Rutgers History Department
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This is the official Bluesky account for the Rutgers History Department (New Brunswick, NJ), designed to celebrate our students, faculty, and alums and to build intellectual networks and community.
Dr. Melissa Reynolds (Rutgers History Ph.D.) has won the Jon Ben Snow Prize from the North American Conference on British Studies for her book, Reading Practice: The Pursuit of Natural Knowledge from Manuscript to Print! #rutgersuniversity
To learn more: lnkd.in/e9ZrvnQF
To learn more: lnkd.in/e9ZrvnQF
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Dr. Melissa Reynolds (Rutgers History Ph.D.) has won the Jon Ben Snow Prize from the North American Conference on British Studies for her book, Reading Practice: The Pursuit of Natural Knowledge from Manuscript to Print! #rutgersuniversity
To learn more: lnkd.in/e9ZrvnQF
To learn more: lnkd.in/e9ZrvnQF
Dr. Fidel Tavárez (City University of New York) will be presenting his work on 18th-century Caribbean sugar plantations, titled "Santo Domingo's Unrealized Plantation Complex: A Prelude to Cuba's Sugar Revolution, 1760-1795."
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Dr. Fidel Tavárez (City University of New York) will be presenting his work on 18th-century Caribbean sugar plantations, titled "Santo Domingo's Unrealized Plantation Complex: A Prelude to Cuba's Sugar Revolution, 1760-1795."
Join us for a talk on "Socialist Scandals. Corruption, Revolution and the Quest for Justice in Poland and East Germany." Sponsored by the Center for European Studies and the History department. #Rutgers
November 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Join us for a talk on "Socialist Scandals. Corruption, Revolution and the Quest for Justice in Poland and East Germany." Sponsored by the Center for European Studies and the History department. #Rutgers
Join us on Thursday as part of the Undisciplined Speaker Series led by Dr. Kaysha Corinealdi.
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Join us on Thursday as part of the Undisciplined Speaker Series led by Dr. Kaysha Corinealdi.
Camila Townsend, Distinguished Board of Governors Professor of History at Rutgers, has been elected to the British Academy, a rare honor for an American scholar and a first for Rutgers. Learn more: sas.rutgers.edu/about/news/f...
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Camila Townsend, Distinguished Board of Governors Professor of History at Rutgers, has been elected to the British Academy, a rare honor for an American scholar and a first for Rutgers. Learn more: sas.rutgers.edu/about/news/f...
Rutgers History Ph.D, Satya Shik Chakraborty returns to Rutgers to discuss her book on the gendered history of race and caste in British India. #Rutgers
October 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Rutgers History Ph.D, Satya Shik Chakraborty returns to Rutgers to discuss her book on the gendered history of race and caste in British India. #Rutgers
Did you know that Rutgers offers a "Law & History" minor?
Start your "Law & History" minor with any of the several dozen approved courses, including "Law and History: (506:216) offered in Spring 2026. #rutgersuniversity
Start your "Law & History" minor with any of the several dozen approved courses, including "Law and History: (506:216) offered in Spring 2026. #rutgersuniversity
October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Did you know that Rutgers offers a "Law & History" minor?
Start your "Law & History" minor with any of the several dozen approved courses, including "Law and History: (506:216) offered in Spring 2026. #rutgersuniversity
Start your "Law & History" minor with any of the several dozen approved courses, including "Law and History: (506:216) offered in Spring 2026. #rutgersuniversity
Do you love studying history, but don't have the time in your schedule for a History major? The History minor may be just the thing for you. # Rutgers
October 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Do you love studying history, but don't have the time in your schedule for a History major? The History minor may be just the thing for you. # Rutgers
Congratulations to Rutgers History professor Barbara Cooper. Her book, Countless Blessings: A History of Childbirth and Reproduction in the Sahel, has been translated into French. #Rutgers
October 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Congratulations to Rutgers History professor Barbara Cooper. Her book, Countless Blessings: A History of Childbirth and Reproduction in the Sahel, has been translated into French. #Rutgers
David Greenberg, our colleague in the Rutgers History Department, has just won the Georgia Historical Society 2025 Malcolm Bell, Jr. and Muriel Barrow Bell Award for the best book on Georgia history published in 2024. #Rutgers
October 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
David Greenberg, our colleague in the Rutgers History Department, has just won the Georgia Historical Society 2025 Malcolm Bell, Jr. and Muriel Barrow Bell Award for the best book on Georgia history published in 2024. #Rutgers
Posting for our friends and colleagues in Global Medieval Studies at Rutgers.
