News | Department of History

Our post-fact reality

Douglas Flowe: "Political division now constitutes separate realities"

The caretakers of Early Modern religious life

Alumna Amanda Scott recently published the first-ever book about Basque seroras, Early Modern women who held professional roles in the Catholic Church outside of monasteries.

11.11.20 | Read the Story

Faculty

Presidential transitions, new traditions

The public transfer of power from one president to the next has played a major role in reconciling political factions and creating solidarity among the populace at large after a contested presidential election. With the Election Day 2020 around the corner — and Inauguration Day a couple months after that — historian Peter Kastor and A&S grad Joey Vettiankal consider the historical precedents and wonder what will come next.

10.14.20 | Read the Story

Alumni

Writing the first draft of history

History major Gabriel Rubin, AB ’15, takes Wall Street Journal readers inside the Beltway as the new author of a storied political column.

10.13.20 | Read the Story

Graduate

How to become a saint in your lifetime

Mary Andino's research gives voice to women from southern Italy whose relationship to sanctity alarmed the Catholic Church in the early modern period.

9.23.20 | Read the Story