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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.

From Berkeley to Madrid: Remembering Richard Herr, Distinguished Scholar of the History of Spain

PhD Candidate J.T. Jamieson on Migration and Reform in Early America (Berkeley Matrix)

PhD Student Tara Madhav Wins AHA Raymond J. Cunningham Prize

Christine Philliou Secures Funding for Establishment of Nikos Kazantzakis Visiting Scholar Program

Bonnie Morris on Title XI at 50 (AHA Perspectives)

PhD candidate Sophie Fitzmaurice on The Materiality of the Telegraph Revolution (Berkeley Matrix)

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Hidetaka Hirota: The disturbing precedent for busing migrants to other states (Washington Post)

Career Development Blog: Reflections From Historians at Work

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