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The Department of History is committed to pursuing excellence in historical scholarship and teaching across many different time periods and research interests. Its outstanding faculty specializes in a wide array of historical issues and themes that transcend particular regions and periods. Courses connect undergraduate and graduate students with the excitement of historic discovery and provide a rigorous training in researching and analyzing the human past.

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Student Updates

Attention Undergraduates:

Are you interested in becoming a history major? You can now apply online, after securing your own major advisor. For more information: history-major-application-information. Paper Applications are available in 120 Mary Ann Wood Drive.

Important notices:

Codes for pre-1800 and World Areas courses are included with the course descriptions in the Class Roster and Courses of Study.

Pre-1800 is coded as HPE
World Areas are coded as HAN, HNA, HEU, HGS, HTR.

To search for courses under specific Major Requirement Codes, go to Courses of Study and enter the code in Search.

History News

HIST 2325 The Athenian Empire: Athenian History, 600 to 300 BCE

HIST 2325 The Athenian Empire: Athenian History, 600 to 300 BCE (HST-AS) Monday and Wednesday: 8:40-9:55 Professor Talia Prussin This course focuses on the rise and fall of the Athenian empire, beginning with its roots in the late Archaic period, continuing through its height in the mid-fif...

HIST 2369 Race, The Nation, & American Outdoor Recreation

HIST 2369 Race, the Nation, & American Outdoor Recreation (also SHUM 2369) (HST-A., SCD-AS) (HNA) Tuesday and Thursday: 1:25-2:40 Dr. Amanda Martin This class will explore how access to the outdoors has been impacted by social inequalities related to race, class, and gender throughout U.S. ...

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Love and the Athenian Mercury: 1600s advice column still resonates

As an avid reader of personal advice columns, historian Mary Beth Norton found the perfect confluence of interests in the Athenian Mercury, a London periodical published from 1691-97 that answered readers’ questions about love and marriage.

Death of Pope Francis marks end of historic papacy

Cornell experts comment on the legacy of Pope Francis, who died on Monday, marking the end of a historic papacy.

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Symposium launches archive of Venezuelan migrant testimonies

On April 18, this collection of migrant experiences will be presented to the public in a daylong symposium at the A. D. White House.

Requirements Worksheet

THE HISTORY MAJOR REQUIREMENTS SHEET STUDENT’S NAME: ___________________________________________________ Student’s CUID: ____________________________________________________ 1) Students must complete (or be taking) two History courses before being admitted to the major. 2) Students must choose a...

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Ethnic cleansing explored in Annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration Lecture

Columbia University's Khatchig Mouradian will give a lecture, “Ethnic Cleansing in the Long 19th Century: The Native American, Circassian, and Armenian Cases,” on April 24.