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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.

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Featured News and Announcements

Kaicker's "The King and the People" Named in BBC History Magazine's Books of the Year
Jones-Rogers Awarded the 2020 Harriet Tubman Prize by the Schomburg Center
Brandon M. Schechter (Ph.D. ’15) Awarded Paul Birdsall Prize by AHA
New Article: "The Book of Ruth: Justice Ginsburg on Religious Freedom" by Ronit Stahl
Martin Jay in conversation with Paul Breines 8/25 - City Lights Books
New Faculty Highlight: Bernadette Pérez
Quick Links: Campus Resources for COVID-19 for Campus Community
Interview with Ethan Katz - UC Berkeley Social Science Conversations
Career Development Blog: Reflections From Historians at Work

Featured Fall Courses

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112B Modern South Africa, 1652-Present

Instructor: Tabitha Kanogo

100F The History of Technology in Asia since 1500

Instructor: Lewis Bremner

103B Medieval Alterities: Race & Religion, Humanization & Dehumanization in the Middle Ages

Instructor: Geoffrey Koziol

125A African American History and Race Relations: 1450-1860

125A African American History and Race Relations: 1450-1860

Instructor: Stephanie E Jones-Rogers

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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