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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.

Stahl Examines the State of the Transgender Military Ban in new Washington Post Op-Ed

Undergraduate Ricky Noel Wins Carmel and Howard Friesen Prize in Oral History Research

Celebrating Juneteenth: UC Berkeley History Department Reading List

Katz Explores how Black and Jewish American Struggles can Unify in New CNN Article

"Reparations for African-Americans": Rosenthal featured on BBC Podcast

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Faculty Books: Emeritus Tony Adamthwaite Takes a fresh look at post-World War II Europe

"While Statues Sleep": New Article by Thomas Laqueur in LRB

Career Development Blog: Reflections From Historians at Work

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