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UCLA History Department It is one of the most highly acclaimed History departments in the nation, with a faculty internationally renowned as teachers and scholars.

The UCLA Department of History is a community of scholars who seek to understand the past and strive to introduce students to the process of historical thinking. It is one of the largest History departments in the United States, with 73 faculty members, nearly 1300 undergraduate majors and almost 200 full time graduate students. With course offerings and graduate training that cover much of the gl

obe, from the ancient world to the present, the department offers the foundation of a broad-based education for an informed citizenry. Follow us on Twitter!

04/23/2025

It’s not too late to decide your summer plans and we hope that may include learning with us!! ☀️📖 🏖️

Click the link in our bio for more information on all of our Summer 2025 offerings (all of which are ONLINE)!

04/22/2025

Dear Students,

The History Graduate Student Association invites you to the 2025 History Graduate Student Conference on Saturday, May 3rd, 2025 in Bunche 6275. Welcome reception starts at 8:30am, panels begin at 9:30am. Please rsvp via https://forms.gle/DEnhwG3D6YEqXb2x6

03/10/2025

Dear History Students: It is our great pleasure to announce the Ninth Undergraduate History Research Conference entitled “Lost or Forgotten Histories” to be held on Wednesday, May 14th, 2025! We encourage all undergraduates to submit original research papers on the reexamination of historiographical methods to discover overlooked, unremembered, and missing histories.

Submissions can be based on past or current work developed for History 96Ws, 97s, 187s, 191s, honors theses, or other historical research papers. Abstracts should be 250 words (or less) and submitted using this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfwU5sq-7ac-8K_gOZpONd4UFbUIi6Aus35_m2BSFu9rmdbRw/viewform (link in bio) by 11:59 pm Sunday, March 23.

Questions? Contact the History Undergraduate Advisory Board (HUAB) at [email protected].

03/07/2025

Dear Students,

Looking to fulfill a GE requirement in spring quarter? Consider our history course offerings. Seats are still available in select courses, such as:

HIST 1A - Introduction to Western Civilization: Ancient Civilizations, Prehistory to circa AD 843
HIST 1C - Introduction to Western Civilization: Circa 1715 to Present
HIST 8C - Contemporary Latin American Film and Culture
HIST 13C - History of the U.S. and Its Colonial Origins: 20th Century

Please see a full list of our course options via the Schedule of Classes: https://sa.ucla.edu/ro/Public/SOC.

01/29/2025

Dear Students,

You are invited to a Research and Library Services for History Students workshop! Librarian Michelle Brasseur will lead this workshop for undergraduate History students to introduce library services, demonstrate research skills, and answer student questions about finding information on topics of interest. Students are encouraged to bring your laptop if you would like to follow along with demonstrations. Though this workshop is designed for history student, students of any major or minor are welcome to join along and learn about these incredible resources!

This workshop will be held on Wednesday, February 12th from 10am-11am in Bunche 6275. Please RSVP via https://forms.gle/3kATZMZLWkbSaj3Q6 (link in bio), feel free to invite your friends and peers!

01/15/2025

Dear Students,

We hope that you are all safe and well -

Interested in carrying out a year-long independent research project that will culminate in an honors thesis?

Our department will be hosting a workshop for interested students on Tuesday, January 28th at 1pm via Zoom! RSVP link in bio.

01/07/2025

Interested in Travel Study? Join us next week in Bruin Plaza for all questions concerning our Travel Study programs in Paris and Greece! We will be giving away free Macarons and Baklavas so you can have a taste of Travel Study! While supplies last! Event will be on Tuesday, January 14th from 10am-2pm!

11/14/2024

Dear Students,

Looking for a Winter 2025 history course? Consider HIST 11B: History of China, circa 1000 to 2000

Survey of later history of China--evolution of characteristic Chinese institutions and modes of thought from circa 1000 to 2000. Focus on social, political, intellectual, cultural, and economic aspects of early modern regimes and empires and rise of modern China into contemporary era.

View more in the Schedule of Classes!

11/07/2024

Dear Students,

Looking for a Winter 2025 history course? Consider HIST 149B: North American Indian History, 1830 to Present.

This course surveys the historical experiences of Native American peoples in the continental United States from the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 to the present. Topics will include war, removals, reservations, genocide, survival, labor, boarding schools, urban relocation, termination, activism, civil rights, sovereignty, and casinos.

View more in the Schedule of Classes!

10/07/2024

Dear History Students,

We are pleased to announce the 2024-2025 Executive Board for UCLA's Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society!! We are ecstatic to have a wonderful group.

Please visit https://pathonors.wordpress.com/executive-board-2024-2035/ for more information.

09/30/2024

Hello History Students!

The 2023-2024 edition of the Quaestio History Undergraduate Journal is now available on the Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society website via https://pathonors.wordpress.com/the-latest-issue/ (link in bio). Please enjoy a preview above which includes a note from Editor-in-Chief, Una Stevanović.

09/26/2024

Dear History Students,

We are pleased to announce the new History Undergraduate Advisory Board members for this academic year!! Please see our updated website with more information about the new board members. We are very excited to have an extraordinary group to represent the undergraduate students this year.

https://history.ucla.edu/academics/undergraduate/undergraduate-advisory-board

09/06/2024

Incoming and returning students are invited to the History Department’s Open House! Make the most out of your UCLA experience and learn about:

- Academic Counseling
- Faculty-Student Engagement
- HistoryCorps Internships
- Public History Initiative
- Luskin Center for History and Policy
- Phi Alpha Theta Honors Society
- History Undergraduate Advisory Board (HUAB)
- and much more!

Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP by scanning the QR code or by visiting the link in our bio. We hope to see you there!

Event: UCLA History Department Open House
Day: Wednesday, September 25th
Time: 2:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: History Conference Room Bunche 6275

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6265 Bunche Hall
Los Angeles, CA
90062

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Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

Telephone

+13108254601

Website

http://www.history.ucla.edu/

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