Alumni in the News: The Washington Post Opinion

The presidential oath was intended to be a measure of accountability. Kevin Butterfield, alumni of the Department of History at Wash U, is director of the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress.

1984 meets 2024

A new history course on the year 1984 allows students to walk in the footsteps of WashU students 40 years ago.

Fall 2024 Events

Summary of upcoming events in the Department of History

Jonathan Judaken Publishes New Book

Critical Theories of Anti-Semitism: A Conversation with Jonathan Judaken

Harrod named Fulbright Scholar

Douglas Flowe Awarded Dean's Award for Diversity Advancement

Dean’s Award for Diversity Advancement

Job Posting: Assistant Professor in Environmental History

The History Department at Washington University in St. Louis invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor in environmental history starting in the fall of 2025.

Obituary: Richard J. Walter, professor emeritus in Arts & Sciences, 85

Richard J. Walter, a professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of History in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, died Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, at Mercy Hospital St. Louis. He was 85.

Recently published conversation piece by Linda Nicholson, discusses Dobbs v. Jackson

Hindle wins British Agricultural History Society book award

Steve Hindle was awarded the Joan Thirsk Memorial Prize for his book “The Social Topography of a Rural Community: Scenes of Labouring Life in Seventeenth-Century England.” Sponsored by the British Agricultural History Society, the Thirsk Prize is given annually for the best book in British or Irish rural or agrarian history.

Flowe co-hosts National Geographic docuseries

On season two of "Ancient China From Above," Douglas Flowe adventures through museums, archaeological sites, and mountain ranges to solve ancient Chinese mysteries. The work is part of Flowe’s wider efforts as a public historian.

2024-25 Faculty Fellows selected

Congratulations to the faculty members who will join us in residence during the next academic year!