Les Koepplin, PhD 1971, passed away
Alumni Les Koepplin passed away February 3, 2021 at the age of 76. The first in his family to attend college, Les completed his Ph.D. in History in 1971 at […]
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Fatiatamai Puapae Folau’s to Present at McNair Brown Bag
Fatiatamai Puapae Folau (History BA Candidate, 2022), will be presenting in the McNair Brown Bag Presentation this Friday, 02/05/2021, from 3:00pm-4:00pm at this link. McNair Brown Bags are an informal space for […]
Henry Lovejoy Awarded 2020 Isaac Oluwole Delano Book Prize
Congratulations to Henry Lovejoy, whose Prieto: Yorùbá Kingship in Colonial Cuba During the Age of Revolutions (University of North Carolina Press, 2019) was selected as co-winner of the 2020 Isaac Oluwole Delano […]
UCLA Receives $3.65M Grant for “Archiving the Age of Mass Incarceration” Initiative
Kelly Lytle Hernandez and Marques Vestal (history PhD alum and incoming assistant professor in urban planning at UCLA) are part of a team that has been awarded a $3.65M grant […]
Carla Pestana Interviewed by Congregational Library and Archives
Dr. Carla Pestana, UCLA History Professor and Joyce Appleby Endowed Chair of America in the World, is interviewed by Dr. Adrian Weimer about her new book, “The World of Plymouth […]
Carla Pestana Interviewed for the L.A. Social Science Book Series
In her new book The World of Plymouth Plantation, Dr. Carla Pestana, UCLA History Professor and Chair, provides a comprehensive understanding of Plymouth and adds a great deal of knowledge to what […]
Professor Emeritus Bariša Krekić (1928-2021)
Professor Emeritus Bariša Krekić died earlier this week at the age of 92. A historian of medieval and renaissance Eastern Europe, Professor Krekić was a prolific scholar.
Matthijs Tieleman Won Research Travel Award
Matthijs Tieleman recently won the Research Travel Award from the Forum on Early-Modern Empires and Global Interaction (FEEGI) for his anticipated research in the United Kingdom and Ireland for the […]
Professor Geoffrey Robinson and PhD alumni Dahlia Setiyawan Featured in Daily Bruin Article
Geoffrey Robinson and PhD alumni Dahlia Setiyawan were featured in an article in the Daily Bruin about an upcoming book Professor Robinson is working on to document Indonesia’s 1965-1966 violent […]
Carla Pestana Featured in “Ben Franklin’s World: A Podcast About Early American History”
Carla Pestana appeared on “Ben Franklin’s World: A Podcast About Early American History” for the World of the Wampanoag mini-series. Links: https://benfranklinsworld.com/episode-291-the-world-of-the-wampanoag-part-2-1620-and-beyond/
