events

Internal events calendar for history faculty and graduate students (login required)

Celebrating 150 Years of Berkeley History, 1868–2018
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Department of History
3229 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA  94720-2550

history@berkeley.edu
(510) 642-1971


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