Stella Ghervas delivers the Opening Public Lecture of the 2025–2026 academic year at the State University of Moldova on September 1, 2025. The title of the lecture is “Pacea în […]
The UCLA History Brown Bag series is excited to begin its third year this Fall. The Brown Bag employs a cross-field approach, showcasing papers from a range of topics, geographies, […]
Congratulations to Professor and Robert and Dorothy Wellman Chair Jamie Kreiner, who was recently awarded the Max Planck Society and the Alexander Humboldt Foundation Medal. This prestigious medal is awarded […]
Stella Ghervas delivered the 2025 Annual Lecture of the “A.D. Xenopol” Institute of History — The Romanian Academy, on June 7, 2025. The title of the lecture was “Liniștirea apelor. […]
History minor Hayley Labia has been awarded the 2025-26 Undergraduate Research Scholars Program (URSP) fellowship for her project, Silences of War: How Intergenerational Vietnam War Discourse Shapes Second-Generation Vietnamese American Politics.
A letter signed by more than 500 Jewish professors from a range of political views was sent to the UC Board of Regents criticizing the Trump Administration’s “misguided and punitive” […]
A recent report by David N. Myers and Ben Zdencanovic analyzes historical cases studies of universities being subjected to external political attempts to stifle free speech and university autonomy, and […]
Desmond Fonseca, a 5th year Ph.D. candidate in the department of History, has recently published an article, “Underground Revolutionaries: The PAIGC, Leninism, and the Decolonization of Cabo Verde” in the […]
Congratulations to Luskin Center for History and Policy Postdoc Ben Zdencanovic, who has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of 20th Century US History at the University of Cambridge for the 2025-2026 […]
Congratulations to Associate Professor Katherine Marino, who received an Honorable Mention for the Pacific Coast Branch–American Historical Association’s (PCB-AHA) Robert W. Cherny Prize. The award recognizes the best article in […]