Our first big Global Medieval Studies event of the semester is next Friday, Oct. 24th. D. Vance Smith will be presenting work from his just published book, Atlas's Bones: The African Foundations of Europe. #Rutgers
Our first big Global Medieval Studies event of the semester is next Friday, Oct. 24th. D. Vance Smith will be presenting work from his just published book, Atlas's Bones: The African Foundations of Europe. #Rutgers
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Posting for our friends and colleagues in Global Medieval Studies at Rutgers.
Our first big Global Medieval Studies event of the semester is next Friday, Oct. 24th. D. Vance Smith will be presenting work from his just published book, Atlas's Bones: The African Foundations of Europe. #Rutgers
Our first big Global Medieval Studies event of the semester is next Friday, Oct. 24th. D. Vance Smith will be presenting work from his just published book, Atlas's Bones: The African Foundations of Europe. #Rutgers
Amanda Eubanks Winkler, chair of Music at Mason Gross, invites the Rutgers community to a rare treat. Tiffany Stern and Bill Barclay will host an evening of discussion about popular music from the past and its life in the present. There will be live performances! #Rutgers
October 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Amanda Eubanks Winkler, chair of Music at Mason Gross, invites the Rutgers community to a rare treat. Tiffany Stern and Bill Barclay will host an evening of discussion about popular music from the past and its life in the present. There will be live performances! #Rutgers
Congratulations to Alissa Klots (Rutgers History PhD) for winning the Joan Kelly Memorial Prize in Women's History for her book Domestic Service in the Soviet Union: Women's Emancipation and the Gendered Hierarchy of Labor (Cambridge University Press, 2024). Bravo! #Rutgers #CambridgeUniversityPress
October 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Congratulations to Alissa Klots (Rutgers History PhD) for winning the Joan Kelly Memorial Prize in Women's History for her book Domestic Service in the Soviet Union: Women's Emancipation and the Gendered Hierarchy of Labor (Cambridge University Press, 2024). Bravo! #Rutgers #CambridgeUniversityPress
This will be a powerful discussion. As always, Rutgers undergraduates are welcome to attend the Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis (RCHA) discussions. Please note that this talk will take place at 3:00 pm on Tuesday, October 14. #Rutgers
October 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This will be a powerful discussion. As always, Rutgers undergraduates are welcome to attend the Rutgers Center for Historical Analysis (RCHA) discussions. Please note that this talk will take place at 3:00 pm on Tuesday, October 14. #Rutgers
At the conference "Teaching Early Modern Now" at Rutgers today (October 10, 2025), history professors Alastair Bellany, Jack Bouchard, Samantha Kelly, and Camilla Townsend shared how they teach early modern history in this historical moment. #rutgers
October 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
At the conference "Teaching Early Modern Now" at Rutgers today (October 10, 2025), history professors Alastair Bellany, Jack Bouchard, Samantha Kelly, and Camilla Townsend shared how they teach early modern history in this historical moment. #rutgers
Check out this Q&A with Rutgers History prof Jack Bouchard about his forthcoming book, “Terra Nova: Food, Water, and Work in an Early Atlantic World” (@yalepress, 2025) #Rutgers
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October 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Check out this Q&A with Rutgers History prof Jack Bouchard about his forthcoming book, “Terra Nova: Food, Water, and Work in an Early Atlantic World” (@yalepress, 2025) #Rutgers
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