The Department of History affirms the understanding that individuals possess innate dignity, an idea underscored by the Judeo-Christian belief that all persons are made in the image and likeness of God. Informed by the University of Notre Dame's "Spirit of Inclusion" statement (1997), the Department of History welcomes "all people, regardless of color, gender, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, social or economic class, and nationality" and works to sustain an inclusive environment.
Notre Dame senior history major Michael Johnson was one of just 10 undergraduates nationwide selected to receive the Gilder Lehrman History Scholars Award, which funded a five-week research trip to New York City this past summer.
Read moreJordyn Smith, History ’13, has been awarded the 2012 Frazier Thompson Scholar Award, given each year by the Black Alumni of Notre Dame to at least two rising seniors who have demonstrated academic excellence, service, and leadership in the greater African American and Notre Dame Communities. The award is named in honor of the first African American graduate of Notre Dame, Frazier Thompson, who graduated in 1947.
Read moreMark A. Noll, the Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, and his co-writer Carolyn Nystrom, a Chicago-based freelance writer, have won the 2012 John Pollock Award for Christian Biography for their book, Clouds of Witnesses: Christian Voices from Asia and Africa.
Read moreFormer chair of the Department of History at the University of Notre Dame, Thomas F.X. Noble, has been elected vice president of the American Catholic Historical Association (ACHA) in 2011 and will become its president in 2012. Noble is a professor of history and former director of the Medieval Institute in the College of Arts and Letters.
Felipe Fernández-Armesto, William P. Reynolds Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed the 2011 Cátedra Hispano-Británica Reina Victoria Eugenia at the Complutense University of Madrid.
Thomas F.X. Noble, professor and chair in the Department of History, has been selected to receive the 2011 Sheedy Excellence in Teaching Award. “Tom Noble is an unusually worthy recipient of the Sheedy award,” says John T. McGreevy, I.A. O’Shaughnessy Dean of the College of Arts and Letters.
Undergraduates interested in the History Club or Exploring History, please check out our Exploring History Page or stop by the Department to see Dr Graff for more information.
Darren Dochuk, Ph.D. '05 has published a new book with Norton. From Bible Belt to Sun Belt tells the dramatic and largely unknown story of “plain-folk” religious migrants: hardworking men and women from Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas who fled the Depression and came to California for military jobs during World War II.
The Department also welcomes the newest members of the Department, Dr. Paul Ocobock and Dr Rebecca McKenna!
Congratulations to Fr. Wilson Miscamble on the recent publication of his latest book, The Most Controversial Decision: Truman, the Atomic Bombs, and the Defeat of Japan, published April 11th, 2011.
Welcome to the incoming Chair, Dr Patrick Griffin. The Department is looking forward to its new leadership, though it will miss the outgoing Chair, Dr Thomas Noble. Good luck to Dr Griffin in his new position, and good luck to Dr Noble as he continues his research on leave.
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