News
- History professor Dr. Amanda Maher wins Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award.
- History major running for State House in Livingston County.
- EMU alumnus and former Social Studies Methods lecturer Jim Cameron named Michigan's History Hero for 2023 by the Historical Society of Michigan.
- History alumnus Jeff Morrison (BA 1984) awarded the Stuart D. and Vernice M. Gross Award for Literature by SVSU.
- Three EMU historians honored at the 62nd Annual Eastern Michigan University Alumni Awards.
- History MA students win Michigan Historical Review's Best Graduate Student Paper award.
- EMU History professors, students, and alumni publish new history of Ypsilanti.
- History alumnus Brian Egen reappointed to state Historical Commission.
- History alumna Kelly Haas named Huron Valley Schools Middle School Teacher of the Year.
- The History Section presents 2023 Distinguished and Young Alumni Awards
- 2023 History Alumni Awards: Call for Nominations
- Regent Dennis Beagen shares the influence of History Professor Emeritus Reinhardt Wittke on his academic career.
- Dr. Robert Erlewine Joins the History Faculty.
- History Professor Emerita Jiu-Hwa Upshur makes a million dollar gift to EMU.
- History Professor Emeritus Walter Moss actively engaged in public history scholarship.
- History alumnus Matt Willis named Director of Willard Library in Battle Creek.
- Read the 2022 EMU History Newsletter.
- History alumna Sharon Burrell presents Civil War history on WDIV-Local 4.
- EMU History alumnus Jon Tropf named assistant men's basketball coach at Ohio Northern University.
- Secondary Education Social Studies/History Comprehensive major Geoff Gauthier places 2nd at 2022 National Forensics Association Tournament in Impromptu Speaking.
- History alumnus William Patterson named superintendent for Lakeview school district
- History MA student Connor Ashley featured on Fox 2 Detroit News for work in archiving veterans' stories
- War in their own words: Eastern Michigan University receives oral histories of Ypsilanti veterans
- The History section forms a Community Board
- 2021-22 McAndless Scholar Kevin Boyle shares his passion for history with the Eastern community
- Watch 2021-22 McAndless Scholar Kevin Boyle's Detroit Theme Year keynote presentation, "Ossian Sweet's Life and Legacy," here!
- EMU History alumnus Julie Galonska takes on superintendent role for Lowell National Historic Park
- EMU History student Connor Ashley curates the University Archives' new online exhibit on the Detroit Club
- EMU History student wins Phi Alpha Theta Award
- Professor Ashley Johnson Bavery featured in WXYZ Detroit story on Hyflex teaching
- Passion for her work and a 19th century diary put EMU History grad student on the path to Princeton
- Read the 2021 EMU History Newsletter [PDF]
- Professor John McCurdy has been granted an Eccles Centre for American Studies Fellowship to conduct research at the British Library
- Professor Ashley Johnson Bavery is awarded the Immigration and Ethnic History Society's First Book Award for Bootlegged Aliens: Immigration Politics on America’s Northern Border
- EMU History alumnus Dr. Royal S. Copeland, NYC Health Commissioner during the 1918 pandemic, profiled in Eastern Magazine
- Recent graduate Nate Turner publishes column on the lessons of the 1918 flu epidemic
- Professor Ashley Johnson Bavery consults for PBS series Finding Your Roots
- Research of Five EMU History Students Featured on the Symposium Podcast
- Quarters by Professor John McCurdy awarded honorable mention for the American Revolution Round Table of Philadelphia Book Award
- Professor Ashley Johnson Bavery Publishes Bootlegged Aliens
- Professor Steven Ramold Voted Washtenaw County’s Best Professor
- EMU History Student Lacey Opdycke Curates Exhibit for the National Women’s History Museum
- Dr. Amanda Maher Joins the History Faculty
- Professor Mary-Elizabeth Murphy Discusses Race and Policing in The Washington Post
- The History Section Denounces Racist Violence
- Spring 2020 Awards Ceremony and Commencement Celebration
- Read the 2020 EMU History Newsletter [PDF]
- Professor Steven Ramold Publishes Obstinate Heroism
- Quarters by Professor John McCurdy has won the 2019 Journal of the American Revolution Book of the Year Award
- Professor Mark Higbee co-authors Frederick Douglass, Slavery, and the Constitution, 1845
- History majors research EMU's past in the University Archives
- Professor Mary-Elizabeth Murphy receives inaugural Kirk and Sharon Profit Social Justice Fellowship
- Professor John McCurdy: Standing on the Shoulders of EMU Giants
- Symposium Explores Legacy of EMU Professor Mark Jefferson
- Professor John McCurdy Publishes Quarters
- History Alum Rasheed Atwater Creates Historical Marker on Campus
- Two EMU History Graduates receive Alumni Awards
- Read our 2019 History Newsletter [PDF]
- Professor Mary-Elizabeth Murphy publishes Jim Crow Capital
- History Students Present at Conference
- Alumnus Interview: Michael Rozek
- Dr. Mary-Elizabeth Murphy finds a precedent for today's Supreme Court confirmation battles in the 1930 nomination of John J. Parker
- Professors JoEllen Vinyard and George Cassar retire
- Read our 2018 History Newsletter [PDF]
- Professor JoEllen Vinyard puts political extremism into historical context
- Dr. Ashley Johnson Bavery joins the History faculty
- Around the World in 47 Tours with Emeritus Professor Reinhard Wittke
- Regents approve new major in Religious Studies
- Alumnus N.J. Akbar (BS '07) receives EMU's Outstanding Young Alumni Award
- History Professor Emerita Kathleen Chamberlain offers insight to AMC
- Alumna Elizabeth Sparks Adams, B.A. History 1934, inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame