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Ph.D. Program in History at The CUNY Graduate Center
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Our program is a major center for research and graduate training in a wide array of historical fields, spanning from ancient to contemporary times.

https://historyprogram.commons.gc.cuny.edu
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/history
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✨Join this conversation between Laura Field and Richard Wolin on the intellectual descent from mid-century conservatism to Trumpism and as a warning that the U.S. now faces a radical, post-conservative right driven more by myth and ressentiment than by any genuine political philosophy.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Taking notes is a fundamental skill for writers in any discipline @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social and we've got a workshop that can help you do that more effectively. Scan the QR code below to register or visit our website: gcwritingcenter.commons.gc.cuny.edu/online-progr...
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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🗣️Help us spread the word: our Open House is coming! Join us in person or online to hear from the history faculty and doctoral students about the program and learn why you should apply to the Ph.D. program in History at the Graduate Center✨
#phdhistory #thegraduatecenter #cuny #openhouse #phdprogram
October 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🍹☺️Happy Hour time! The Peers Mentors are hosting a happy hour on Tuesday, November 18 at 6:30 pm in the History Lounge (room 5114). Come by and unwind while enjoying delicious refreshments 🥂
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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This #VeteransDay, Distinguished Prof. Emeritus David Nasaw reminds us that the story of WWII didn’t end on the battlefield. In “The Wounded Generation,” Nasaw uncovers the silent suffering of veterans who came home changed — and a nation unprepared to care for them
David Nasaw Uncovers the Silent Suffering of World War II Veterans
The Graduate Center distinguished professor emeritus and acclaimed historian reveals the emotional and social tolls of winning a brutal war.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Great advice for our students from @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Office of Career Planning and Professional Development

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Advice | 7 Tips to Fine-Tune Your Work Habits in Grad School
How to prioritize your doctoral research in turbulent times.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Distinguished Prof. Emeritus David Nasaw was featured on CBS Sunday Morning about his new book: "The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After WWII" www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWF9...
"The Wounded Generation": Bearing the invisible scars of war
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November 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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🍕The Peer Mentor Coordinators invite you all to the Second Pizza and Pedagogy of the Fall semester. The topic of discussion will be dealing with AI.

🍕As always, there will be pizza and drinks.
October 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Prof. Andrea Bazzoli joins “The Thought Project” podcast to discuss the effects of AI, downsizing, and shifting demands on the U.S. workforce
How Workers Adapt to Layoffs and Economic Uncertainty
Professor Andrea Bazzoli joins “The Thought Project” podcast to discuss the effects of AI, downsizing, and shifting demands on the U.S. workforce.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
✨ Our faculty member, Professor Richard Wolin just published his article "Blanchot Collabo: From the Jeune Droite to Jeune France."

🔗 Here is the to the full article:
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
✨ Here are some highlights from our Fourth Annual Judith S. Stein Lecture in Political Economy held yesterday. This year, we were honored to have Professor Dr. Robin D. G. Kelley as our speaker.
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Come hang out next year! #medievalsky
The Department of Medieval History at the University of St Andrews invites applications for the Donald Bullough Fellowship to be taken up during either semester of the academic year 2026-2027.

The closing date for applications is Monday 1 December 2025.
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🚨TODAY 🚨
🔇Fourth Annual Judith S. Stein Lecture in Political Economy.
✨Speaker: Robin D. G. Kelley✨

📍Hybrid event - RSVP:
📩In-Person: email history@gc.cuny.edu
💻Online: scan the QR code on the flyer

#history #historyphd #politicaleconomy #judithsteinlecturer #gchistory #blacklaborhistories #classstruggle
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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🔇Fourth Annual Judith S. Stein Lecture in Political Economy.
✨Speaker: Robin D. G. Kelley✨

📍Hybrid event - RSVP:
📩In-Person: email history@gc.cuny.edu
💻Online: scan the QR code on the flyer

#history #historyphd #politicaleconomy #judithsteinlecturer #gchistory #blacklaborhistories #classstruggle
October 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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The most compelling academic research often stems from being personally invested in the issue. Join the Teaching and Learning Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social to learn to use the CUNY Digital History Archive to help students develop projects about their institution's history:
Teaching with the CUNY Digital History Archive
The CUNY Digital History Archive (CDHA) is “a counter-institutional archive” that centers CUNY’s histories as a site of organizing, learning and transformation, including the fight for Puerto Rican
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November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Spread the word to your colleagues! 2 weeks left to send in your applications.
🚨Tenure track job. Final alert🚨
The @cuny.edu @baruch.cuny.edu history department is accepting applications for the position of assistant professor of the history of South Asia. Deadline is NOVEMBER 15.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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From last week: In an event coordinated by Prof. Swapna Banerjee, Dr. Namrata Ganneri was invited to deliver a research talk at the college, where she interacted with an enthusiastic group of students and faculty, engaging in insightful discussions on her research work.
November 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
⭐Happening in two days⭐
🔇Fourth Annual Judith S. Stein Lecture in Political Economy.
✨Speaker: Robin D. G. Kelley✨

📍Hybrid event - RSVP:
📩In-Person: email history@gc.cuny.edu
💻Online: scan the QR code on the flyer

#history #historyphd #politicaleconomy #judithsteinlecturer #gchistory #blacklaborhistories #classstruggle
November 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🔈Spread the word, our Open House is within a few weeks!
🗣️Help us spread the word: our Open House is coming! Join us in person or online to hear from the history faculty and doctoral students about the program and learn why you should apply to the Ph.D. program in History at the Graduate Center✨
#phdhistory #thegraduatecenter #cuny #openhouse #phdprogram
October 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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🎃 Happy Halloween to our CUNY community — stay safe, have fun, and don’t ghost your assignments! 💀📚
October 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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This special issue focuses on testimonio as a genre that is inextricably connected to gender, class, and ethnicity and is used by women from the Américas to claim their agency while challenging multiple forms of oppression.

For more information:
centerforthehumanities.org/wsq-testimon...
October 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
🍕The Peer Mentor Coordinators invite you all to the Second Pizza and Pedagogy of the Fall semester. The topic of discussion will be dealing with AI.

🍕As always, there will be pizza and drinks.
October 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Learn more about our History M.A., explore admission requirements, and receive guidance on the application process.

🗓️ November 12, 7 p.m.
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🎟️ https://welcome.brooklyn.edu/register/?id=3aff07a9-724e-412e-908f-48132dd9af4d
October 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
✨🥂 Yesterday, we celebrated Jessica Georges, the 2025 recipient of the Carolina Brown Educational Award! We thank The National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York for sponsoring this dissertation fellowship for over 50 years! ❤️

#GChistoryStudents #thegraduatecenter #dissertationaward
October 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Happy Monday writers @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social ! If you're interested in public writing, you might want to sign up for what's sure to be a fantastic event this Friday featuring Surekha Davies, author of Humans: A Monstrous History. Details below! Register here: tinyurl.com/bddsaav9
October 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM