Roger Howell Jr. Professor of History Emeritus and specialist in Latin American history Allen Wells has spent a couple of ...

When you think about history, you probably think about dates, events, and other boring information you were forced to memorize in school. Instead, you should think of history as medicine that can be ...

Growing up, English and history were my favorite subjects. But when classrooms were reduced to teachers’ parroted instructions and students were stuck in a rut mostly listening and taking down notes, ...

This article is part of a series providing school students with evidence-based advice for choosing subjects in their senior years. History is for students curious about the world. It involves ...

During the Fall of 2017, the History Department embarked on the History Teaching and Learning Project (HTLP), a two-year department-wide pedagogy project aimed at rethinking and improving ...

Hollywood loves history. At this year’s Academy Awards, three nominees for Best Picture (“Fences,” “Hacksaw Ridge” and “Hidden Figures”) were “historical” to today’s teenagers – set in or about events ...