History Department at the University of Hartford

04/10/2018

This Thursday, April 12th, several of our majors and minors will present their research at the Undergraduate Research and Creativity Colloquium. Check out the full schedule of events here.

04/10/2018

Wednesday April 11th at 9 PM, NOVA will be airing "Holocaust Escape Tunnel" on PBS. This episode features the work of Dr. Richard Freund, professor of history and director of the Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies.

02/07/2018

New data suggest that STEM majors are not the only route to success.

02/06/2018

This semester, history majors in 241W History as Detection are using the "Doing History" series from the Ben Franklin's World podcast to think about how and why historians work as they do.

This week, the class discussed Episode 84, in which a historian shared how analyzing one mid-18th century portrait of an American woman led her to write a history of fashion, female artisans, imperialism, and transatlantic networks of trade.

The William and Mary Quarterly is the leading journal of early American history and culture. Founded in 1892 and published by the Omohundro Institute in Williamsburg, Virginia, it is one of the oldest academic journals in the United States and was one of the first ten archived on JSTOR.

01/22/2018

Another day, another reminder (from people who know of what they speak) of the importance of the liberal arts to emerging tech fields.

In this case, the head of Microsoft talks about how people with liberal arts degrees - including history - will continue to be vital in developing smart, ethical artificial intelligence.

Microsoft's Brad Smith says that for AI to be effective, engineers need insights from psychology, literature, and the social sciences.

01/17/2018

Attention majors: consider volunteering as a judge for Connecticut History Day this spring. it's a great opportunity to use your skills as historians to encourage younger students in their pursuits, and a lot of fun too!

Our volunteer judges are one of the most important parts of Connecticut History Day, and we’re always looking for more! Volunteer to judge one of our six Regional Contests throughout March, or our State Contest in April, here: http://www.historydayct.org/judging-sign-up.html

01/04/2018

The top skills that make you successful at Google: "being a good coach; communicating and listening well; possessing insights into others (including others different values and points of view); having empathy toward and being supportive of one’s colleagues; being a good critical thinker and problem solver; and being able to make connections across complex ideas."

Sound familiar, history majors?

The top traits of success at Google sound more like what one gains as an English or theater major than as a programmer.

12/12/2017

Today, our students gave some final presentations while we all ate pizza. Dani told us about her trip to interview members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and Michelle told us about her internship in the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies

11/21/2017

Learning history is not just about memorizing names and dates...but it still helps to build a timeline together!

11/07/2017

Aidan Levy
“Prophets of our Times” Cohen, Dylan and Reed
Tuesday, Nov 14 Wilde Auditorium 7:30 pm
Free and open to the public

Aidan Levy, a celebrated Hall High graduate and now graduate student at Columbia University, will deliver a lecture on three prophets of our recent times: Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan and Lou Reed. His book “Dirty Blvd.: The Life and Music of Lou Reed” (2015) chronicles both the man Reed and Reed who has been called the “high priest of art rock.”

This evening is sponsored by the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Hartford.
For more information call 860.768.5018 or visit www.hartford.edu/greenberg

10/21/2017

Today, a group of UHart history students had a great interactive tour at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center in Hartford.

10/16/2017

A group of Catholics, including some Americans, recently accused Pope Francis of heresy. Today in the Washington Post, Prof. Erin Bartram co-authors a piece on the 19th century American history of this accusation and the heresy at the center of it.

It's not that they're attacking him. It's what they're attacking him for.